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Ten Days on the Island announces new Artistic Director

The biennial festival has been without dedicated artistic direction since the sudden departure of its previous AD in May.

11 Nov 2013 12:00

Richard Watts

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Photo: Ten Days on the Island’s new Artistic Director, David Malacari

David Malacari was today announced as the new Artistic Director of Ten Days on the Island.

Previously the Artistic Director of the Parramatta-based cultural festival Parramasala, Malacari has also worked as the Artistic Director of Auckland Arts Festival, directed festivals of Australian arts in London and India, and was Executive Producer of Perth’s Commonwealth Festival. He has also held senior programming roles at the Adelaide Festival Centre and the Adelaide Festival of Arts.

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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