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Adelaide rental prices blamed for Tuxedo Cat’s Melbourne relocation

Pop-up venue The Tuxedo Cat, a staple of the Adelaide and Melbourne Fringe Festivals, is putting down more permanent roots.

9 Oct 2013

Richard Watts

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Operating out of empty buildings and hosting a wide range of independent artists in its temporary performance spaces, including Barry Award winner Doctor Brown, pop-up venue The Tuexdo Cat has been a regular presence at the Adelaide Fringe since 2008. More recently, it has also operated venues at the Melbourne Fringe and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

However, Adelaide rental prices now mean that Tuxedo Cat’s operations at its current Melbourne premises are set to become more permanent.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts