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Exit interview: Melbourne International Arts Festival’s Jonathan Holloway

As his fourth and final MIAF enters its last week, Holloway reflects on his time in Melbourne and what working in Australia has taught him.

14 Oct 2019 12:00

Richard Watts

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MIAF artistic director Jonathan Holloway. Image: Sarah Walker.

Jonathan Holloway has spent almost a third of his professional life working in Australia, programming four Perth Festivals before being appointed artistic director in-waiting of Melbourne International Arts Festival (MIAF) in early 2015.

‘I’ve been working for 28 years now, and I’ve spent nine of those years in Australia – a third to a quarter of my working life,’ he told ArtsHub.

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Richard Watts

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