Politics and passion: Eamon Flack’s first Belvoir season

Only the third Artistic Director in the company’s 30 year history, Flack’s 2016 season explores history, family and society.
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Hazem Shammas in The Tribe; photo by Catherine Cranston.

Announced as Belvoir’s new Artistic Director in late 2014, Eamon Flack has had plenty of time to prepare his inaugural season for the company – as well as time to consider what makes the company unique.

‘I guess I spend a lot of time thinking about what Belvoir does best and I ​spend a lot of time thinking about what its deep roots are as a company. I spend a lot of time thinking about the theatricality of the city that I live in and the theatricality of the world that I live in. And a lot of time thinking very much about what I might have to offer,’ he told ArtsHub.

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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