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A c k n o w l e d g e m e n t o f C o u n t r yBrisbane Festival expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the Brisbane Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country,

including the custodial neighbouring communities on whose land works are created, performed

and celebrated by Brisbane Festival. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters

and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and emerging.

We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples continue to play in the

creative and artistic events and celebration spaces. Brisbane Festival and the Indigenous Advisory

Group will meaningfully engage, embrace culture and commit to a progressive future together.

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In the following pages you’ll read about ticket

sales, reviews, attendance and records broken.

For me, the success of Brisbane Festival 2019

was on Saturday afternoon at Treasury Brisbane

Arcadia seeing families and partygoers alike all

revelling in the sunshine between shows, and

in the tear-strewn faces of audiences having

experienced deeply moving theatre. It was in

the rapt expressions of our international artists

as they were personally welcomed with local

stories by our Indigenous Advisory Group, and

in the hot pink glow emanating from Divine

and The Courier-Mail Spiegeltent.

Brisbane Festival is equally proud of the strong

legacy we have in improving business outcomes

for our Sponsors and Partners. It is no mistake

that we have a 98% return rate of Partners

year after year. This year, more than ever,

we felt the desire of the business community

to really create meaningful connections and

build experiences and memories through our

partnerships and this is incredibly exciting.

A Festival without our Partners’ support would

look very different. It is their commitment that

enables us to add the extra special glow which

makes Brisbane Festival Australia’s premier

international arts festival and one that draws

people to our unique city.

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THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO MEASURE SUCCESSThe support our Giving Program receives is also

a significant contributor to the ongoing success

of the Festival. The Giving Committee, led by

the Honourable Justice Thomas Bradley, is

comprised of some of our city’s most influential

leaders and we are deeply appreciative of their

great support and generosity.

A sincere thank you to our Brisbane Festival

Board Directors, staff, interns and volunteers

for your dedication and hard work. A special

mention and tribute to outgoing Chairman

of the Board Paul Spiro – your leadership and

guidance over the past five years has been

transformative to Brisbane Festival. Thank you.

I also extend a very warm welcome to our

incoming Chair Alison Smith. I look forward

to working closely with you and am excited by

the opportunities your leadership will present

to Brisbane Festival.

We are only as strong as the relationships

we maintain; together we are transforming

the culture of Brisbane, and we look forward

to continuing to work with you in the future.

Charlie Cush

Chief Executive Officer

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P R O G R A M H I G H L I G H T S

Not everyone can afford to travel the world,

so this year Brisbane Festival brought the

world to them.

We went on a trip to five continents, with work

from Africa, across Europe, USA and Canada,

Asia, and of course from throughout Australia.

More than that, we travelled to invisible cities

and to countries of the heart.

And along the way, for the third year in a row,

we broke our box office record.

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Something remarkable happened in the final

week. Invisible Cites and YANG LIPING’S Rite of Spring sat side-by-side, two glorious works from

global artists, both reflections of China in a

Western mirror redefining the art of the possible.

They were both Brisbane Festival commissions –

we were been part of their very creation – and

for me they marked the coming of age of the

Festival. This year, we truly became a trusted

global player, showing ourselves capable of

genuine international leadership. I think that’s

important for a burgeoning global city such

as Brisbane.

Brisbane has never ever seen anything like

Invisible Cities. Actually, most of the world hasn’t.

To be in that vast warehouse in Yeerongpilly,

enthralled by state-of-the-art projection mapping

from 59 Productions and sensational dance from

Rambert choreographed by the great Sidi Larbi

Cherkaoui, was to witness a benchmark moment

in performance, and not only for Brisbane.

Bryony Kimmings’ I’m a Phoenix, Bitch affected

people deeply. This raw and personal work

from one of the UK’s most incisive performance

artists unlocked questions of motherhood and

mental health in a way that spoke to all.

The 25-year-old UK jazz genius Jacob Collier

was part of our opening weekend, and he

ensured that we blasted off in a blaze of

musical invention. Those lucky enough to

be in the QPAC Concert Hall knew we were

witnessing one of the great concerts.

G L O W I N G LY G L O B A LSS Mendi: Dancing the Death Drill and St Matthew Passion were two separate productions from

South Africa’s fabulous Isango Ensemble,

uncovering hidden African stories and

perspectives. In their own ways, both shows

reflected on questions of race and colonialism,

very pertinent to Australia.

