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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY In keeping with the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Brisbane, the Turrubul and Yaggera Peoples, and recognise that this has always been a place of creative expression. We wish to pay respect to their Elders – past, present and emerging – and acknowledge the important role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to play within our creative community. Brisbane Festival's vision for reconciliation and healing is to meaningfully engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and communities in ways that acknowledge shared histories and look to the future, and embrace, grow respect for and celebrate the culture of our First Nations peoples.
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CONTENTS
GIVING PROGRAM
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THANK YOU Brisbane Festival 2018 exceeded expectations on every level. When I reflect on my brief time at the Festival it is with a deep sense of gratitude. I’m grateful for the strong foundations laid by my predecessor Valmay Hill, to the Board for offering the opportunity to lead Queensland’s premiere international arts festival and to David Berthold and his team for creating such a layered program, full of artistic integrity. The bright blue Brisbane skies in September provided the perfect climate for 22 days of creative exploration and a landscape for taking risks, indulging in sumptuous works of art and revelling in festivities. There are many Partners whose contribution make this festival possible. We are proud of our long-standing Partners across many levels – our Foundation Partners in Arts Queensland and Brisbane City Council, our Star Partner Treasury Brisbane, long-term Platinum Partners Sunsuper and Channel 9 as well as our amazing Gold, Silver, Bronze, Distinguished Partners and Supporters. Your support is deeply appreciated. Our growing base of Donors provide transformative support that allows Brisbane Festival to invest in the creation of new work by local, national and international artists and to keep our program accessible to all audiences. A personal highlight of the festival was the meet and greet program where key festival staff and members of the Indigenous Advisory Group would welcome visiting artists and companies on their first day in the theatre. The Indigenous Advisory group shapes Brisbane Festival’s internal culture, our processes and programs and informs our aspiration for best practice when engaging with Australia’s First People. A sincere thank you to our dedicated Brisbane Festival Board Directors, Giving Committee, and Indigenous Advisory Board and our fabulous staff, volunteers, and interns, all of whom contributed to delivering a festival of immense scale and quality and who deserve to feel very proud. Charlie Cush Chief Executive Officer
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS Making a mark. Hundreds of thousands gathered to enjoy
This was a landmark year. This year, the Festival became part of the city’s personality in a new way. More than ever, people were keen for the fresh as well as the familiar. They were keen to tell and hear our own stories, but also keen to lean curiously
#CelebrateBrisbane River of Light and were clearly enthralled by a spectacular sharing of a Dreamtime story of the creation of the river. This old story gave the Festival, and the people of Brisbane, new spirit.
and confidently into the stories of others. This
Our Theatre Republic site, where we housed
eagerness made for transformative experiences
13 frontier-edge productions and which was
for individuals, and for the city itself.
itself a breathing work of art, saw sales increase
The markers clearly expressed this shift. We smashed the box office record we set last
by more than 80 per cent. This hum was heard in our other venues, too.
year. Remarkably, we did so on Day 7 of this
At Riverstage, we bookended the Festival with
22-day Festival, and kept going. In the end,
two specially curated, huge day-night concerts,
we exceeded $3 million in ticket sales for the
each led by local heroes. Our opening concert was
first time ever and grew our ticketed attendance
headlined by Ball Park Music, tripping the light
by 43 per cent. That’s a huge leap.
fantastic, while our closing concert was led by
Treasury Brisbane Arcadia saw more than
Violent Soho, ripping it up amidst the fireworks.
485,000 people visit – an average of more than
A particular satisfaction? Across our three
22,000 people a day – by far our biggest year
distinct acts – one for each week – people
ever at our Festival Hub. These huge crowds
embraced the balance.
engaged with dozens of different performances and art installations – both free and ticketed – then stayed to eat, drink and share their experiences with one another.
They flocked to the fun things: the wonderful new cabaret LIFE the show, the buoyant BANG! BANG!, the irrepressible California Crooners Club (all in The Courier-Mail Spiegeltent) and the big program of contemporary music across a range of venues. But they equally signed up for our great risks: the world premieres.
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Making it first. Major international arts festivals are often
Brisbane Festival has a record of sustained
marked by the quality of the new work they
support for these, and other, Queensland
enable. This year, we gave birth to 12 new works.
companies over the years, and it’s reaping
That was very ambitious, but, more importantly,
rewards. It’s a good example of meeting our
the works themselves were of high ambition.
responsibility – a responsibility held by most arts
Wonderfully, the ambitions were met.
organisations – to not only be demand-driven,
The specially commissioned premieres from Queensland companies were notable successes.
but also to create demand for things that are new. This is the engine of progress.
