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Australian performing arts facing ‘doomsday moment’ as COVID-19 and funding cuts threaten pathways to the stage – ABC News
With the closure of Monash’s Centre for Theatre and Performance and funding cuts that threaten youth and emerging performing arts organisations, this could be ‘doomsday’…

Paris Balla is used to having the rug suddenly pulled out from under their plans.
When they were 10, their sights were set on studying theatre at Melbourne University.
“For years, I was like, ‘I’m going to go to Melbourne Uni because this place is magical’. And then they cut their double-degree program,” Balla says.
Balla then settled on Monash University and the Centre for Theatre and Performance (CTP), an interdisciplinary research and teaching program, ranked 20th in the QS World University Rankings…
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