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Artistic Director

Jonathan Holloway

Jonathan joined Melbourne Festival in 2015 after four years as Artistic Director of the Perth International Arts Festival. His time in Perth culminated with the Australian exclusive presentation of Royal de Luxe’s The Giants, one of the largest arts events ever seen in Australia, playing to audiences of 1.4 million people over three days.

He came to Australia after six years as Artistic Director and Chief Executive of the Norfolk & Norwich Festival, and from 1997–2004 established and headed the National Theatre’s events department and founded and directed their Watch This Space Festival. In 2003 was Creative Director of Elemental, a large-scale theatre, music and spectacle event at Chalon-sur-Saône festival in France.Jonathan started out as a theatre director (working under the name Jack Holloway), including cowriting / directing Robin Hood for the National Theatre in London. 

Executive Director

Kath M Mainland CBE

Kath joined Melbourne Festival as Executive Director in 2016 from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, where she had spent seven years as Chief Executive. Kath began her career in the arts in 1991 when she first joined the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society as administrative assistant. Originally from Orkney, Scotland, she has worked in around Edinburgh’s Festivals as a production coordinator and event producer of many of Scotland’s major festivals and events.

In 2005 Kath became general manager of the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and was administrative director there until 2009 when she took up the newly created post of Chief Executive of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society. In 2014, Kath was awarded a CBE for services to Culture in Scotland.

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