LPA

The Live Entertainment Industry had a $1.4 billion decline in 2020 causing a major impact on the Australian economy.

Live Performance Australia (LPA), the arts and entertainment industry peak body, welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement today of $125 million in new RISE funding plus an additional $10 million for Support Act.

Live Performance Australia Chief Executive Evelyn Richardson has called on the Federal Government to protect the $2.5 billion Australian industry.

When the Helpmann Awards are handed out in Melbourne for the very first time on 15 July there will be a very special world first as part of the show, the cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will perform a montage from the show.

Live Performance Australia’s Evelyn Richardson has responded to New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s incompetence in dealing with the music industry by saying Berejiklian’s government’s “new regulations without any consultation reflect a government that has no strategy for supporting live music in NSW.”

Live Performance Australia Chief Executive Evelyn Richard has sent a public letter to the Premier of New South Wales Gladys Berejiklian to urge the Liberal Party leader to think before she acts on music policy.

Australia’s prestigious live performance awards The Helpmanns is shaping up as a massive event for 2018 with the affair happening over two nights in Sydney with the second night broadcast on the ABC.