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On the move: latest arts sector appointments

STC AD to step down and more news about arts sector roles from around the country.

8 Apr 2024

Richard Watts

Aeroplane contrails across a blue sky with a half-full moon visible in the background. Arts sector appointments.

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Sydney Theatre Company (STC) Artistic Director Kip Williams announced on Friday (5 April) that, after 13 years with the Company and eight as Artistic Director, he will launch his eighth and final program in September before stepping down at the end of the year.

Following the success of The Picture of Dorian Gray in London’s West End (where the production received multiple five-star reviews), Williams has decided to hand over the reins to a new Artistic Director at the end of 2024 as he makes space in his schedule for a potential Broadway season in 2025.

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Richard Watts

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