Regional Touring Office - ARTS                    Regional Touring Office – ARTS (Arts Regional Touring Service) coordinates and manages performing arts tours through the NARPACA (Northern Australia Regional Performing Arts Centres Association) and national touring circuits and is integrated into the Ontour onstage program. Regional Touring Office – ARTS has a staff of two: Suzan Williams, Regional Touring Coordinator – ARTS Sarah Ferguson, Regional Touring Officer – ARTS Regional Touring Office – ARTS maintains a close relationship with the touring coordination agencies in other states (The Blue Heeler Network, Performing Arts Touring Australia). We work together and share information as much as possible to facilitate national touring. Most national tours are developed from the annual Long Paddock, a forum where the touring agencies, major venues and producers discuss touring product and national touring issues. 2008 ARTS Transit ARTS Transit is an extension of the ARTS Program and was introduced by the State Government in 1997. This program centres on regionally based performing arts companies. Stakeholders meet regularly in the regions and have developed a three-year touring strategy – Theatre to the Edge – which involves co-ventures with the Northern Territory and beyond. 2008 Season - FUTZ Dancenorth Carmen Ben Winkelman Trio Tracy 2008 RTO ARTS The Regional Touring Office – ARTS (Arts Regional Touring Service) coordinates and manages performing arts tours through the NARPACA (Northern Australia Regional Performing Arts Centres Association) and national touring circuits and is integrated into the Ontour onstage program. 2008 Season - Deep Blue Sol de Otono One Man Heroes Possum Magic The Musical For further information on any of these tours, please contact the Regional Touring Office - ARTS