Looking around a half-packed office as she readies herself to leave Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC) after a decade as Executive Director/Co-CEO, Virginia Lovett has a first piece of advice to her yet-to-be-appointed successor: ‘Don’t be as messy as I am!’
Laughing as a tram rumbles past on Sturt Street outside her office window, she adds: ‘File your emails. I’ve got a hundred thousand emails to delete.’