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Jonathan Holloway has been announced as the new Artistic Director of the Melbourne Festival. He will present his first Festival program in 2016.
A theatre director, playwright, dramaturg, programmer and festival director, Holloway has been Artistic Director of the Perth International Arts Festival since 2012. Between 500,000 and one million people have engaged with the Festival each year during his time in Perth, which has seen Holloway commission and present such artists as Ennio Morricone, the English National Opera, Lucinda Childs Dance Company, Philip Glass and The Berliner Ensemble.