On the move: latest arts sector appointments

This week’s arts sector appointments include a new CEO at WA’s Arts and Culture Trust and a new Artistic Director/CEO at Theatre Works.
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Plenty of comings and goings across the country this week, with a rash of departures from the likes of Circa, Sydney Writers Festival and the Victorian Association of Performing Arts Centres, and new appointees joining organisations such as Victoria’s Theatre Works and Western Australia’s Arts and Culture Trust.

Adelaide Fringe has announced internationally recognised magician, producer and long-time Fringe artist Matt Tarrant as the new Chair of the Adelaide Fringe Foundation. Tarrant is taking over the role of Chair from David Pearson who stepped down after five years.

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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 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