Friday essay: the world of pain - Australian theater in crisis

Friday essay: the world of pain - Australian theater in crisis

Recent highlights:

1. includes: expanding funding to community art organisations and artists; rebuilding arts education in primary and secondary schools; reversing Commonwealth funding cuts to university creative arts, media and humanities courses; and greatly expanding the number of three-year creative fellowships on offer from around 10 per annum to 300 per annum – mirroring the Australian Research Council's annual fellowships for researchers.

2. Theatre Network Australia proposes additional funding of $100 million over four years for the Australia Council and a targeted wage subsidy for workers in the performing arts who continue to suffer due to COVID-19.

3. Small independent theatre companies like Melbourne's Ranters Theatre tour extensively

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