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Collingwood homecoming shifts circus focus

The opening of Circus Oz’s new headquarters in Melbourne will have a flow-on effect to the entire circus sector.

31 Mar 2014 12:00

Richard Watts

Performing Arts

Circus Oz’s 2013 production Cranked Up. Photo by Rob Blackburn.

After spending the past 20 years in the increasingly cramped Naval Drill Hall in Port Melbourne, Circus Oz has moved to a permanent new home in Collingwood, close to where its first ever public performances were presented at the Last Laugh Theatre Restaurant in 1978-79.

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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