Also in WA, West Australian Ballet Executive Director Lauren Major describes that company’s recent freight costs as ‘somewhat of a lottery’, telling ArtsHub of a recent situation where the company brought forward the shipping of some items it will need for its 2027 program, fearing fuel costs will continue to increase later this year and further inflate the price of freighting these items. Similarly, as Bell Shakespeare Company’s Executive Director James Evans noted in ArtsHub’s recent survey of the financial state of performing arts companies, his company’s insurance costs have risen 81% over the two years from 2024 to 2026.