Kate Cherry to leave Black Swan

After eight years with Western Australia’s State Theatre Company, Cherry will step down at the end of 2016.

11 Dec 2015

Richard Watts

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Kate Cherry has announced her impending departure from Black Swan State Theatre Company, where she has held the position of Artistic Director since 2008.

She will leave Black Swan at the end of 2016, the company’s 25^th anniversary year.

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Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts