MTC denies NEON cancellation rumours

The festival of independent theatre remains a key element of the company’s programming says Brett Sheehy.

7 Jul 2015

Richard Watts

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Performing Arts

Hero image for Elbow Room’s We Get It. Photo by Sarah Walker.

Melbourne Theatre Company remains committed to the NEON Festival of Independent Theatre in 2016, despite rumours to the contrary circulating in Melbourne’s theatre sector.

On several occasions in recent weeks, ArtsHub has been approached by theatre-makers saying they had heard that the current 2015 NEON Festival would be the program’s last.

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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 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