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Staff

Adelaide Cabaret Festival Team

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The Cabaret Collective

  • Julia Holt 

    David Campbell OAM &  Lisa Campbell 
  • Kate Ceberano 
  • Eddie Perfect 
  • Ali McGregor 
  • Julia Zemiro 
  • Alan Cumming 
  • Tina Arena AM 


Executive Producer

  • Alex Sinclair


Programming

  • Terri Dichiera – Senior Producer 
  • Joel Allan – Assistant Producer  
  • Jenny Ainsworth – Assistant Producer 
  • Livia Abreu – Programming Coordinator  
  • Ali Jones – Festival Designer 
  • Kathryn Sproul – Special Events Design 
  • Des O’Neil – Sound Design 
  • Renee Gibson – Education Officer 


Marketing & Customer Experience

  • Meral Nieman – Marketing Executive 
  • Cassandra Ackerman – Marketing Coordinator  
  • Stephanie Rossetto – Publicity Coordinator 
  • Simon Rogers - Content Coordinator
  • Emma Piscioneri – Digital Marketing Coordinator 
  • Adrian Cowell – Senior Graphic Designer  
  • Peter Maddock – Senior Ticketing Executive 
  • Heather McGinn – Ticketing Coordinator 
  • Natalie Schwarz-Hancock – Patron Services Coordinator 
  • Yany Orm – Food & Beverage Executive 
  • Hannah Knott – Senior Event Sales Executive 
  • Liam Goodwin – Event Sales Coordinator  

    Cathy Barrett – Retail & Tours Executive  


Production

  • Kerry Ireland – Production Coordinator 
  • Françoise Piron – Production Coordinator 
  • Robert O’Mahony – Head of Staging  
  • Jane Rosetto – Head of Sound 
  • Phil Haddy – Head of Lighting  


Adelaide Cabaret Festival Advocates

  • Jane Doyle OAM
  • Sam Harvey
  • Amanda Blair
  • Paul Kitching
  • Grant & Helen Burge


Adelaide Cabaret Festival Founder

  • Frank Ford

Adelaide Festival Centre Trustees 

  • The Hon Hieu Van Le AC (Chair) 
  • Jacqui McGill AO (Deputy Chair) 
  • Katherine Tamiko Arguile
  • Bruce Carter 
  • Maggie Zhou 
  • Councillor Phillip Martin
  • Penny Griggs
  • Michael Abbott AO KC

Adelaide Festival Centre Management

  • Douglas Gautier AM - CEO & Artistic Director 
  • Steven Woolhouse - Chief Operating & Financial Officer  
  • Christie Anthoney - Head of Public Affairs 
  • Renato Capoccia - Head of Marketing
  • Nathan Luscombe - Head of Production & Technical
  • Heather Poole – Head of Customer Experience
  • Alex Sinclair - Head of Programming - Commercial 
  • Susannah Sweeney - Head of Programming - Public Purpose 
  • Abbie Taylor - Director of Philanthropy
  • Natalie Adam - Manager, Ticketing 
  • Francesca Belperio - Manager, Publicity & Content Creation 
  • Bernadette Brennan - Manager, WHS & Risk 
  • David Cations - Manager, ICT and Cybersecurity
  • Mark Cullen - Manager, Facilities Services 
  • Janine Eckert - Manager, Corporate Partnerships
  • Claire George - Manager, Human Resources 
  • Julia George - Manager, Digital & Social
  • Kate Hagan - Manager, Patron Services
  • Jeff Owens - Manager, Hospitality
  • Olivia Power - Manager, Philanthropy
  • Abhishek Shaw - Manager, Finance and Business Improvement
  • Angela Willington - Manager, Legal and Contract Management

Adelaide Festival Centre Foundation Board 

  • Miranda Starke (Chair)
  • Cain Cooke (Deputy Chair)
  • Ray Dahdah
  • Georgina Duckworth
  • Sheryn Foord
  • Jasmin Shahin
  • Evelyn Yap OAM
  • Lauren Zwaans
  • Legh Davis (Patron)
  • Lady Joan Hardy OAM (Patron) 

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