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OzCo Supporting theatre diversity and innovation
The Theatre Board of the Australia Council (OzCo) has recently awarded over $8.5 million to 65 diverse theatre companies and artists in its latest grant round. Valued at $5,806,328 the grants were distributed nationally in the categories of New Work (commission and development), New Work (production), Presentation and Promotion, Skills and Arts Development (individuals and organisations) and Key Organisations (triennial and program). New Chair of the Theatre Board, Ian McRae has remarked the he is very impressed by the variety of theatre being presented by small to medium sized companies and individual artists, noting the difficult restraints of low resources. 'The challenge to the Theatre Board is supporting this variety and innovation from embryonic state through to key organisation level enabling exciting artistic visions to be realised financially,' he said. The Board, he also notes, has made some important decisions about the direction of the Key Organisations category. The new one-year grants are therefore designed to address the lack of any funding option between one-off project support and triennial grants. Successful grant recipients include;
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