Staff Directory

SPPT Board of Management

Chris Hedges (Chair)
Michaela Fini
Ron Jones
Judith Quinliven
Mark Randell
Sally Richardson
Aislyn Shepherd

Staff List

Artistic Director Philip Mitchell
Associate Director Michael Barlow
General Manager Cathcart Weatherly
Executive Producer Tony Riggio

Associate Producer Fiona de Garis
Associate Producer (2007) David Filshie
Associate Producer (2007) Rachael Whitworth
Assistant Producer - Congress & Transit Lounge Caitlin Chessell
Assistant Producer - Professional Development Clare Waldron
Assistant Producer Caris Harper
Assistant Producer Kate Vallentine

Million Puppet Project Manager Katherine McLean
Million Puppet Exhibition Designer Zoe Atkinson
Million Puppet Foyer Exhibition Designer Claude Marcos

Carnival Day Manager Danielle Micich
Carnival Day Workshop Coordinator Julia Sutton

Production Manager Sharon Custers
Production Assistant Jacob Lehrer
Perth Concert Hall Venue Manager David Filshie
Transit Lounge Stage Manager Anna Dymitr Hawkes
Transit Lounge Night Manager Anna Kosky
Workshop Manager & Head Puppet Maker Jiri Zmitko

UNIMA 2008 Publicist Lynne Burford
Website, Design & Publications Manager Sarah Rowbottam
Assistant Marketing Officer Rebecca Baumann
Assistant Marketing Officer - Graphic Design Otilee Lamb

Box Office Manager Kelly Cloake
Box Office Assistant Steven Papos
Box Office Assistant Rebecca Church
Administration & Box Office Annette Gohl

Audience Development Officer &
Personal Assistant to the General Manager Emma Brain
Volunteer Manager Joni Tham
Financial Officer Janine Bailey
Travel Consultant Julianne Mackay

WA Academy of Performing Arts Secondments (2007)
Bronwyn Smith
Amber Craike

WA Academy of Performing Arts Secondments (2007/ 2008)
Heather Patullo
Lauren Foreman

University of Notre Dame Secondment (2008)
Aleshia Bowes

Curtin University of Technology Secondment (2008)
Lana Logam


We would like to thank all the special people, too numerous to mention, from throughout Australia and the world, who are assisting us in so many different and important ways to make UNIMA 2008 an incredible journey... thank you all so much!