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Next Wave offers up new narratives and new visions

Next Wave Artistic Director Emily Sexton says the 2014 festival offers up a new way of imagining of the world.

31 Mar 2014 12:00

Richard Watts

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Steaphan Paton’s My Bullock Modified, Next Wave 2014. Image by Sarah Black.

In a rapidly changing world where once-stable institutions such as newspapers, marriage and the two-party political system are struggling to remain relevant, the arts are a beacon of hope, according to Next Wave Festival’s Artistic Director, Emily Sexton.

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Richard Watts

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 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