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Riverina Theatre Company

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Closed
  
2009

Owner
  
Charles Sturt University

Phone
  
+61 2 6921 6861

Opened
  
1976

Riverina Theatre Company

Address
  
8 Cross St, Wagga Wagga NSW 2650, Australia

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Riverina Theatre Company (also known as the RTC) was established in 1976 as the Riverina Trucking Company however changed its name to the Riverina Theatre Company in 1983. It was the longest serving theatre company in Regional Australia.

In 2005 Riverina Theatre Company lost $150,000 in funding from The Australia Council after the Council's director of theatre found that the application for funding wasn't strong enough.

Charles Sturt University took over ownership of the after the theatre company which was $90,000 in debt and also lost $300,000 in State and Federal Government funding for its operation.

Closure

On 17 March 2009, the board members of the Riverina Theatre Company decided to place the RTC into liquidation after the RTC lost government grants of up to A$300,000 and the failure of last two productions to being in income.

References

Riverina Theatre Company Wikipedia