SYDNEY FESTIVAL PATRON His Excellency General The Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Ret’d), Governor of New South Wales BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chair Sam Weiss Directors Prof Larissa Behrendt David Borger Paddy Carney Angela Clark Simon Corah Darren Dale The Hon Ashley Dawson-Damer AM Diana Eilert David Kirk MBE Matthew Melhuish SYDNEY FESTIVAL STAFF Festival Director Lieven Bertels Executive Director Christopher Tooher FINANCE AND OPERATIONS Head of Finance and Operations Tanya Bush Accountant Caroline Brosnan Accounts Assistant Julie Crawford Payroll Carina Mision Executive Assistant Corey Zerna Administration Officer Courtney Lewis PROGRAMMING Head of Programming Fiona Winning Producer, Major Outdoor Events Vernon Guest Program Managers Adam McGowan, Stuart Rogers Programming Associates Rachel Grimes-Carmichael, Louana Sainsbury Associate Producer Sally Blackwood Project Manager Ione Davis Music Coordinator Annie Mangen Program Coordinator Beatrice Hendry Programming Administrator Bianca Moseley MARKETING AND CUSTOMER SERVICES Head of Marketing and Customer Services Tina Walsberger
Marketing Manager Ainslie Lenehan Digital Marketing Managers Julia Thomas, Luke de Zilva Publications Editor Sevana Ohandjanian Publications Assistant Ione Davis Marketing Coordinators Emilia Batchelor, Kristine Genovese, Rebecca Slater Publicity Manager Jessica Keirle Publicists Julia Barnes, Catherine Hayes Publicity Coordinator Chelsea Smith Media Tickets Assistant Danielle Giannopoulos Graphic Design Manager Anais Taylor Signage Coordinator Robyn Grant Ticketing Manager Tara Easlea-Harding Ticketing Systems Coordinators Erin Garman, Sarah Toner Guest Ticketing Coordinator Vanessa Knox Ticketing Assistants Skye McLennan, Nina Werchon DEVELOPMENT Head of Development Malcolm Moir Philanthropy Manager Marita Supplee Senior Sponsorship Managers Anna Matthews, Brooke Ravens Sponsorship Manager Amalina Whittaker Sponsorship Executives Richard Cox, Jane You Sponsorship Activations Manager Hayley Baynard PRODUCTION Head of Production John Bayley Production Manager Mick Jessop Catering & Sustainability Manager Fernando Motti Production Coordinators Whitney Eglington, Nathalie Taylor Production Coordinator – Parramatta Tom Webster Crewing Coordinator Alycia Stanley Hospitality Coordinator Blake Smith
Festival Village Venue Manager Gordon Rymer Production Assistant Kat Anastasiou-Bell Production Assistant – Parramatta Romy McKanna Accessibility Consultants Paul Nunnari, Jenny Spinak Domain Manager Alycia Bangma Site Manager Josh Green Construction Manager Damion Holling Domain Coordinator Timothy Spohr Electricians Craig Adamson, Iain Godfrey FESTIVAL DESIGN AGENCY Alphabet Studio COPYWRITERS Sophie Harris, Darryn King ARCHIVIST Sevana Ohandjanian BROCHURE PRINTING Offset Alpine Printing VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT Eventeamwork THANK YOU Michael Abbott, Accessible Arts, Auslan Stage Left, Mike Baird, Luke Banfield, Monica Barone, The Captioning Studio, Bill Carter, City of Sydney Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Advisory Panel, Mary Darwell, Troy Grant, Ann Hoban, Fiona Jackson, Camille Manley, Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council, Clover Moore, Kelly Rose (Travel Manager – Stage & Screen Travel Services), Nell Schofield, Vision Australia and all our volunteers and interns. Amiina, Brook Andrew, Ólöf Arnalds, Professor the Honourable Dame Marie Bashir & Sir Nicholas Shehadie, John Bell, Wendy Blacklock, David Byrne, Ruth Catlin, Kate Champion, Wei Chunrong, Tim Crouch, Olafur Eliasson, Uncle Max Eulo, Sarah & Jez Fletcher, John Frost, Craig Gilliver, Heiner Goebbels, Ontroerend Goed, Antony Gormley, Sylvie Guillem, Anita Heiss, Dawn Hobson, Florentijn Hofman, Raimund Hoghe, Sharon Jones, Paul Kelly, Akram Khan, Greg Killeen, Jirí Kylián, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Jo Litson & Sal Sharah, Kathryn Lovric & Roger Allan, Melissa Madden Gray, Laura Marling, Joanna Newsom, Beth Orton, Camille O’Sullivan, Tim, Katie & Ben Pack, Archie Roach, Merrilyn Rogers, Nitin Sawhney, James Thierrée, Rokia Traoré, Mary Underwood & Philippe Genty, Rufus Wainwright, Simone Whetton, Robert Wilson, William Yang and Ursula Yovich. 113