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Arts NSW axes Short+Sweet Regional funding

Short+Sweet Productions Australia Ltd suspends operations after a 'serious breach' of its funding agreement.

16 Oct 2013

Richard Watts

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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

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