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So you want my arts job: Director, Independent Theatre

If you love collaborative storytelling that helps communities form around a common goal, directing indie theatre productions may be the job for you, explains director Cassandra Fumi.

14 Oct 2024 9:04

Richard Watts

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Independent theatre director, Cassandra Fumi. Photo: Supplied.

Cassandra Fumi is an award-winning theatre director. Directing credits include World Problems (Melbourne Theatre Company), The Crocodile (Winner Best Director 2024 Green Room Awards), Far Away (fortyfivedownstairs), The Mermaid (La Mama Theatre – 2021 VCE Playlist) and Dog Show (Melbourne Fringe Hub).

One of the greatest challenges is funding – it’s tricky to make work when you don’t know how to pay for it. There are so many brilliant projects and just not enough resources to support them all.

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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