Stories from Africa and Asia have been

consistently present in our recent Brisbane

Festival programs, alongside those from Europe

and North America. There’s no doubt our world

is moving from west to east, and from north

to south, from people of pasty white to people

of colour, and we need to be part of that.

Brisbane is a gateway city, tuned to the world.

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Our international achievements balanced

a significant focus on the distinctively local.

Local commissions teamed with a celebration

of the river and much-loved city venues.

Fangirls was a co-production with Queensland

Theatre and Sydney’s Belvoir, in collaboration

with the Australian Theatre for Young People,

that lifted the roof. This world premiere was a

vivacious piece of musical theatre that reached

significant new audiences, particularly younger

demographics.

Steven Oliver’s From Darkness was a

co-production with La Boite Theatre Company,

and part of a long-term relationship with this

important company. This world premiere was

a moving family story that shared an aspect

of Aboriginal spirituality rarely seen on

Australian stages.

Flamenco Fire: Veinte Años celebrated 20 years

of Flamenco Fire, a significant achievement

for this Brisbane-based company. It was

worth celebrating, so we jumped on board

and enabled a first-time collaboration with

Brisbane’s Camerata (also a great boon for

them), the engagement of several national

and international guest artists, and a first-time

appearance in QPAC’s Concert Hall.

Briefs: Close Encounters and Brat Kids Carnival were two separate productions from this

globetrotting Brisbane company, which enjoyed

a first-time season at QPAC. Meanwhile, that

other globetrotting, Brisbane-born cabaret-

circus outfit Strut & Fret was effervescent

in The Courier-Mail Spiegeltent with Blanc de Blanc Encore.

L O V I N G LY L O C A LRiver of Light, our free light-and-laser spectacle

on the river itself, returned for a second inspiring

year. Local Aboriginal songman Shannon Ruska

told a first encounter story that few knew well:

how Milbong Warrar (Hidden River) became

Brisbane River. This was part of a significant

elevation of First Nations storytelling in the

Festival and showed three times each night

to hundreds of thousands of people.

This year, we also honoured two much-loved

Brisbane music venues: Riverstage and The Tivoli.

As part of our celebration of Riverstage’s 30th

birthday, we fielded four exclusive concerts

across a range of musical genres, on each of

our Saturday nights. On our opening night, and

the date of the actual birthday, Hot Dub Time

Machine led a line-up of local bands including

Cub Sport, Confidence Man, The Last Dinosaurs,

and Clea. Brisbane heavy metal heroes The

Amity Affliction then headlined an Australian

exclusive concert Heaven and Hell, featuring

a massive line-up of ten metal bands from the

USA, Japan and around Australia.

Our third Saturday saw Symphony for Me,

a Brisbane festival invention, move from the

QPAC Concert Hall to Riverstage for the first

time. This free concert with the Queensland

Symphony Orchestra, hosted this year by ABC

TV weather presenter Jenny Woodward, paired

local personal stories with orchestral music

and filled the air with joy.

For our closing night, in another Australian

exclusive and with Sunsuper Riverfire as brilliant

backdrop, Canada’s City and Colour played

with national and local artists, including The

Jezabels, Odette, Didirri, and Asha Jefferies.

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Our ongoing collaboration with Brisbane’s Tivoli

offered a wide variety of work. The Church of House: Groove Terminator, involving a wondrous

collaboration with Brisbane’s Aboriginal Centre

for Performing Arts, was a great opening night

event. A screening of the Coen Brothers film

No Country for Old Men was accompanied by

a live score played by Tropical Fuck Storm. Holy

Holy and The Middle East both played sold out

gigs, while the much-loved Tivoli-in-the-Round

series ran for four nights. Leading Australian

comedian Sam Simmons played two nights,

while Brisbane’s Regurgitator played their kids’

event, POGOGO SHOW.

And we tried for the City Botanic Gardens!

But our Fire Gardens project, which would have

been a beautiful experience for around 40,000

people, was necessarily cancelled as a result

of a total fire ban throughout the city.

