Just announced: Touring Victoria 2023 recipients

ALTERNATIVE FACTS, $46,788 - Bendigo, Frankston, Narre Warren, Sale
Alternative Facts will tour a new play by David Williams, based on interviews with over 25 teachers, that celebrates teaching Shakespeare to school students and the power of language and imagination.

FLYING FRUIT FLY CIRCUS, $110,000 - Bendigo, Narre Warren, Wangaratta, Warrnambool
Flying Fruit Fly Circus will tour Tempo, a new musical circus production for children and families with a cast of 12 young acrobats from the National Youth Circus. The Victorian leg of this national tour will visit regional and outer metropolitan venues.

KOORIE HERITAGE TRUST, $190,000 – Regional galleries to be confirmed
The Koorie Heritage Trust will tour JXSH MVIR: FOREVER I LIVE, the first major retrospective exhibition of work by the celebrated late Gunditjmara, Yorta Yorta and Barkindji artist Josh Muir.

LOUISE COOPER, $25,814 – Lynbrook, Melton, Narre Warren, Natimuk, Ocean Grove, Tongala, Yarrawonga, Yea
Louise Cooper will co-facilitate a Victorian tour of the Neurokin community arts and professional development program for Autistic and neurodiverse people to a range of community houses across Victoria. The program will include creative activities for children, young people and adults; professional development sessions for artists with lived experience; and capacity building for the participating venues to deliver safe sensory activities for their local community.

MELBOURNE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, $58,798 - Bendigo, Daylesford, Geelong, Horsham, Mildura, Mornington, Narre Warren, Red Cliffs, Shepparton, Warragal, Yackandandah
Melbourne Chamber Orchestra’s 2023 Touring Season will present a state-wide program of orchestral and chamber music, visiting twelve locations to present performances, student masterclasses, talks and more.

MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, $120,000 - Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, Mildura, Shepparton, Wangaratta, Warragal
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will visit regional centres across Victoria in 2024 with a varied program of performances, school workshops and collaborative rehearsals to meet the distinct requirements of each region.

2022 recipients

THE AUSTRALIAN BALLET, $75,000

The Australian Ballet will present a triple bill performance of world-class ballet across five locations in Victoria in 2023.

MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, $159,300

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will visit eight regional centres across Victoria in 2023 with a varied program to meet the unique needs of each region.

CRITICAL STAGES, $75,750

Critical Stages will tour three diverse Victorian works to regional and outer-metro audiences: Hamlet: Prince of Skidmark an adaptation of Hamlet made for children, the irreverent cabaret Otto & Astrid’s Joint Solo Project and Personal Jodee Mundy’s moving work exploring dis/ability.

ORCHESTRA VICTORIA, $67,000

Orchestra Victoria will deliver vibrant children’s concerts and community performances of new scores written for Australian picture books and films in regional and outer-metropolitan Victoria in partnership with cultural organisations and festivals.

NATIONAL EXHIBITION TOURING SUPPORT VICTORIA, $219,903

NETS Victoria will tour the exhibition 'Collective Movements: First Nations Collectives, Collaborations and Creative Practices from across Victoria' to three regional Victoria galleries providing direct engagement and collaboration with First Peoples communities at each venue.

HIT PRODUCTIONS, $34,874

HIT will tour the escapist comedy/drama Wallflowering by Victorian playwright Peta Murray to 16 locations across Victoria along with a range of community engagement activities.

KOORIE HERITAGE TRUST, $120,000

The Koorie Heritage Trust will tour of Layers of Blak, an exhibition of contemporary jewellery by First Peoples designers, organised through KHT’s ground-breaking Blak Design initiative, to regional galleries.

NICHOLAS CLARK MANAGEMENT, $68,073

Nicholas Clark Management will tour five diverse contemporary works, Death of a Salesman, The Alphabet of Awesome Science, Werk, Chameleon and You are a Doughnut to regional Victoria and outer metro Melbourne in 2023.

2021 recipients

AUSPICIOUS ARTS PROJECTS INC FOR KUTCHA EDWARDS, $35,478
Mutti Mutti singer/songwriter Kutcha Edwards performs in 26 locations in regional Victoria.

NICHOLAS CLARK MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, $49,650
Two original Australian productions – The Alphabet of Awesome Science and Barbaroi – visit  26 regional and outer metro venues in 2022.

THE AUSTRALIAN BALLET, $75,000
The Australian Ballet Regional Tour takes world-class ballet to Mildura and Bendigo with 30 dancers performing a selection of new and much-loved classical works, alongside a community engagement program.

NATIONAL EXHIBITIONS TOURING SUPPORT VICTORIA INC (NETS), $272,114
NETS Victoria's Touring Exhibition Program 2022-2024 presents two contemporary art exhibitions by Victorian artists at seven Victorian venues.

TRASH TEST DUMMIES PTY LTD T/A DUMMIES CORP, $24,872
All-female circus-comedy show – Don’t Mess with The Dummies  tours to regional and outer metro Victorian locations.

MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA PTY LTD, $120,000
MSO Regional Touring 2022sees the Orchestra visit nine regional Victorian communities with a vision to meet the unique needs of each region and increase access to professional arts and cultural programming.

FINUCANE AND SMITH INC, $80,000
Finucane and Smith's national tour Travelling Dance Hall - the Whole of Community Celebration visits 33 locations in Victoria.

MELBOURNE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA INC, $108,266
Melbourne Chamber Orchestra 2022 Touring Season is a state-wide program of orchestral and chamber music touring, visiting 25 destinations.

Arena Theatre Company, $19,059

Critical Stages, $29,811

Flinders Quartet Inc, $18,000

Flying Fruit Fly Foundation, $70,500

HIT Productions Pty Ltd, $36, 291

ILBIJERRI Theatre, $32,573

La Mama Inc, $22,338

Michael Currie for The Heffernan Project, $13,600

Nicholas Clark Management, $24,035

National Exhibitions Touring Support (NETS) Victoria, $128,900

Opera Australia, $146,172

The Village Festival of New Performance, $72,240

The Wheeler Centre, $65,000

Woodfordia Inc, $43,570

Wordsworth Productions, $16,000