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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Jasper Lindell

Canberra to miss The Dismissal musical after funding drama, producer says

David Smith reads the proclamation dismissing the Whitlam government on the steps of Parliament House on November 11, 1975 with Gough Whitlam standing behind his shoulder. Picture by Peter Wells

The producer of a musical based on the events of the dismissal of the Whitlam government in 1975 says Canberra will miss out on the show's premiere and has criticised the government's arts funding model.

Jay James-Moody said he wanted to rehearse and premiere The Dismissal in Canberra, but the Canberra Theatre Centre could not agree to provide the necessary funding.

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