Sam Strong announced as QTC’s new AD

Currently the Associate Artistic Director of MTC, Strong will take up the reins at QTC in November.
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Sam Strong in rehearsal for the 2014 MTC production The Sublime. Photo by Gina Milicia. 

Theatre director Sam Strong, the Associate Artistic Director of Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC) since 2013 and a former Artistic Director of Griffin Theatre Company, was today announced as the new Artistic Director of Queensland Theatre Company (QTC).

Strong, who is currently Chair of Brisbane-based company Circa, will commence in his new role in November.

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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