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Inside NORPA’s vision for a new home, The Joinery. L-R: AD Julian Louis, architect John Choi, Executive Director Libby Lincoln.
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NORPA launches fundraising campaign to buy and create flood-resistant new Lismore home

The Joinery aims to become a flood-resilient cultural hub for the Northern Rivers region’s performing arts sector.

ArtsHub's On the Move column is a weekly round-up of career comings and goings in the Australian cultural sector. The photo shows four planes at an air show, each climbing in different directions against a blue sky and leaving smoke trails behind them.
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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Our weekly round-up of comings and goings in the Australian cultural sector.

Four figures dressed like cowboys emerge from a yellow-lit haze. A woman kneels in the foreground over a backpack. This is a scene from the 2024 production of NORPA's 'Wildskin'. Photo: Kurt Petersen.
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From proscenium arch to place-based: reimagining Wildskin

Adapting an existing work for an entirely new setting is not without its challenges, but overcoming such challenges leads to…

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Pop-up theatre space will aid flood recovery

NORPA is reconnecting culture and community in Lismore a year on from 2022’s devastating floods.

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Flooded theatre; the show goes on... in a pub

NORPA’s love letter to the region is a testament to the company’s ongoing resilience and fortitude.

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Flood-affected artists take vital steps to recovery

The first artists’ forum held since Lismore’s devastating floods brought over 200 creatives together to begin mapping their future.

Muddy brown water dominiates the phot, which shows a theatre half-sumerged by floods.
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Northern Rivers companies focus on flood recovery

After devastating floods at the end of February, artists and arts organisations in the Northern Rivers are now focused on…

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Flood disaster for arts sector

Artists and organisations in northern NSW and south-east Qld have been badly impacted by the latest extreme weather events.