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MTC announces multi-million partnership with Crown Resorts Foundation

The five-year, $2.5-million-dollar partnership has the support of the philanthropic wing of global entertainment group Crown.

22 Jul 2014

Richard Watts

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A scene from the MTC’s 2013 production of David Williamson’s Rupert. Photo: Jeff Busby

Providing up to 10,000 disadvantaged students each year with $5 theatre tickets, and disadvantaged families with $5 tickets to family shows, are among the areas of cultural activity set to benefit from the Melbourne Theatre Company’s (MTC) new relationship with the Crown Resorts Foundation.

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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