Limelight seeks white knight to stave off closure

Classical music and arts magazine Limelight is facing closure unless a new publisher can be found, but has not yet been liquidated despite reports to the contrary.
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Limelight’s six staff have been laid off and publication of its March edition has been abruptly cancelled.

The magazine’s publishers, Arts Illuminated Pty Ltd, are now urgently seeking a new publisher to take over the masthead, or for financial support to bridge the period until a new publisher can be secured. Unless such support can be found the magazine will close.

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Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts