Arts & Culture Trust

Arts and Culture Trust
Statutory authority overview
Preceding agencies
  • National Theatre Company (W.A.)
  • Perth Repertory Club
  • Perth Theatre Trust
JurisdictionWestern Australia
Headquarters
Minister responsible
Parent department
Department of Creative Industries, Tourism and Sport
Websitewww.artsculturetrust.wa.gov.au

The Arts and Culture Trust (formerly Perth Theatre Trust) is a statutory authority that manages and operates cultural venues in Western Australia. It manages His Majesty's Theatre, the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia, the Subiaco Arts Centre (leased from the City of Subiaco), the Albany Entertainment Centre, the Goldfields Arts Centre, the Perth Film Studios and the Perth Cultural Centre. The trust leases the Perth Concert Hall from the City of Perth, but the venue is managed by WA Venue and Events.[1] The trust also has a Museum of Performing Arts based in the His Majesty's Theatre building.[2][3][4]

History

The trust was created in 1980 to manage theatre properties in the central business district of Perth, Western Australia. This involved bringing the Perth Concert Hall and His Majesty's Theatre within a single administrative unit.[5] In February 1984 the now defunct Playhouse Theatre and National Theatre (the company; later reconstituted as the Western Australian Theatre Company) were taken over by the trust.[6][7] The trust also incorporated and inherited records from preceding bodies, such as the Perth Repertory Club,[8] which had been established in 1919.[9] The Subiaco Arts Centre was also later included in the trust's scope.[10]

Activities of the Trust included the re-opening of a renovated His Majesty's Theatre in 1980,[11] and publications advertising theatre in Perth.[12][13]

In 2011, the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia was built[14], with its main Theatre being called the 'Heath Ledger Theatre', after the late actor Heath Ledger who hails from WA.[15]

From 2015, the Trust began to directly manage His Majesty's Theatre, the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia, Perth Concert Hall, and Subiaco Arts Centre, after fifteen years of outsourcing operations to AEG Ogden.[16]

The Trust leases the Goldfields Arts Centre in Kalgoorlie to the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. On 1 July 2018, the Trust assumed responsibility for the management and activation of the Perth Cultural Centre precinct from the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority.[17]

On the 1st July 2022, the Perth Theatre Trust was dissolved and immediately replaced by the Arts & Culture Trust to serve the same functions, with the added capability of managing non theatre spaces, such as the Perth Cultural Centre and the Perth Film Studios.[18]

In 2024, it was announced that the Perth Concert Hall would be receiving a renovation,[19] which began construction in 2025.[20]

In January 2026, the A$300 million Perth Film Studio project finished practical completion. [21]

References

  1. ↑ Perth Theatre Trust Annual Report 2016-2017 (PDF) (Report). Perth: Perth Theatre Trust. 2017. p. 11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Perth Theatre Trust Museum of Performing Arts". Perth Theatre Trust. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  3. ↑ Patti Brook (23 November 2007). "Museum of Performing Arts". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  4. ↑ "Museum of Performing Arts". City of Perth. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  5. ↑ Perth Theatre Trust (W.A.) (1981), Perth Theatre Trust records, retrieved 4 March 2017
  6. ↑ "Western Australian Theatre Company Inc" (PDF). State Library of Western Australia.
  7. ↑ Milne, Geoffrey (2004). Theatre Australia (un)limited: Australian Theatre Since the 1950s. Australian playwrights. Rodopi. p. 174. ISBN 978-90-420-0930-1. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  8. ↑ Purves, N. Y (1962), The growth and development of the Perth Repertory Club and National Theatre, retrieved 4 March 2017
  9. ↑ Western Australian Theatre Company; National Theatre Company (W.A.); Perth Repertory Club (1900), Records, 1900-1990, retrieved 4 March 2017
  10. ↑ Perth Theatre Trust (W.A.) (1990), News shot, The Trust, retrieved 4 March 2017
  11. ↑ Perth Theatre Trust (W.A.) (1980), His Majesty's Theatre, Perth Western Australia : command performance to celebrate the re-opening 28th May 1980, Perth Theatre Trust, retrieved 4 March 2017
  12. ↑ Perth Theatre Trust (W.A.) (1900), What's on BOCS this week?, Perth Theatre Trust, retrieved 4 March 2017
  13. ↑ Perth Theatre Trust (W.A.) (1900), Theatre in Perth, Dramatick Publishing, retrieved 4 March 2017
  14. ↑ "History". Arts and Culture Trust. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  15. ↑ Hayward, Andrea (1 July 2008). "New theatre named after Heath Ledger". WAtoday. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  16. ↑ "Fewer dark nights as Perth theatres aim to bring in the crowds". ABC News. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  17. ↑ Perth Theatre Trust Annual Report 2018-2019 (PDF) (Report). Perth: Perth Theatre Trust. 2019. p. 13. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  18. ↑ "Stage is set - new Arts and Culture Trust Board announced | Western Australian Government". www.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  19. ↑ "Architectural renders released for Perth Concert Hall". Arts and Culture Trust. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  20. ↑ "Historic transformation of Perth Concert Hall has begun". Arts and Culture Trust. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
  21. ↑ "Perth Film Studios reaches practical completion". Arts and Culture Trust. Retrieved 1 July 2026.
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