A Streetcar Named Desire, Queensland Theatre Company, photo: Rob Maccoll, performers: Leeanna Walsman, Melinda Butel
Dusty: The Original Pop Diva, Dusty Productions
The Annual East Coast International Blues & Roots Festival
Dusty: The Original Pop Diva, Dusty Productions

NEWS

Media Release - "We All Play A Part" Advocacy Campaign Launched in Sydney
The LPA today partnered with the Australian Major Performing Arts Group (AMPAG), and the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance and launched “We All Play a Part” designed to promote the business, cultural and national identity value of the industry for all Australians.
Media Release - LPA Launches Hall of Fame
The Hall of Fame pays tribute to the founders of the Australian live performance industry, those people who built and created the industry we know today.
Ticket Attendance and Revenue Survey
The 2005 Attendance & Revenue Survey: Live Performance Industry in Australia is now available. In 2005, our industry generated a total gross box office of $834.3 million and attracted an audience of 13.7 million. Read more
Loose Leaf Industrial Award Service
Members are entitled to apply for our Loose Leaf Industrial Award service.
2007 Executive Council Elections
The biennial election of Live Performance Australia Office Bearers will shortly be conducted by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC)
Helpmann Awards Website
Click here to view the Helpmann Awards Website.
2007 Helpmann Awards
The 2007 Helpmann Awards® were successfully presented on Monday 6 August at The Capitol Theatre in Sydney
Federal Budget May 2007: Summary
Federal Budget allocations for the arts sector and implications for LPA members.
Circular 16-07: Review of Code of Practice for Ticketing - Call for Submissions
LPA invites your feedback on any issues in relation to the Code of Practice for Ticketing of Live Events in Australia.
Circular 15-07: Employing Overseas Artists
Requirements for withholding tax for foreign resident artists and the applicable tax rates for 2006/7.
 

WELCOME


Live Performance Australia (LPA) is the peak body for Australia’s live entertainment and performing arts industry. Established in 1917 and registered as an employers’ organisation under the Workplace Relations Act 1996, LPA’s activities centre around three core areas:

• Workplace Relations
• Policy & Strategy
• Membership Services & Events

Our members work in the live performance sector across all artistic genres, including contemporary and classical music, musicals, theatre, comedy, dance, opera, circus and physical theatre. We represent producers, venues, promoters, performing arts companies, festivals and industry suppliers such as ticketing companies and technical specialists.

LPA also services the cinema and exhibition industries.

LPA is the trading name of the Australian Entertainment Industry Association (AEIA).

 

HALL OF FAME

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This virtual Hall of Fame is Live Performance Australia’s way of paying tribute to a remarkable collection of people and to celebrate our 90th Anniversary.

In our Hall of Fame you’ll encounter actors and directors, playwrights and designers, singers and instrumentalists, comedians and dancers, circus performers and puppeteers, theatre architects and entrepreneurs, and even a critic or two.

Some you’ll know, others not. But they’re all great people with great stories and we know you’ll enjoy meeting them.

Enter the Hall of Fame


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As audiences, performers, students, teachers, backstage crew or volunteers, we all play a part in Australia’s performing arts industry.

Visit www.weallplayapart.com.au to find out how you can celebrate and support our campaign.