Circa’s En Masse – beginning with Schubert’s
Man With The Iron Neck from Legs on the Wall,
endings and ending with Stravinsky’s beginnings –
drawing on artists from across Australia, was
packed out the QPAC Playhouse. For me, it was
another particularly powerful premiere. It was a
Circa’s best work (and that’s saying something),
profoundly moving work that was not only great
perfectly matching live music of the highest order
theatre, but also pointed to hard tensions within
with acrobatic art – dance circus – of danger
rural, and especially Indigenous, communities.
and nuance.
The onstage work was matched by offstage
Dancenorth’s beautiful, architectural Dust filled
outreach. Hope was offered through both.
the Brisbane Powerhouse, and signalled once
What’s next for these new works? National
again that this Townsville company is, right now,
and international tours are already planned.
making the most striking contemporary dance
The legacy will be lasting.
in Australia. The Good Room’s I’ve Been Meaning To Ask You, at Theatre Republic, was a marvel, handing the microphone to an inspiring group of young people. To be there was to feel good about the future.
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“A GRAND MASTERWORK THAT CHALLENGES THE BOUNDARIES OF DANCE, THEATRE, MUSIC AND CIRCUS.” THE CONVERSATION
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Making it big, making it boutique. Peter Grimes, the greatest opera in the English
Memorial marked the centenary of the Armistice,
language and a cornerstone of twentieth
and did so with around 250 people onstage.
century music drama, was our epic centrepiece.
This was a great coalition of another kind, with
Unbelievably, it had been 60 years since this
artistic and financial resources drawn from
masterwork was last seen in Brisbane, and indeed
several Australian and international festivals and
it provided us with some of the most thrilling music
organisations. British composer Jocelyn Pook’s
making the city has ever seen. Stuart Skelton, the
sweeping score, performed by many European
greatest Grimes alive, gave his mighty best despite
musicians, accompanied both a 215-strong choir
early illness. To witness his final performance was
drawn from the Brisbane public and legendary
to be in the presence of a tender titan.
Australian actor Helen Morse giving perhaps the
Our new staging saw top-line international artists
performance of her lifetime.
working alongside high-calibre Australian artists,
The boutique proved brilliant, too. Biladurang,
and brought together many of our large arts
Joel Bray’s one-person show that played out
organisations. Opera Queensland, Queensland
in a hotel room for 20 people at a time, shared
Symphony Orchestra and QPAC all took up our
another Dreamtime story and elicited an
invitation to make this monumental event such
empathy and generosity that left an indelible
a marker. It was a great coalition.
mark. Theatre Republic showcased a number of small, but perfectly formed experiences that prodded at gender and our sense of human equity. Over at our Tivoli-in-the-Round series, that treasured space felt at times like a lounge room jam, with Sarah Blasko, Gareth Liddiard and Polish Club, each on different nights, getting up-close-and-personal in an intimate new configuration.
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Making it international. Great arts festivals look out to the world –
The family home in Horror was of a very different
and are in peril if they do not – and so it was
kind, a place of terrifying human disconnection,
energising to welcome so many international
including a severed hand scuttling across
artists and companies to our city. Many of these
the stage. This Dutch production, like HOME,
artists, from Canada, South America, Europe,
employed wordless stage illusion to stunning
the Middle East and Asia, collaborated on
effect. It was frightening, funny, but also
Australian work – on Memorial, En Masse, Dust
strangely beautiful.
and LIFE the show to name just four – but others were invited because they had distinctive and resonant work to offer. It is at the core of why international arts festivals exist.
The exquisite audio-visual illusions in Hamnet served a story that opened up profound questions of being, all through the perspective of Shakespeare’s 11-year-old dead son. Our
Geoff Sobelle’s HOME came from the United
friends at Irish company Dead Centre – their
States, but was about us. We watched a house
second Festival visit – gave us a great gift, with
being magically built from nothing, and then
young Aran Murphy commanding the stage with
many of the audience poured onto the stage to
staggering assurance. Here was a production
join in, helping to create the rites and rituals that
that reminded us why Dead Centre is in such
make a house a home. The QPAC Playhouse
high demand around the world.
became a place of joyous human connection.
