Voices from the frontline – after the flood

Following the devastation caused by the Lismore floods, NORPA's Artistic Director realised 'home is where the art is'.

Before the flood, success was everything. As in, we wanted everything – full houses to our seasons, creating and presenting sell-out homegrown original works, a significant First Nations program of new works, innovative schools touring shows, an artist development program, associate artists… Success was multi-year funding across three tiers of government and the sense that we were nationally significant, while locally relevant.

Then the floods hit in February and March last year.

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Julian Louis is the Artistic Director and CEO of NORPA (Northern Rivers Performing Arts).