Exit interview: Chris Bendall, Critical Stages Touring

Chris Bendall reflects on nine years at Critical Stages as he shifts his focus from national to local, with a new role at Bondi Pavilion.

27 Feb 2023 8:55

Richard Watts

Performing Arts

Chris Bendall is moving from Critical Stages Touring to the Bondi Pavillion. Photo: Supplied.

After nine years of focusing on the national arts ecology and the logistics of touring performers around the country, Chris Bendall has stepped down as Director and CEO of Critical Stages Touring.

Bendall, whose last day with the company was Friday 24 February, says, ‘It’s been a big nine years, and the last three years have been particularly challenging, but it’s also been a good nine years.’

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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