In this show, David talks to CEO and Creative Director of Melbourne Fringe, Simon Abrahams.
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Simon is Melbourne Fringe’s Creative Director and CEO and is recognised as one of Australia’s arts and cultural leaders. His work explores the intersection of art and civic participation. Simon is a life member of Theatre Network Australia, an organisation he co-founded then Chaired from 2010-2017.
Simon has previously served as Head of Programming at the Wheeler Centre for Books, Writing & Ideas and as Executive Producer and Co-CEO at Polyglot Theatre. He regularly works as a facilitator, host, peer assessor, mentor, judge and arts consultant, known for his expertise in inclusive leadership, advocacy, dramaturgy, work for children, and art in public space.
Simon currently sits on the International Society for the Performing Arts Programming Committee (New York) and the City of Melbourne’s Night Time Economy Activation Taskforce, and he is also a Trustee for the Betty Amsden Foundation.
In 2014, Simon was awarded a CHASS Australia Prize for leadership and was named as one of F+P Magazine’s Movers and Shakers in philanthropy in 2019.
In 2016, Simon was hilariously and inexplicably named as one of Executive Style’s Best Dressed Men in Australia. In his personal capacity, Simon is a proud foster carer, caring for vulnerable and at-risk children in his home.
He likes experimental performance and 90s pop divas.
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Host: David Hunt
Producers: David Hunt and Simon Barnett (etainment.com.au/)
Director: Tim Barnett
16 окт 2024
