Supporting Artist
Supporting the Future
The world of entertainment is a precarious profession that often leaves artists in difficult circumstances. The Performers Support Fund of South Australia provides a safety net for actors and entertainment professionals and Arts Workers both past and present, giving critical financial help at their greatest time of need.
Administered by a Management Committee of volunteers primarily from the entertainment industry, we aim to assist all artists and technicians when they are at their most vulnerable.
The Aspirations of Daise Morrow Adapted by Brink Productions from a Patrick White short story (Down at the Dump) Space Theatre, 2015 Photo: Tim Standing L-R: James Smith, Lucy Lehman, Paul Blackwell and Kris McQuade
Theatre Republic: Between Two Waves' by Ian Meadows. Photo: Olivia Zanchetta.
Theatre Republic: The Share' by Daniel Keene produced by five.point.one. Photo by Ben Flett.
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Slingsby's Emil and the Detectives, image by Andy Rasheed, eyefood
“I want to thank you with all my heart for the incredibly generous donation of funds
you made to me at the end of last year when I received my breast cancer diagnosis and my life came to a screeching halt. The funds helped me get through a very challenging time and relieved the stress I would have otherwise experienced about finances without your timely assistance.
The fund is a fantastic thing for performers to have access to as it is the nature of our industry to be freelancing and we all know how ellusive work can be at the best of times – and when we are not working we are not earning. Not all industries would understand the inherent difficulty in the nature of our business.”