PERTH THEATRE TRUST —
VENUE HIRE POLICY
510. Hon PETER COLLIER to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Culture and the
Arts:
I refer the minister to his response
to question without notice 406 asked on 4 August 2021 in which he stated that
programming deliberations was the only reason that a booking for the Shen Yun
dance troupe could not be accommodated at
His Majesty's Theatre and to a letter dated 25 October 2019—reference
2019/0121-1—from then general manager of the Perth Theatre
Trust, Duncan Ord, to Mark Hutchinson, which stated in part —
PTT
do not believe that a subsidised State Government building is appropriate for
this commercial product, which has no alignment to WA or national arts
policy. PTT would suggest that a more commercially focussed venue might better
suit your needs.
Does
the minister stand by his response to the Legislative Council on 5 August 2021
that ''programming deliberations'' were the only reason
that the Shen Yun dance troupe could not be accommodated at His Majesty's
Theatre?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
Yes. As per the answer to question
without notice 406 on Wednesday, 4 August 2021, the Shen Yun dance troupe inquired in October 2019 to make a booking at His
Majesty's Theatre from 6 to 20 March 2020. However, the whole
booking could not be accommodated due to a Perth Festival booking, and the
Perth Theatre Trust advised that the booking was declined following programming
deliberations.