Sam Strong will leave Queensland Theatre to support wife’s career

After four successful years at the helm, Strong is putting the career of his wife, Katherine Slattery, first as she takes on a new role at Film Victoria in Melbourne.
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After four successful years as Artistic Director of Queensland Theatre, Sam Strong today announced he would leave the company in November.

‘I’m not going on to another company. Leadership for me at this point in my life means being more available to my family. I’m committed to supporting my wife Katherine Slattery who is taking up a position with Film Victoria. Katherine has always enabled my ambitions, and I’m looking forward to a period of supporting hers,’ he said.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts