Wesley Enoch announced as Sydney Festival’s new director

After five years at QTC, Enoch will take over from Lieven Bertels as Festival Director for a three-year tenure from 2017-2019.

2 Jun 2015 12:00

Richard Watts

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Wesley Enoch, a Noonuccal Nuugi man from Stradbroke Island and Artistic Director of Queensland Theatre Company since 2010, has been appointed as the next Director of Sydney Festival.

He will take over the reins from Lieven Bertels, who completes his term in 2016, marking the Festival’s 40th anniversary.

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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