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The Board and staff of Yirra Yaakin Theatre Company have announced the appointment of highly respected arts manager Helen Hristofski as the company’s new General Manager.

With over 20 years’ experience in commissioning, producing and presenting new Australian works, Hristofski will bring a high level of theatre experience to Yirra Yaakin following the departure of long-standing General Manager, Peter Kift.

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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