Residents of Horsham, Mildura and Swan Hill are in for a treat in coming months with performances by HIT Productions, The Nationals Member for Mallee said today.
‘The latest round of funding for Playing Australia, the Australian Government’s program for encouraging tours of regional and remote areas by Australian performing artists, will ensure that local residents don’t miss out on these events,’ Mr Forrest] said.
‘I am very pleased to say that Australian performing arts groups have recognised the size of the audiences available to them away from capital cities. With this Government support, they are able to stage their productions for appreciative audiences in the very fine facilities we have in our region.’
Funds from Playing Australia will support a tour of the David Williamson’s ‘The Club’ by HIT Productions to venues in Horsham, Mildura and Swan Hill.
‘Nationally, 17 productions will receive a total of over $2.4M to support performances mainly in regional and remote areas,’ Mr Forrest said. ‘These tours will provide the equivalent of approximately three years employment for 171 performing arts workers.’
Playing Australia has assisted performing arts tours since 1992. Visit www.dcita.gov.au/artsfunding to access the Playing Australia website which has full details of the program and a list of current funding recipients.
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