The ‘local’ stretched beyond Brisbane. Communal Table was commissioned from Townsville-based

Dancenorth with eight choreographers from

across Australia. This was our fourth time with

this ground-breaking contemporary dance

company. Occupying a West End warehouse,

Communal Table was an inventive mix of

food, conversation and dance that offered

participants a unique experience of sharing

and new insight into how and why we move.

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We have been keen to close the distance

between artist and audience. More and more,

the world values experiences over products and

we’ve tried to be part of that. The public have

participated in the creation of lots of our shows,

but no matter what we do we try to balance

and weave the social with the cultural.

As always, there were many shared experiences

at our utopian spaces – the Arcadian freedoms

at South Bank and the republican liberties

at Kelvin Grove.

Treasury Brisbane Arcadia had its best-ever

year, with a huge program of entertainment,

much of it free, framed by its four corners: The

Courier-Mail Spiegeltent, River of Light on the

river, and our bookending bars, Divine and

Voodoo. The wonderful 1000 Doors installation

brought smiles to many.

Our Theatre Republic site in and around

La Boite’s Roundhouse Theatre in Kelvin Grove

featured a record 17 works from international,

national and local artists exploring potent

subject matter across race, colonialism, religion,

climate change, gender identity, ancient myth

and technological futures. The site itself was a

living, breathing work of art, full of experiences

that encouraged people to share and dream.

Our newer site at King St in Bowen Hills featured

Bedtime Stories from The Netherlands (performed

on a car park rooftop), The Cold Record from the USA

(performed in a bar at Welcome to Bowen Hills), and

a collaboration with Brisbane’s Blaklash that yielded

the free Connecting with Local Stories (yarns with

local Indigenous leaders) and Evening Lights from

local Aboriginal visual art Elisa Jane Carmichael.

These were all examples of intimate storytelling

that emphasised the things that unite us.

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Our big family program stretched across

many artforms and locations. Many of our

big events – River of Light, Sunsuper Riverfire,

Symphony for Me – were very family friendly.

The puppeteering A Not So Traditional Story told

a Tasmania Aboriginal story, while We Live Here

from Brisbane’s Flipside Circus took us inside the

Hummingbird House hospice. The Courier-Mail

Spigeltent was full of family fare.

Interestingly, Briefs, Regurgitator and Dan

Sultan all offered shows for kids!

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Now, a more personal note.

This Brisbane Festival was my fifth and final.

7,000 artists, 3,000 performances, 30 world

premieres and, I hope, a lot of jaws dropping

and smiles widening.

In David Malouf’s novel Johnno, Dante and

Johnno are in the Criterion Bar on the corner

of George and Adelaide Streets and forlornly

declare that Brisbane is ‘a place where poetry

could never occur.’ Well, much proves them

wrong – the existence of Malouf himself,

of a thousand others, and of the artists who

are the heart of this festival.

Together, we made festivals that have reached

more people than ever before, with poetry and

pizzazz. Festivals that were both feisty and fun,

that challenged and comforted, that were local

and global, that encouraged us to look both

inwards and outwards.

A P E R S O N A L N O T EI’m thrilled that we’ve been able to double

our box office over those years, and to make a

difference. That’s been because of the dedication

of many – Paul Spiro and his dedicated Board,

a staff under Charlie Cush that’s the envy of

festivals around the world, and the sensational

support of government, businesses, donors and,

of course, snowballing audiences.

Nevertheless, I don’t expect you liked everything –

as Oscar Wilde quipped, “It is only an auctioneer

who should admire all schools of art”. But I do

know that you were there, with open minds

and generous spirits. And for that I am

eternally thankful.

To make an end is to make a beginning.

And so begins the work of the wonderful

Louise Bezzina, the Festival’s new Artistic

Director. I know you will offer her what you

have so generously offered me.

David Berthold

Artistic Director (2015-19)

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target markets for all of its programs and their motivation to attend events. Audience profiles paint

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O A K S H O T E L S R E S O R T S A N D S U I T E S

A long-standing partner of Brisbane Festival,

Oaks Hotels and Resorts were looking to

showcase their Brisbane Festival partnership

to their customers. Using the Festival’s 1000 Doors theme for 2019, Oaks created an oversized

door mural on the front doors of Oaks Festival

Towers building. A clear proof point of their

proud partnership with Brisbane Festival. In

addition, Oaks created custom designed door

hangers for all of their hotel rooms using playful

slogans integrating Brisbane Festival’s brand.

Using everyday hotel items to leverage their

partnership was a simple yet effective way and

provided many fun ways to share content via

social channels.

R O B E R T W A LT E R S

As a new partner in 2018, Robert Walters came

to Brisbane Festival searching for a unique

hospitality proposition to expand into the arts

sector. Brisbane Festival was able to tailor

a partnership for Robert Walters that enabled

them to host key clients for a night at Festival.

A group of 48 guests attended a pre-show

cocktail party before moving to The Courier-

Mail Spiegeltent in-booth seating to enjoy

a performance of Blanc de Blanc Encore. Guest

feedback was overwhelmingly positive. In its

second year, this hospitality experience has

provided Robert Walters with a fantastic platform

to make business connections and has become

a key event in their business calendar.

In addition, Robert Walters provided Brisbane

Festival with valuable in-kind consultation

support to help improve recruitment processes

and conducted training with key management

staff to workshop best practices in recruitment.

S C R E E N Q U E E N S L A N D

A strong supporter of the Arts industry,

Screen Queensland proudly partnered 2019

programming River of Light and Invisible Cities.

For Screen Queensland’s partnership, Brisbane

Festival facilitated and invitation-only industry

event with a theme of increasing the quality and

quantity of First Nations story telling through

the art of screen culture. The event included an

impressive discussion panel, featuring Brisbane

Festival co-creator of River of Light Shannon

Ruska. The event was hosted during the day

inside The Courier-Mail Spiegeltent, a striking

and unique venue, and provided a point of

difference. Guests were then joined by Shannon

Ruska to watch a performance of River of Light –

a sharing of First Nations’ stories through

a different type of screen – a wall of water

Screen Queensland also supported Invisible Cities,

Brisbane Festival’s largest ever commissioned

work which integrated fully immersive projection

art with live theatre and dance. As a VIP

experience, industry professionals were invited

onto the set of Invisible Cities during the day

and hosted to a technical tour by the creators

of this incredible piece, world-renowned 59

Productions. It was a learning opportunity that

would never be rivalled for the very lucky small

group who were invited.

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G I V I N G P R O G R A M

The Giving Program enjoyed strong growth this

year, surpassing our previous results with 260

donors contributing $420,000 in philanthropic

funds, directly supporting this year’s Brisbane

Festival program. The generosity of Festival

donors was crucial in delivering the following

programming for Brisbane Festival 2019:

Communal Table, Invisible Cities, YANG LIPING’S Rite of Spring, Theatre Republic, and Symphony for Me.

Brisbane Festival’s brilliant Giving Committee,

led by the Honourable Justice Thomas Bradley,

is at the core of our success. A great milestone

achieved in 2019 is that more than $1million in

philanthropic funds has been raised for Brisbane

Festival since the inception of the Giving Program

four years ago. We are extremely proud of this

accomplishment and could not have done it

without the extraordinarily devoted members

of the Giving Committee who rally their networks

to ensure key artistic projects are realised.

I would like to personally thank all those

big-hearted visionaries who have served as

members the Giving Committee over the past

four years: Eliza Baxby, the Honourable Justice

Thomas Bradley, Heidi Cooper, Regina Cotter,

Peter Hyland, Anna Marsden, Simon Morrison,

Ben Poschelk, Courtney Talbot, Paul Taylor and

Andrew Tynan. We are also incredibly grateful

to Brisbane Festival’s dedicated Board Directors

who support us in so many ways, not least with

their donations, achieving the important goal

of 100% Board Giving each year since the

Giving Program was established in 2016.

F e s t i va l D o n o r s M a k e i t h a p p e nGiving Committee members spearheaded this

year’s fundraising by matching all donations

received at two major Giving Program events.

The first was graciously hosted by Board Director

and Giving Committee member Simon Morrison

and his wife Nicole at their beautiful home

in Sherwood and the other was held in the

magnificent Penthouse at Emporium South Bank.

It was terrific to set a goal and reach our target –

$100,000 was raised on these two evenings in the

lead up to the end of financial year.

