JONATHAN HOLLOWAY

I have spent thirty years gathering people: in theatres, at festivals,

on city streets, and in rooms where something needed to shift.

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My love of theatre was born at the Crucible in Sheffield.

 

I began as a director and programmer in British theatres, founded the

public events department at London's Royal National Theatre under

Trevor Nunn and Nicholas Hytner, then had the privilege of leading three of

the world's great international arts festivals as Artistic Director and CEO/Co-CEO:

Norfolk & Norwich, Perth, and Melbourne.

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The pattern throughout:

take a good institution, raise its ambition, and thrill audiences.

 

Audiences grew tenfold in Norwich and fivefold in Perth;

inherited deficits became significant reserves;

and the work ranged from commissioning Philip Glass's final Etudes

and bringing Ennio Morricone to Australia to closing central Perth for three days

so that 1.4 million people could walk with giants.

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I am directing still, with a new production opening this autumn,

and I advise theatres and festivals in London, New York, Amsterdam and Barcelona,

working with their leaders to reimagine what each organisation could become,

and then to deliver it.

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If your organisation is in a moment of transition, or reaching for something

that seems just out of range, I would love to hear about it.