Russia’s Borodin String Quartet, for some the best in the world, concluded their concert with Shostakovich’s final string quartet, and it was here, especially, that we could see the great value of sustained artistic lineage. This matchless music was simply part of them.
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“D e l i v e r e d e x a c t ly w h at y o u w a n t from a major festival – something special, of world class.” THE AUSTRALIAN
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Making it personal, Brisbane. The people of Brisbane, and their stories,
The peak Brisbane moment? That would have
were firmly in the spotlight this year.
to be at our stand-alone closing party concert
HOME, Memorial, I’ve Been Meaning To Ask You and Pub Choir all gave over their stages to members of the public in the most inclusive, creative ways. The people participated in the very act of creation.
at Riverstage on our final Saturday night. With the air still humming from Sunsuper Riverfire, Violent Soho, from Mansfield, began to play Powderfinger’s ‘These Days’, and then Bernard Fanning, from Toowong, walked on with acoustic
Qweens on King saw eight local LGBTIQ couples
guitar in hand to play and sing. And the crowd
wed in a glittering public ceremony on King
went wild…
Street. Their journeys were inspiring, and the generous sharing of that day gave light and acknowledgement to equality. Symphony For Me, our joyous free concert with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, highlighted just how diverse our local stories are – stretching as far as the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the military dictatorship in Brazil, and of the fall of the Berlin Wall – and just how powerful
And now for the Next Days, driven by this marker year. Name any great city of the world – New York, London, Berlin or Barcelona, Shanghai or Seoul, Mumbai or Moscow or Mexico City – and, in the same breath, you think of their great arts. Great cities require great arts – cities don’t truly thrive unless their arts do.
are memories made with music. These stories
Brisbane Festival is playing its part in helping
were from all over Brisbane, from Bridgeman
the arts, and the city, thrive. It’s clear, perhaps
Downs to Middle Park to Sunnybank and many
more than ever, that the people of Brisbane are
places in between. Andrew Lofthouse, Nine News
keen to be part of the journey. They are now keen,
Queensland's weeknight presenter, hosted with
keener than ever, to travel the world through art,
ease and élan.
to trip through the geography of the heart, and to embrace what’s intriguingly next. David Berthold Artistic Director
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“I T H O U G H T, A F T E R A L L T H E S E Y E A R S , I’VE FOUND SOMETHING. [SYMPHONY FOR ME] BROUGHT CLASSICAL MUSIC BACK INTO MY LIFE.” Benazir Anwar, Symphony for me participant
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Symphony For Me Images by Atmosphere Photography
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AUDIENCE 10 diverse, multi-artform program attracts a broad spectrum audience covering Brisbane Festival MORE all socio-economic and life-stages groups. The Festival has a comprehensive understanding of the 9 AFFLUENT target markets for all of its programs and their motivation to attend events. Audience profiles paint a vivid picture8of entertainment, media and lifestyle behaviours of Festival attendees.
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MARKETING & PR REACH
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PARTNERSHIPS “I ’ v e l e a r n e d t h at p e o p l e w i l l f o r g e t w h at yo u s a i d, people will forget what you did, but they will never forget how you made them feel.” M AYA A N G E L O U
It’s less important how many times people see your brand and more relevant how they feel when they see your brand. It’s such an exciting time to be gifted the role as Development Director at Brisbane Festival. This incredible festival allows real access into people’s lives. We make a difference – now and into the future. We are influencers of cultural identity – locally as well as overseas. We are flexible – we really want to create inspiring and memorable experiences that people will talk about and think about and #shout about. This Festival creates memories that last long after the season ceases. Together with our Partners, we have the opportunity to make stories that people want to tell years into the future. By providing once-in-a-lifetime moments, we’re setting up memories that our collective audience will keep – and share – for a lifetime. One of the best metrics for experience marketing success is the storytelling and amplification conducted for your brand by the audience (word of mouth). I love when Partners recognise the value in ensuring that experience is conducted in a way that allows and encourages people to snap, share and shout about it. Being in the middle of a full Speigeltent, drinking a cold cocktail, singing along to a new favourite performer, surrounded by your closest friends on a balmy Spring Brisbane evening… this is an experience you will remember, and talk about, and want to relive again. Let’s do amazing stuff that people want to talk about. The added bonus is that people don’t remember your message because they saw it 100 times, they remember it because they spoke about it. Danica Bennett Business Development Director
