Riverina Theatre Company

Riverina Theatre Company
Riverina Trucking Company
	Riverina Theatre Company was located in the Riverina Playhouse
Address	Cross Street; Wagga Wagga, New South Wales; Australia
Owner	Charles Sturt University
Opened	1976
Closed	2009
Website
	www.riverinatheatrecompany.com.au

Riverina Theatre Company (also known as the RTC) was a non-profit organization located in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. It was established in 1976 as the Riverina Trucking Company however changed its name to the Riverina Theatre Company in 1983.^[1] It was the longest serving theatre company in Regional Australia.^[1]^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4]^[5]

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.^[6]

References and notes

^ ^a ^b "Riverina Theatre Company". Theatre Australia. Archived from the original on 1 August 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2008.
^ Australia's Culture and Recreation Portal, Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
^ Riverina Theatre Company loses funding, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
^ Theatre company takes cue from CSU, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
^ University to revamp Riverina Playhouse, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
^ Grimson, Ken (19 March 2009). "Curtain falls on theatre company". The Daily Advertiser. Retrieved 19 March 2009.