Our Team
Board
Anthony Robinson
Chairperson; Hon Treasurer
Dr Anthony Robinson is a West Australian who is motivated to use his professional experience to boost Artrage’s contribution to arts and culture in Western Australia. An engineer and economist by education he has worked as a business consultant in airlines, mining, resources, and utilities in Australia, Europe, Africa and America for 20 years. He is a business owner and Board member for a number of small enterprises, working to assist organisations with problem solving, strategy and execution.
Lindsay O'Sullivan
Vice-Chairperson
Lindsay O’Sullivan is Chief Operating Officer at Keystart Home Loans and has served in non-executive roles for more than 10 years, including with Artrage since 2010. He has an Executive MBA (Dux) from the University of Western Australia and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Kyle Jeavons
Vice-Chairperson
Kyle Jeavons the Development Director of several private property development and investment companies and holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a Double Major in Finance and Property. Kyle has been a member of the Artrage Board for over 5 years, and maintains a strong passion for assisting the growth of Perth through culture and the arts.
Gabrielle Vitali
Hon Secretary
Gabrielle Vitali has been a practicing lawyer for over 20 years and has held litigation, insolvency and commercial roles. She is currently a Senior Lawyer with Westpac Banking Corporation where she provides advice, drafting and negotiation support to the Loan Markets team within the Institutional Bank. She was formerly the Senior Lawyer and Company Secretary of The University of Notre Dame Australia, and she has previousy held board positions on school and local sporting clubs. Gabby’s involvement in the arts includes several years co-managing an indie rock band.
Saffron Solomon
BOARD MEMBER
Saffron Solomon has 20 years’ experience in marketing and communications - across finance, insurance, energy, tourism, and the arts. Saffron is the National Marketing Manager with the Australian Finance Group. She has a Bachelor of Arts with Honours and has been a Board Member of Artrage since 2013.
Megan Anwyl
Board Member
Megan is a former lawyer and State Parliamentarian. Since 2001 she has worked as a political lobbyist active in State and Federal arenas. Megan lived in Kalgoorlie-Boulder for 11 years and is passionate about regional development, the arts and greater recognition of Aboriginal and Islander culture and heritage.
Howard Cearns
Board Member
Co-Founder Little Creatures Brewery, Alex Hotel, Hippocampus Distillery, & Braincells Agency. Ex-Deputy Chair of Tourism WA & Chair of Events Tourism. Background in brand strategy and new product development.
Renee Wingfield
Board Member
Renee Wingfield (nee Pilkington) is a multidisciplinary performer and creative, with a speciality in spectacle and high-end aerial experiences. She is an advocate for the arts with a focus on the creative and the eccentric. Renee is the owner and Creative Director of Fliptease, WA's premier cornerstone aerial and spectacle company. Established in 2006 Fliptease has been performed for audiences all over the world but is proud to call Perth home.
Staff
Marcus Canning
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Winner of the 2017 Western Australian of the Year Award in the Arts and Culture category, Marcus has been behind a range of successful arts and entertainment initiatives over the last 25 years. As CEO of Artrage he developed and launched the Fringe World Festival, Rooftop Movies and The Bakery live music venue. A previous recipient of the City of Perth award at the 40 under 40 awards he has contributed to state and federal boards including the New Media Arts Board of the Australia Council and served as Chair of the federal Festivals Australia Committee. As an artist Marcus has created some of Perth’s most popular monumental public sculptures including Fremantle’s ‘Rainbow’ sea container sculpture entry statement. Further insights into Marcus’ 25 years working across a wide array of creative industries can be found at Celebrate WA - Western Australian of the Year Awards.
Amber Hasler
Festival Director
Amber has been instrumental in building FRINGE WORLD to its position as the third biggest international Fringe event of its kind in terms of tickets sold and the biggest annual festival in Western Australia. Her direction of the festival has helped transform perceptions of Perth by enlivening city spaces, introducing new live acts from thousands of local and international artists to audiences across the state and promoting economic growth during the month-long celebration in February. Amber’s passion for WA’s arts and culture industry has also led to her involvement in several boards including the Chamber of Arts & Culture of WA Board and the Helpmann Awards Panel, which celebrates Australia’s most talented performing artists. She was a 2016 Western Australian of the Year Award Nominee and a 2016 40 Under 40 Award Winner.
