Bad programming decisions blamed for Arts Centre losses

Though an $8 million loss has been predicted for the Arts Centre, the exact amount won't be known for several weeks.

25 Sep 2013

Richard Watts

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Performing Arts

Losses on major productions including the Philip Glass opera Einstein on the Beach are believed to be behind the Arts Centre Melbourne budget blow out reported last week.

Staff at the Arts Centre face a challenging time with reports that Victoria’s flagship arts centre faces a loss of almost $8 million for the 2012-2013 financial year.

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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