Exit Interview: Perth Festival’s Wendy Martin

As her fourth and final festival nears its end, Wendy Martin reflects frankly on her triumphs and challenges in the role.

Wendy Martin. Photo credit: Toni Wilkinson.

When ArtsHub caught up with Wendy Martin in late 2018, prior to the launch of her fourth and final Perth Festival program, she was already feeling an absence at a time when, in other years, she would already have started planning her next festival.

Now, as her final Perth Festival as Artistic Director draws towards a close, she’s in a reflective mood.

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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