1999 History
Funding news
![A 'Sunflowers' production photo. A child sits on a red couch and looks up at a puppet standing on the couch.](https://polyglot.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1999-Polyglot-Theatre-IMAGE-Sunflowers9-1000x1000-1-1065x610.jpg)
- Polyglot receives triennial funding from the Australia Council for the Arts for the first time.
- Shows created include The Black Lighthouse by Richard Tulloch, designed by Trina Parker, and Sunflowers by Gilly McInnes, directed by Arriette Taylor with assistance from the National Gallery of Victoria.
- Studio Polyglot, a program offering opportunities for artists connected with the company to develop skills in puppetry and visual theatre, stages four works at the 1999 Melbourne Fringe Festival.
- Polyglot turns 21!