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Rhoda Roberts (Chair)
Artistic Director Events, Saltwater Freshwater Arts alliance
Producer, Vibe Australia
Creative Director, Rhoda Roberts Gallery and Events
Producer and Festival Director, Boomerang 2012 , Desert Dreaming and Dillybag Festivals
Artistic Director, Nukkan Ya Ruby (Series of Tribute Concerts)
An experienced motivated and versatile arts executive, with a diverse range of international and national industry practice within commercial, community and non profit organisations. Rhoda’s the founder and Artistic Director of the annual International festival The Dreaming based at Woodford QLD. As an actor/producer and director, she continues to work freelance as a consultant, is a sought after speaker and performer in theatre, film, television and radio. She was a co-founding member of Australia's first national Aboriginal theatre company, the Aboriginal National Theatre Trust (ANTT) and coined the term 'Welcome to country' establishing protocol Manuals and welcomes by local custodians for the arts industry.
Peter Wilson (Treasurer)
Investment banker, Vice President, Greenhill Caliburn Partnership
Tom Gutteridge
Theatre director, Artistic Director, Union House Theatre
Bruce Meagher
Director of Strategy and Communications, SBS Corporation
Joanna Murray-Smith
Playwright
Helen Salmon
Arts Administrator
Stephen Sewell
Playwright
Irene Stevens
Arts Administrator
Desmond Sweeney
Lawyer
advocates
Chris Bendall (WA)
Rosemary Myers (SA)
Jon Halpin (NSW/VIC)
Van Badham (VIC)
Charles Parkinson (TAS)
Liz Burcham (QLD)
staff
Artistic Director
Chris Mead
Chris has been directing for theatre since 1987 when he wrote and directed his first play while at SUDS (Sydney University Dramatic Society). For Kicking and Screaming, directorial credits include Close to Home (Gleeson, Thaine and Vuletic), Been So Long (Che Walker) and Turnstiler (Simon Hall) at the SBW Stables; Imago (Emma Vuletic) and Pussy Boy (Christine Evans) at B Sharp, Downstairs Belvoir St; and three hundred and sixty positions in a one night stand, (Ellis, Gleeson, Marchand, Murphy, Vuletic) for the 2002 Sydney Festival. Chris was the Curator of the Australian National Playwrights' Centre Conference in 2004 and 2005 and the Festival Director of World Interplay, the International Festival for Young Playwrights, in 2003 and 2005. For independent companies he directed Cross Sections (Suzie Miller) at the Old Fitzroy, and Howie the Rookie (Mark O'Rowe) in Auckland and Wellington. The latter was later awarded Best Production for the small stage for 2003 by the New Zealand Herald and the former transferred to the Sydney Opera House, selling out its season there. He has a PhD in Australian history from the University of Sydney, and was nominated by Sydney's Sun Herald as one of 2001's best directors. Chris specialises in directing and dramaturging new work. He was awarded an inaugural Dramaturgy Fellowship by the Australia Council for the Arts in 2004. In 2004 and 2005 he lectured at the University of Wollongong in the Faculty of Creative Arts. Chris was Literary Manager of Company B Belvoir St Theatre from 2000-2003, the Literary Manager of the Sydney Theatre Company from 2005-2007, as well as being initiating Producer of Wharf 2LOUD, its artform development wing, where he directed Emergency Sex (Damien Millar).
General Manager
Amanda Macri
Associate Director
Susanna Dowling
International Development
Dan Prichard
Administrator
Alice Poujois
Outreach Coordinator
Teik-Kim Pok
Festival Producer + Marketing Manager
Kristy Austin
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