A melbourne-BASED theatre company that has received more than $800,000 in federal government grants since December 2010 has gone into liquidation owing the Australian Taxation Office almost $700,000.
HIT Productions, which is based in Beaumaris and run by 54-year-old actor-producer Christine Harris, entered liquidation on December 22 with debts totalling about $1.8 million.
Liquidation: Christine Harris (second from left).Credit: Melanie Faith Dove
Almost $1 million is identified in a list of known creditors lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission as being owed to Ms Harris ($900,000) and a ”Mr Harris” ($61,000). The company’s largest single creditor other than Ms Harris is the Tax Office, which is owed $692,387.
Until the day before it entered liquidation, the company that owes the money was registered with ASIC as Follow Your Dreams. But it has long traded and been known as HIT Productions.
John Wood in a performance of The Club in 2008. The David Williamson play, again featuring Wood, is on HIT Productions’ schedule for 2013.
The company specialised in taking theatrical productions to the suburbs and regional Australia, and has been a frequent recipient of arts grants through state and federal regional…