Kate Gaul is a theatre and opera director, creative producer, festival director, designer, and writer. She is a graduate of NIDA (Directing 1996). Kate undertook a residency with SITI Company (NYC) and was Associate Director at Ensemble Theatre.

Kate has established herself as a distinctive and inventive director, with credits including plays, opera, physical theatre, devised works and classics for theatre companies and schools in Australia. She is Artistic Director of Siren Theatre Co where her passion is for text-based drama challenges artists and audiences to have bold imaginative experiences.

Aroha Pehi is a proud Taribelang-Bunda, Kuku-Yalanji, Ngāpuhi and Ngātiporou woman from South-East Queensland. Graduating NAISDA Dance College in 2018 she went on to pursue a career as an independent dance creative. Notably, Lost All Sorts Collective, which she co-founded, recently was a part of Yirramboi’s Barring Yanabul. She has also worked alongside Jannawi Dance Clan, Dance Makers Collective, Vicki van Hout, Atamira Dance Company, Amy Flannery, Hannah Hansen, Dujon Nuie and so many more. 

She currently is focused on her Emerging Producer Internship with Bangarra Dance Theatre and Moogahlin Performing Arts, further giving her the tools to help navigate, not only herself in the arts space, First Nations artists and emerging artists. 

Antonia Seymour has a rich knowledge of the performing arts sector and the national touring landscape and is passionate about the transformative impact of arts experiences as well as working collaboratively to lead on change. At Arts on Tour she has led on, and is deeply committed to, supporting the transition to environmentally sustainable practices through the Green Touring initiative, now in its fifth year, with tools including the award-winning Green Touring Toolkit. With a background in marketing, development and producing, Antonia has held senior management roles at companies including Urban Theatre Projects, Performing Lines, Lyric Hammersmith (London) and Sydney Dance Company and served as Co-Chair of PYT Fairfield and Chair of De Quincey Co. She is an alumna of Creative Australia’s Creative Climate Leadership program.

Rowan Brunt is a creative producer, theatre maker, former HR professional, and acting Head of Programs at Sydney Fringe with 10+ years’ experience shaping open-access and curated festivals.

He is experienced in artist-centred programming, creative partnerships, and inclusive cultural strategy, and is passionate about connecting communities, championing queer voices, and making the arts more welcoming, vibrant, and impactful.