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Australian Performing Arts Exchange moves entirely online

The annual conference and arts market will now take place entirely online.

2 Aug 2021 15:21

Richard Watts

Performing Arts

Chanella Macri in Barking Gecko Theatre’s House, one of the productions being pitched at APAX 2021. Photo credit: Daniel James Grant.

The ongoing challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in changes to the format of this year’s Australian Performing Arts Exchange (APAX).

The conference – presented by Performing Arts Connections Australia (PAC Australia) and combining an arts market with professional development opportunities – was due to be held at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in the Sydney suburb of Kensington, with a mix of physical and digital sessions.

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Richard Watts

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