Exit Interview: Todd MacDonald, La Boite Theatre Company

After six years as Artistic Director/CEO at Brisbane’s La Boite, MacDonald is moving on. He looks back on his time at the company, discussing his regrets, triumphs, and hopes for the future.

Moving on from La Boite after six years as Artistic Director, Todd MacDonald says he leaves the company ‘a much more intelligent artist,’ than when he started.

‘Because of the spaces and places and people that we’ve challenged ourselves to work with, I’ve learned an enormous amount about myself, and also about artistry in the making process as well,’ he told ArtsHub.

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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 Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. 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