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“the Triple M Rockstar Lounge which has become a staple i n o u r e v e n t s calendar and something that our listeners a n d clients alike look forward to.” SOUTHERN CROSS AUSTEREO
“the Brisbane Festival team are wonderful to deal with. They have an amazing ability to deliver value to their partners while delivering the most incredible arts program on Brisbane’s calendar each year.” VINACEOUS WINES
“S u n s u p e r wa s d e l i g h t e d t o a g a i n p l ay a m a j o r r o l e i n b r i n g i n g S u n s u p e r R i v e r f i r e t o t h e B r i s b a n e c o m m u n i t y, for the eighth year in a row.” SUNSUPER
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Theatre Republic Image by Atmosphere Photography
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“B r i s b a n e F e s t i v a l’ s T h e at r e R e p u b l i c t r a n s f o r m s Q U T ’ s Creative Industries Precinct each year at Festival t i m e and for those people who want the new or the unexpected i t ’ s t h e p l a c e t o v i s i t. ” QUT
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CASE STUDIES
Uber
Lendlease
HeART of the City
Qweens on King
As a returning Partner to Brisbane Festival,
As an emerging precinct in Brisbane,
Uber were looking to take an innovative
King Street (Lendlease) wanted to celebrate
approach to their partnership in 2018. Uber’s
Brisbane Festival in a grand way. What would
creation of the HeART of the City campaign was
be better than a giant street party and
the perfect way for Uber to celebrate Brisbane
celebrating the union of eight same-sex couples?
Festival, art and its love of Brisbane.
On the Opening Day of Brisbane Festival, King
Engaging with local Brisbane street artist Sofles, a large-scale mural was created inside The Box in Treasury Brisbane Arcadia and nightly this piece of art was brought to life through projection The campaign was active through an extended social media campaign and an outdoor street art poster series. A truly innovative way of activating their partnership with Brisbane Festival and provided entertainment to numerous Festival goers each night of September.
Street was closed down and thousands of people joined in to celebrate the weddings of these lucky couples and enjoy a party like no other. Welcome to Bowen Hills were engaged to help create the celebrations and a range of street performers and our local icon Katie Noonan even performed the couple’s first dance song. Lendlease’s support of Brisbane Festival enabled this event to go ahead and truly left a memorable mark on many hearts throughout Festival.
Images by Atmosphere Photography
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Archie Rose
Cushman and Wakefield
Brisbane Festival cocktails
Auslan performances
In the first year of their partnership with Brisbane
With a previous history of supporting accessibility
Festival, Archie Rose’s goal was to make an impact
in the Arts industry, Cushman and Wakefield
in the Queensland market, with product usage
were looking to partner with Brisbane Festival
and growing their local relationships around the
in a meaningful way. A partnership was created
city as the key outcomes. By collaboratively
for Cushman and Wakefield to support the
curating a range of cocktails with Brisbane
Auslan performances throughout Festival.
Festival, the bar sales records were smashed
These performances allowed an audience of
and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive.
hearing-impaired patrons to enjoy the Festival
Brisbane Festival was integral in making a range
experience on a cross section of shows, including
of connections with the Arts Industry, local
Hamnet, Betty Grumble: Love and Anger, The Owl
restaurants and bars which was a key element
and the Pussycat, and many more. Through
to the growth of the Archie Rose range into
Cushman and Wakefield’s support of this initiative,
Brisbane. A great platform for success into the
they enabled many Auslan performances with
2019 Brisbane Festival partnership.
an audience capacity of almost 2,000, providing a more accessible and inclusive Festival.
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Divine, Treasury Brisbane Arcadia Image by Atmosphere Photography
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“S O U T H B A N K I S T H E P E O P L E ’ S P L A C E AND BRISBANE FESTIVAL AUGMENTS OUR M E LT I N G P O T O F C U LT U R E S , G E N D E R S , AGES, AND ABILITIES.” SOUTH BANK CORPORATION
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GIVING PROGRAM Making it happen. Brisbane Festival 2018 has been a great benchmark for the Giving Program. Spearheaded by Brisbane Festival’s extremely hard-working Giving Committee, we have continued to grow the group to more than 150 donors in only our third year. This year’s monumental achievements were only made possible through sheer tenacity and daring, collaboration and community spirit. The generosity of Festival Donors was crucial in delivering the following programming for Brisbane Festival 2018: HOME (The Internationals), Dust, En Masse, Man With The Iron Neck (The Commissioners), all 13 Theatre Republic shows (The Independents), and Symphony For Me and #CelebrateBrisbane River of Light (BFFs) reinforcing Brisbane’s position as a celebrated creative capital and cultural destination. In addition to the general giving categories, a determined group of die-hard opera fans, led by Brisbane Festival Deputy Chair Philip Bacon AM, pulled off a major coup in ensuring that the colossal production of Peter Grimes was performed exclusively in Brisbane by an all-star international cast, including the famous heldentenor Stuart Skelton. Members of the Peter Grimes giving circles contributed directly to the appearances of the magnificent principal artists and wonderful chorus. We particularly wish to thank Philip for matching the donations of our Peter Grimes donors dollar for dollar – we are incredibly grateful for this extraordinary expression of confidence in the programming of Benjamin Britten’s operatic masterpiece that guaranteed its success. Brisbane Festival 2018 was most fortunate to receive a significant donation from Bank of Queensland as Community Ambassadors for the second year in a row, dedicating their gift to the worthy theme of keeping our programming free and providing access to all. My heartfelt thanks to all our generous Festival Donors across our varied giving categories – you uplift us and enable the Festival to soar. I encourage you to join us for the thrill of creating Brisbane Festival 2019 – because Festival Donors make it happen! Fabienne Cooke Head of Philanthropy
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DONORS TO BRISBANE FESTIVAL SUPPORT THREE CENTRAL AREAS OF PROGRAMMING: ◊ 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
Rovers Image by Atmosphere Photography
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OUR DONORS PETER GRIMES PRINCIPAL DONORS
THE INTERNATIONALS
Donations supported the performances of our Peter Grimes Principal Artists Stuart Skelton appeared courtesy
Donations ensured Brisbane hosts the world’s most inspiring artists through our international productions
of Philip Bacon AM
Matt and Eliza Baxby
Sally Matthews appeared courtesy
Virginia Bishop
of Tim Fairfax AC and Gina Fairfax
BMD Group
Mark Stone appeared courtesy
Simon Morrison
of Andy Greig and Ingrid Asbury
Ben and Fiona Poschelk
Rory Macdonald appeared courtesy
Courtney Talbot
of Shaun and Sue Kenny
PETER GRIMES CHORUS OF DONORS Donations supported the performances of our Peter Grimes Chorus
THE COMMISSIONERS Donations helped our local artists and writers bring their work to life on stage Anonymous
Anonymous
David Berthold
Brian Bartley
Bryce Camm and Mark Lightfoot
Gayle and Nick Carter
Fabienne & Marshall Cooke
CM and IG Furnival
Heidi and James Cooper
Ian and Cass George
Regina and John Cotter
Ian Hanger AM QC and Dr Marika Hanger
José and Lucy Coulson
Valmay Hill and Russell Mitchell
Charlie and Alicia Cush
Wayne Kratzmann
Cate Heyworth-Smith QC and Ben Duke Michael Hodge QC and Kim Hodge
COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS Donation ensured Brisbane audiences had access to free programming and reduced ticket prices Bank of Queensland
Paul and Sue Taylor
Ian Klug AM and Jocelyn Klug Russell Mann and Margo McLay Sarah and Joseph O'Brien
Donations contributed to the development of new Queensland works Thomas Bradley QC
Martin Kerrigan
Amanda Newbery
HIGH COMMISSIONERS Philip Bacon AM
Francine and Anthony John
Origin Foundation Libby and Jared Patrick Susan and Matthew Pople Fraser Power Lynn Rainbow-Reid AM and John B Reid AO Paul Spiro Rupert and Penelope Templeman The Hon Justice David Thomas and Jane Thomas Tony Young
