In a social media post the acclaimed performer asked “why the Ian Potter Foundation feels the need to put his name on a theatre that belongs to all of us”.
Actor and musician Eddie Perfect has spoken out against the renaming of Melbourne’s State Theatre to the Ian Potter State Theatre, saying it should not be named after one individual as it belongs to all Victorians.that the theatre will be renamed the Ian Potter State Theatre to mark the Ian Potter Foundation’s donation of $15 million to its refurbishment.
Chris King, director of Art’s Centre Melbourne’s Reimagining Project, has said that the donation was agreed in 2020. According to Perfect, the renaming was due to be announced in 2022, and Perfect, who was performing at the State Theatre in Dolly Parton musical 9 to 5, was asked to host the announcement.
The Ian Potter Foundation has a long relationship with the Arts Centre, including millions in donations going back to the Arts Precinct’s early planning stages. “As a first donor and significant donor, sometimes offer naming,” Goode said last week. “It’s very fitting, given his lifelong contribution to the arts, that the theatre will be called the Ian Potter State Theatre.”
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