Annette Downs

Producer
Annette joined Performing Lines in 2006. She supports the performing arts sector in Tasmania to undertake regional tours and engage with national and international touring networks and also produces and commissions new work. Originally trained as a dancer, Annette has worked as a university lecturer, performer, artistic director and producer. She is a Churchill Fellow and the 1998 Telstra Tasmanian Business Woman of the Year. She has served on numerous Boards including the Tasmanian State Development Board, Australian National Playwrights Centre, Tasmanian Arts Advisory Board, the Playing Australia Committee and the Australia Council’s Theatre Board.