So you want to be a festival director

If you dream of being a festival director travelling the world picking the best of the global arts offerings for a grateful audience, you had better read this first.
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Image: Sydney Writers’ Festival. 

‘The biggest myth about being a festival director is that you spend your time swanning around the world seeing shows you like,’ said Simon Abrahams, Creative Director and CEO of Melbourne Fringe.

‘There’s little swanning, and even fewer shows you like, and that’s not your job anyway.  Your job is to create a context where putting different artwork together makes meaning that, presented separately, wouldn’t exist.’

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Brooke Boland
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Brooke Boland is a freelance writer based on the South Coast of NSW. She has a PhD in literature from the University of NSW. You can find her on Instagram @southcoastwriter.