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Sydney Festival beyond the harbour city

in its 40th year, Sydney Festival proves it has overcome the glitter of the harbour to provide a festival that goes where people live.

21 Oct 2015

Richard Watts

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La Verità will feature as part of Sydney Festival. Image: www.sydneyfestival.org.au

Sydneysiders are deeply invested in Sydney Festival, which next year celebrates its 40th anniversary. The degree of engagement has come in part from the Festival’s focus on developing ‘an active relationship’ with the city’s inhabitants, according to Festival Director Lieven Bertels.

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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