On the move: Latest sector appointments

New leadership team for Black Swan, Australian National Maritime Museum's new Director, and more.

4 Apr 2022 9:17

Richard Watts

All Arts

Photo by Jake Givens on Unsplash.

Black Swan State Theatre Company has announced the appointments of Kate Champion as Artistic Director and Ian Booth as Chief Executive Officer for our State Theatre Company of Western Australia.

Black Swan Chair, Francois Witbooi, said the pair’s appointments come as the theatre industry is emerging from a period of prolonged introspection that’s now ripe for invigoration.

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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