Arts NSW axes Short+Sweet Regional funding

Short+Sweet Productions Australia Ltd suspends operations after a 'serious breach' of its funding agreement.
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Arts NSW has terminated its contract with Short+Sweet Productions Australia Ltd (SSPL) after funding earmarked for a regional theatre program was allegedly spent outside the state.

A subsidiary company of Short+Sweet, SSPL was contracted by Arts NSW to deliver the Short+Sweet Regional Program in NSW from 2011–2014. That contract was terminated on Monday, 30 September following what Arts NSW has described in a statement as ‘a serious breach of the funding agreement’.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts