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Towards new Australian musicals

A new advocacy group with plans to raise funds for the development of new Australian musicals was a key outcome of the first Music Theatre Symposium.

28 Sep 2015 12:00

Richard Watts

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A scene from the 2015 production, Ned: A New Australian Musical. Photo: Marty Williams.

The formation of a new advocacy body representing the interests of the Australian music theatre sector, and a plan to establish a $1 million dollar fund for the development of new, home-grown musicals, were the key outcomes of a sector-wide meeting held in Melbourne on Monday.

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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