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THE INDEPENDENTS
BFFS
Donations ensured independent artists could showcase their work at Theatre Republic
Donations ensured our programming remains accessible for all
Anonymous
Robert Beech and Liz Ralston
Victor and Michelle Borzillo
Penny Behan
Melissa Brown
Hugo Clark-Ryan
Kerry and Greg Gillett
Tim and Cheryl Courtice
goa
John and Catherine Drakakis
Jeff and Amanda Griffin
Matthew Gamble
Will and Lauren Griffin
Leeor Groen
Cory Heathwood
Nancy and Allan Hartley
Lesa and David Jackson
Josephine Macmillan
Alvin Leach
Adelaide McDonald
Susan Learmonth and Bernard Curran
Elizabeth McDonnell
Rob and Nicole Martin
Diane Murphy
Rob and Dinie McConnel
Donna Orazio
Tanya McCarthy and Graham Tanner
Tim and Katie Pack
Daniel Morgan
Dare and Andrea Power
Greg and Rosamund Pankhurst
Charli Robinson
Prue and James Pateras
Andrea and Craig Templeman
Candice Redmond
Isabella Vecchio
Rumble Creative and Media Alison Smith Nicholas Smith Professor Mandy Thomas Andrew Tynan Jenny Usher and Peter Good Judy and David Usher Dr Phillip Vecchio and Marisa Vecchio AM
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Foundation Partners
Brisbane Festival is an initiative of the Queensland Government and Brisbane City Council
STAR Partner
Platinum Partners
Gold Partners
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Silver Partners
BRONZE Partners
DISTINGUISHED Partners
CREATIVE & MEDIA
Supporters Aria Brisbane Telstra
Art Series Hotels - The Johnson Urbis
Champagne Lanson Welcome to Bowen Hills
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MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
David Berthold
Michael Adams
Marketing and
Communications Director
Carrie Barber
Marketing Manager
Jen Hall
Brand and Content Manager
Jo Michel
Ticketing Manager
Zoe White
Digital Marketing Manager
Angela Kohler
Marketing Executive
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Charlie Cush
BOARD DIRECTORS Paul Spiro
Chair
Philip Bacon AM
Deputy Chair
Cory Heathwood Ian Klug AM Simon Morrison Amanda Newbery Mick Power AM Alison Smith
Liana Praekelt
Marketing Administrator
Emma Symons
Social Media Specialist
Aruga, Heapsaflash
Publicists
Sean Dowling
Graphic Designer
Rumble
Design Agency
Atmoshpere Photography
Festival Photographer
FINANCE
Professor Mandy Thomas Chris Tyquin
PROGRAMMING
Rebecca Drummond
Finance Director/Company Secretary
Lorelle Edwards
Finance Assistant
ADMINISTRATION
Stefan Greder
Program Director
Giannina Periz
Senior Producer
Alyssa Kielty
Producer
Troy Armstrong
Producer
Damien Cassidy
Producer
Chris Twite
Contemporary Music Programmer
SUNSUPER RIVERFIRE CREATIVE TEAM
Kat Murphy
Associate Producer
Foti International
Fireworks
Stephanie Suess
Associate Producer
Gordon Hamilton
Soundtrack
Alexander Butt
Associate Producer
Aaron Austin-Glen
Associate Producer
Skye Murphy
Logistics Manager
Sarah Farnsworth
Program Administrator
Margie Bowen
Logistics Administrator
Josh Cook
Program Coordinator
Ashleigh Wheeler
Program Assistant
Julia Herne
Administration Manager
Marcia Ferreira
Administration Coordinator
Zac Reimers
Volunteers Coordinator
CREATIVE DESIGN Arkhefield
Treasury Brisbane Arcadia
Sarah Winter
Theatre Republic
INDIGENOUS ADVISORY GROUP Michelle Tuahine
Chair
Raelene Baker
TECHNICAL
Bridget Garay
Tim Pack
Technical Director
Ian Johnson
Senior Technical Manager
Lew Bromley
Operations Manager
Louisa Lachi
Technical Administrator
Cameron Ricketts
Technical Manager
Simon Toomer
Technical Manager
Terri Richards
Technical Manager
Bill Hazard
Technical Manager
Amy McKenzie
Site Designer Manager
Donovan Wagner
Technical Coordinator
Brenton Slattery
Technical Coordinator
Isaac Ogilvie
Technical Coordinator
Dale Norris
Technical Coordinator
Katie Hurst
Technical Coordinator
Anne Boyd
WHS Coordinator
Vashti Greder
Signage Coordinator
Bob Weatherall
GIVING COMMITTEE Thomas Bradley QC
Chair
Heidi Cooper Regina Cotter Simon Morrison Ben Poschelk Courtney Talbot Paul Taylor
CONTACT DETAILS Brisbane Festival Level 2, 381 Brunswick Street, PO Box 384 Fortitude Valley, Queensland, 4006
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Danica Bennett
Business Development Director
Dana Brown
Sponsorship Manager
Fabienne Cooke
Head of Philanthropy
Kirsty Adams
Corporate Hospitality Manager
Jenny Usher
Philanthropy Administrator
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Anina Warrener
Business Development Coordinator
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Phone
07 3833 5400
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