MELBOURNE
INTERNATIONAL
ARTS FESTIVAL
Patron in Chief
His Excellency The Governor
of Victoria, David de Kretser AC
Patron
The Right Hon. The Lord Mayor,
Councillor John So, City of
Melbourne
President
Carol Schwartz AM
Vice President
Naseema Sparks
Treasurer
Simon Jones
Directors
Louise Adler AM
John WH Denton
Patricia Faulkner
Russel Howcroft
Simon McCall
Daniel Palmer
Catherine Walter AM
Artistic Director
Kristy Edmunds
General Manager
Vivia Hickman
Artistic
Artistic Administrator
Edwina F Lunn
Special Projects Coordinator
Lauren Snelling
Administrative Assistant
to Artistic Director
Kara Ward
Finance & Administration
Finance &
Administration Manager
Priscilla Jeffery
Executive Assistant to
the General Manager
Amber Stuart
Assistant Accountant
Nely Tang
Visual Arts Coordinator
Simon Maidment
Reception
Jessica Willason
Lisa Richardson (to Mar 2008)
Bar & Catering Coordinators
Briony Bennett & Simon Kingsley
Hall
Marketing &
Communications
Technical Coordinator
Will Todd
Marketing &
Communications Manager
Lauren Bialkower
Artist Liaison Coordinator
Hannah Fox
Publications Executive
Emma Cayley
Marketing Coordinator
Lior Albeck-Ripka
Audience
Development Coordinator
Xan Colman
Graphic Designer
Boruk Gradman
House Program Editor
Andi Lawson-Moore
Deputy Ticketing
Services Manager
Sarah Coffey
Ticketing Assistant
Rachael Dyson-McGregor
Operations
Development Executive
Marcelle Tobschall
Operations Manager
Maureen Gardner
Development Coordinator
Maylise Dent
Technical Manager
Adam J Howe
Logistics Administrator
Rachel Papandrea
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Production Assistant
Stacey Fleming
Systems Coordinator
Naima Hussein
Development
Special Thanks
The following companies and
productions acknowledge the
support of
Venue Manager, the Arts Centre
Michele Preshaw
Venue Coordinators
Russell Snelling, Kerry Ireland
& Kent Johnston
Ticketing Services Manager
Olivia Anderson
Philanthropy Executive
Amy Williamson
Gabrielle Connellan (to May 2008)
Systems Coordinator
Petrina Soh (to March 2008)
Accounts Assistant
Sherry Paddon (to May 2008)
Program Assistant
Melanie Pose
Development Manager
Paul Myers
Operations Administrator
Fiona Rakimov
Back to Back Theatre – Food Court
Chunky Move – Two Faced Bastard
Lucy Guerin Inc – Corridor
Helen Herbertson & Ben Cobham – Sunstruck
The Black Arm Band – Hidden Republic
David Pledger – The Meaning of Moorabbin
The GO Show
Polyglot – The Big Game
Panther’s Exercise in Happiness
Risk Management
Bill Coleby
Publicity
Prue Bassett Publicity
Publicity Manager
Prue Bassett
Publicists
Samantha Chater, Danika
Gael-Krieg & Eugenia Twomey
Acknowlegements
Laurie Anderson, Robyn Archer,
Arts Access, Astrid Bovell, Megan
Brooke, Linda Brumbach, Ally
Catterick, Robert Collier, Gabrielle
Margaret Frances Connellan,
Sam Cooke, Merce Cunningham,
Tarragh Cunningham, Deaf
Children Australia, Deluxe
Coachli