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Melbourne Festival to seek new artistic director for 2020

The current Artistic Director of Melbourne Festival, Jonathan Holloway, will step down from the role after completing his fourth festival in 2019.

16 May 2018

Richard Watts

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Jonathan Holloway is to step down as Artistic Director of Melbourne Festival at the end of his fourth festival in 2019.

The move comes despite Holloway’s contact, at the time of his original appointment, being open-ended rather than the usual fixed term of three to four years which is the norm for Australian festivals.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts