Board places theatre company on ice

The Tasmanian Theatre Company's Board has paused the company's activities in order to save its cash reserves.

Citing their responsibilities as company directors, the Board of the Tasmanian Theatre Company has placed the company’s operations on hold in an attempt to help ensure its future.

Staff members Maeve Mhairi Macgregor, the Tasmanian Theatre Company’s Artistic Director, and Executive Producer Oliver Cassidy have taken voluntary redundancies and the company’s office in Hobart’s Salamanca Arts Centre has been closed as part of the temporary shut-down process.

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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 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts