Australia's major summer arts festivals: reckoning with the past or retreating into it?
- Written by Caroline Wake, Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance, UNSW
Wesley Enoch's Sydney Festival has placed First Nations people and artists at its heart.Victor Frankowski/Sydney Festival
Australia invests heavily in its major festivals: A$5 million in state government funding for Sydney Festival, $7 million for Perth, and $9 million for Adelaide.
Funding for festivals has remained relatively constant over the...
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