Jo Hos
Marketing Director
Jo is a 2018 40 Under 40 Award Winner and a marketing professional with more than 10 years experience across government, non-for-profit and the private sector. As a member of the FRINGE WORLD Executive, she is responsible for leading the marketing, partnerships, box office and Rooftop Movies teams.
Amy Riley
Finance Manager
Amy is a Chartered Accountant with a background primarily in the financial services and construction industries. In her spare time, Amy is an Instagram cat stalker – so many cats, not enough time.
Ruth Morris
Program Manager
Ruth has joined us from the UK with extensive experience in arts, heritage and festival management. Upon leaving Scotland, Ruth travelled to Asia to work on Angkor Photo Festival and Workshops and finally made her way to Perth where she worked on three WA festivals; Southern MTB, Shinju Fringe and Shinju Matsuri. In 2016, she joined the FRINGE WORLD team as Venues Producer and now manages the programming team in her most recent role as Program Manager.
Justin Marshman
FRINGE WORLD Producer
justin took the advice of a pet shop boys song and went west to become the FRINGE WORLD festival producer. he really likes shoes and really dislikes capital letters.
Alyssia Boyer
Program Coordinator
Alyssia is a graduate of Arts Management at WAAPA and has worked with many festivals on the international fringe circuit. Joining the FRINGE WORLD family in 2014, Alyssia has worked with the festival in Programming, FOH, Technical and has also been a performer, director and independent producer. You can ask Alyssia anything about Harry Potter...she will probably know the answer.
Liz Jilbert
Hub Producer
Liz has returned to Perth for her third season with FRINGE WORLD and her first in the Programming Department. Newly graduated, she has spent the last 7 years working at Arts Festivals around Australia and the world. She has an affinity for covering herself and anyone she meets in glitter.
Mel Jasa
Marketing Manager
Mel joined the FRINGE WORLD marketing team in August 2015 after enjoying a stint at a web agency. She has a degree in Creative Advertising and Graphic Design and can often be found neck deep in mind-boggling graphs and infographics.
Indi Ranson
Partnerships Coordinator
Indi joined the FRINGE WORLD team as Partnerships Coordinator in 2016 after graduating from UWA. When she's not Fringe-ing, Indi can be found perfecting her pizza dough recipe or having a good boogie.
Katie Dixon
Production Manager
Katie is one of the longest standing staff members at ARTRAGE. She enjoys a fresh juice in the morning and is often seen pottering in her garden, riding her motorbike or swimming at the beach.
Amir Barber-Skwarko
Business Systems Manager
Amir joined ARTRAGE in September 2013 as Box Office Manager and became Business Systems Manager in 2016. He loves technology and hates the sun.
Lindsay Mulcahy
Office Manager
Lindsay joined the Fringe team in 2015 as Senior Administration Coordinator and became Office Manager in late 2017. He works in the IT, finance, and customer service teams to help the offices run like a well-oiled machine. There’s a good chance that he’s thinking about gin and/or pizza at this very moment.
Melanie Jones
Accounts Coordinator
Melanie has worked in a wide range of industries and is happy to have found her home at FRINGE WORLD this year.
Tiffany Creasey
Box Office Manager
After spending 5 years in London, Tiffany joined FRINGE WORLD Festival in 2015. When Tiffany is not planning all things relating to Box Offices, she enjoys drinking wine, eating cheese and watching re-runs of F.R.I.E.N.D.S!
Bunk
Barketing Manager
Bunk is FRINGE WORLD’s resident pooch. He has heterochromia and likes wearing a blue bandana to set off his blue eye. He loves jumping in the ivy at The Pleasure Garden and getting treats from his Fringe mates.