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Beloved Australian theatre identity dies at age 80 as tributes flood in


Keith Gallasch, a much-loved Australian theatre identity, has died at the age of 80.

With his long-term partner Virginia Baxter, Gallasch founded the Open City theatre company in 1987 which produced new works at the Performance Space in Sydney, as well as for radio. Creative Australia, in their official tribute to Gallasch, described the free paper as 'a groundbreaking magazine devoted to documenting and championing innovation in the arts worldwide.' 'A writer, dramaturg, editor and erstwhile performer' Keith was both a primary witness and documenter and the keeper of our collective culture - a thankless task in many ways,' they continued.

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