Wesley Enoch announced as Sydney Festival’s new director

After five years at QTC, Enoch will take over from Lieven Bertels as Festival Director for a three-year tenure from 2017-2019.

2 Jun 2015

Richard Watts

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Wesley Enoch, a Noonuccal Nuugi man from Stradbroke Island and Artistic Director of Queensland Theatre Company since 2010, has been appointed as the next Director of Sydney Festival.

He will take over the reins from Lieven Bertels, who completes his term in 2016, marking the Festival’s 40th anniversary.

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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