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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 10:00

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 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