On the move: latest arts sector appointments

Your weekly round-up of Australian arts sector appointments.

4 Aug 2025 14:03

Richard Watts

Two male breakdancers perform on a high building, the cityscape visible behind them. The two young men are photographed in joint handstands; with their legs extended, their feet touching as if supporting one another. The photo illustrates Artshub's On the move column, a weekly summary of Australian arts sector appointments.

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Photo: Niko Twisty.

Vanessa Pigrum, CEO of Australia’s oldest continually operating theatre, Hobart’s Theatre Royal, is stepping down from the position she has held since July 2024 and returning to the mainland.

Theatre Royal Chair Tanya Price said, ‘Vanessa … has informed the Board that, for family care reasons, she needs to return to Melbourne and therefore resign from her position with us.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's 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 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts