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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 12:00

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 OAM is ArtsHub's former National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the 2019 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in early 2020. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association in 2021, and a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Photo: Fiona Hamilton. Follow Richard on Bluesky @richardthewatts.bsky.social and Instagram @richard.l.watts