Three major gifts in the Community Ambassadors

donor category were received from Brisbane

Festival Deputy Chair Philip Bacon AM, Tim

Fairfax AC and Giving Committee Member

Paul Taylor. We are extremely grateful to these

philanthropic leaders for such significant

contributions, without which three cornerstone

productions of Brisbane Festival 2019 (Invisible Cities, YANG LIPING’S Rite of Spring, Symphony for Me) would not have been possible.

My deep gratitude once again to all of our

wonderful Festival donors for ensuring the success

of Brisbane Festival 2019 – it was fantastic to revel

with you throughout September. Together, we can

achieve extraordinary things for Brisbane and the

cultural landscape of our beautiful city into the

future. I invite you to join us again next year for

Brisbane Festival 2020 and back our new Artistic

Director Louise Bezzina to be bold and brave

in her first Brisbane Festival.

Remember Festival donors make it happen!

Fabienne Cooke

Head of Philanthropy

D O N O R S T O B R I S B A N E F E S T I V A L S U P P O R T T H R E E C E N T R A L A R E A S O F P R O G R A M M I N G :

◊ Bringing the best international work to Brisbane for

exclusive Australian premieres

◊ Creating opportunities for local artists and companies

by commissioning new work

◊ Ensuring access for all by providing reduced-priced

tickets and free events

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F e s t i v a l d o n o r s p l ay a v i ta l r o l e i n r e i n f o r c i n g B r i s b a n e ’ s p o s i t i o n a s a c e l e b r at e d c r e at i v e c a p i ta l a n d c u lt u r a l d e s t i n at i o n .Thank you to our generous Festival donors

for their wonderful support of Brisbane Festival 2019.

If you would like to become involved with the Giving

Program by making a donation to Brisbane Festival,

please contact Head of Philanthropy Fabienne Cooke

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C O M M U N I T Y A M B A S S A D O R SPhilip Bacon AM Tim Fairfax AC and Gina Fairfax Susan and Paul Taylor

H I G H C O M M I S S I O N E R SHon Justice Thomas Bradley Professor Ian Frazer AC and Caroline Frazer Andy Greig and Ingrid Asbury Shaun and Sue Kenny Nicole and Simon Morrison Hon Justice Anthe Philippides Courtney Talbot

T H E I N T E R N A T I O N A L SEliza and Matthew Baxby BMD Group, Mick Power AM Hon Justice Sue Brown Gayle and Nick Carter Regina and John Cotter Cass and Ian George Fiona and Ben Poschelk Sue Shepherd

T H E C O M M I S S I O N E R SAnonymous Aruga Brian Bartley Louise Bezzina Virginia Bishop Michelle Boyd Bryce Camm and Mark Lightfoot Fabienne and Marshall Cooke Heidi and James Cooper José and Lucy Coulson Alicia and Charlie Cush Susan Forrester Lachlan and Kimberley Furnell Rhyll Gardner and Rusty Graham Marian Gibney Amanda and Jeff Griffin Cate Heyworth-Smith QC and Ben Duke Valmay Hill and Russell Mitchell Michael Hodge QC and Kim Hodge Ian Klug AM and Jocelyn Klug Dan Law and Phoebe Rouse Alvin Leach Susan Learmonth and Bernard Curran Dr Andrew MacMillian and Catherine MacMillan Russell Mann and Margo McLay Ari and Sarah McCamley Tanya McCarthy and Graham Tanner Amanda Newbery Joseph and Sarah O’Brien James and Prue Pateras Libby and Jared Patrick Fraser Power Queensland Community Foundation Alison Smith Drs Rupert and Penelope Templeman Hon Justice David Thomas and Jane Thomas Prof Mandy Thomas Dr Phillip Vecchio and Marisa Vecchio AM Dr Charlie Willmott and Sarah Willmott Bruce and Jocelyn Wolfe Linda and Tony Young

T H E I N D E P E N D E N T SAnonymous Sonia Anderson Michelle and Victor Borzillo Anne and Stuart Bowman Broadley Rees Hogan Melissa Brown Kate and Rohan Brunello Nanette Carroll Julia and Liam Copley Judith Cush Prue and Harley Dalton Vanessa Edwards Kerry and Greg Gillett goa billboards Nancy and Allan Hartley Cory Heathwood Andrew Hoare Sinead Hourigan Tim and Tina Kent Dr Dan Morgan Todd and Natalie Parolin Rumble Erica Strasser Jenny Usher and Peter Good Judy and David Usher Isabella Vecchio Chanelle and Simon White Ann-Maree Willett

