A BIT ABOUT ME

I have produced ambitious projects on both commercial (In The Heights) and independent (Snakeface) budgets, served on arts boards (The Suburban Review, Stage A Change) and worked across commercial law (Bird & Bird, Banki Haddock Fiora) and federal government (Attorney-General’s Department, ACCC).

My qualifications

Master of Arts & Cultural Management, Paramount Scholarship, University of Melbourne (ongoing)
Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, Admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales
Bachelor of Laws, University of Sydney
Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney

My experience

General Manager, ILBIJERRI Theatre Company
Senior Project Officer, Australian Competition & Consumer Commission

Tour Producer, In The Heights (Sydney Opera House, Comedy Theatre, HOTA Home of the Arts)

General Manager & Secretary, Darlinghurst Theatre Company
Board Director, The Suburban Review
Legal Officer, Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department
Co-Founder, Fruit Box Theare
Event Producer, Griffin Theatre Company
Interim General Manager & Secretary, Stage A Change

My writing

‘Perspectives on the concept, craft and currency of community engagement’ (2024) ArtsHub
‘A glorious anomaly: Would the Opera House be built today?’ (2023) ArtsHub
‘AI, Invention and Authorship: Expanding Intellectual Property Rights to Non-Human Outputs’ (2021) 23(7) Intellectual Property Law Bulletin 119, LexisNexis.
‘Evaluating Proposed Reforms of Ausralia’s IP System to Protect Indigenous Knowledge’ (2020) 33(2) Intellectual Property Law Bulletin 25, LexisNexis.

My questions for arts organisations

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How do your processes reflect the realities of our sector?
How do your policies care for artists and arts workers?
How are you balancing risk management with artistic integrity and sector development?
What does “resilience” (financial, psychological, creative) mean to your team? What does it look like in practice?
How are your bringing audiences and stakeholders on your organisational journey?

What I’m reading
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Only Castles Burning (Don’t Let It Bring You Down), Erica McCalman
How is Live Theatre Still Alive? Freakonomics
Are Australia’s arts governance models setting us up to fail? Kate Larsen
An Open Letter to Arts Leaders in their 20s and 30s, Emil J Kang
Why I’m Thinking About Theatre and the Attention Economy, Blair Russell

Artwork by Elizabeth Cox @lizzymcox.