B F F SPenny Behan Lanka Butler-De Silva and Dan Butler Fern and Matthew Dowling Anna Feros and Justin Buchner Marcia Ferreira Greg and Jenny Fokes Leeor Groen Tashoni and Chris Hardy Diane Murphy Dare and Andrea Power Andrew and Craig Templeman Benjamin Tye and Meredith Burke Liz Ward

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Theatre Republic Image by Atmosphere Photography

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A R T I S T I C D I R E C T O R David Berthold

C H I E F E X E C U T I V E O F F I C E RCharlie Cush

B O A R D D I R E C T O R SPaul Spiro Chair Philip Bacon Deputy Chair Cory Heathwood Ian Klug AM Simon Morrison Amanda Newbery Mick Power AM Alison Smith Professor Mandy Thomas Chris Tyquin

P R O G R A M M I N GKate Fell Program Director Margie Bowen Assistant Logistics Manager Damien Cassidy Producer Sarah Farnsworth Program Administrator Tara Hobbs Producer Caitlin Hultgren Associate Producer Alyssa Kielty Producer Loki Liddle Program Intern Fiona MacDonald Producer Brent McCammon Resource Coordinator Skye Murphy Logistics Manager Kathryn Richards Logistic Administrator Giannina Periz Senior Producer Brodie Shelley Program Intern Stu Syme Ground Transport Coordinator Stephanie Suess Associate Producer Leah Tilney Associate Producer Chris Twite Contemporary Music Programmer Alycia Warner Associate Producer

T E C H N I C A LTim Pack Technical Director Lew Bromley Operations Manager Michael Gill Technical Coordinator Vashti Greder Site Design Coordinator & Signage Coordinator Katie Hurst Technical Manager Caitlyn Kidney Technical Coordinator Charlotte Kirby Technical Manager Freddy Komp Technical Manager Louisa Lachi Technical Administrator and Coordinator Amy McKenzie Site Design Manager Dale Norris Operations Coordinator Michael Richardson Senior Technical Manager Bethany Scott Technical Coordinator Jason Waide Technical Manager Donovan Wagner Technical Coordinator

B U S I N E S S D E V E L O P M E N TDanica Bennett Business Development Director Kirsty Adams Corporate Events Manager Dana Brown Sponsorship Manager Bridget Vos Sponsorship and Events Coordinator

P H I L A N T H R O P YFabienne Cooke Head of Philanthropy Jenny Usher Philanthropy Coordinator

M A R K E T I N G A N D C O M M U N I C A T I O N SMichael Adams Marketing and Communications Director Jen Hall Brand and Content Manager Angela Kohler Marketing Manager Kitty Malcolm Ticketing Manager Liana Praekelt Marketing Coordinator Emma Symons Social Media Specialist Melissa Tickle Marketing Executive Zoe White Digital Marketing Manager

F I N A N C ERebecca Drummond Finance Director / Company Secretary Lorelle Edwards Finance Assistant

A D M I N I S T R A T I O NJulia Herne Head of Business Administration Isabela Alcantara Administration Intern Marcia Ferreira Administration Coordinator Zachary Reimers Volunteers Coordinator Kaya Tominaga Administration Intern

C R E A T I V E D E S I G NAmy McKenzie Treasury Brisbane Arcadia Sarah Winter Threatre Republic

D E S I G N A G E N C YSean Dowling Design Sean Dowling Creative Director Doris Lakin Junior Designer Craig Wilkinson Video Designer Frankie Young Senior Designer

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F E S T I V A L P H O T O G R A P H E RAtmosphere Photography

I N D I G E N O U S A D V I S O R Y G R O U PMichelle Tuahine Chair Raelene Baker Elder Bob Weatherall Elder Bridget Garay

G I V I N G C O M M I T T E E The Hon Justice Thomas Bradley Chair Eliza Baxby Heidi Cooper Simon Morrison Ben Poschelk Courtney Talbot Paul Taylor

F e s t i v a l t e a m

Riverstage Birthday Bash Image by Atmosphere Photography

T H A N K Y O U F O R R E V E L L I N G W I T H U S !

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