Kath Papas to take on new role as National Senior Producer

Performing Lines is excited to announce that Kath Papas will take up the newly created role of Senior Producer – National, from December.  

A brand new position in the Performing Lines team, the role will increase the company’s capacity to support the delivery of projects with national reach, and take a focus on strategic partnerships and market development. 

Performing Lines Executive Producer and CEO Simon Wellington said “we are thrilled to be keeping Kath’s extensive producing experience within the organisation and look towards building  new networks and opportunities to support independent artists.”  

Kath is a leading independent producer with an extensive history in supporting the creation and touring of contemporary performance work by highly respected Australian and international artists and companies. She is especially known for her work on projects which cross artforms and cross cultures, and for her focus in the Asia-Pacific region.  

Kath was most recently acting in an interim role as Performing Lines Senior Producer – Victoria. Before that she was employed by ILBIJERRI Theatre Company and APAPM as Senior Producer, mentoring First Nations producers in international engagement. 

Over the course of her 20+ year career in the arts, Kath has produced dozens of seasons of acclaimed original work, international co-productions and tours in Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea and China; events, festivals and initiatives.  

“I’m honoured to be starting this new phase of my producing career  as an ongoing member of the extraordinary team at Performing Lines. It’s exciting to be supporting new performance work and exploring sector connections with a national horizon; I’m looking forward to many new relationships and artistic discoveries.” Says Kath.  

About Performing Lines

Performing Lines is a national company with staff and board members in NSW, Tas, Vic and WA working with independent artists from across the country, leveraging local knowledge and networks, as well as a national pool of resources to best support artists and their work.   

This nationwide company is the powerbase that fuels the work of our most innovative performing arts sector. We work in step with artists whose practice is constantly evolving and who are changing the way new Australian work is being made and shared. By supporting new ways of thinking, practicing, and experiencing the arts, we are a leading and formidable national producing force. 

With a strong track record for supporting independent artists and producing quality works that contribute to the very fabric of the Australian performing arts sector, Performing Lines takes a two-channel approach to its sector contribution:   

• Producing performing arts work for some of Australia’s most imaginative and daring independent artists, from creative development through to touring, with bespoke producing arrangements for each artist that we work with.  

• Designing and producing capacity building initiatives that respond to specific sector needs, working closely with partners from across the sector to ensure current and future sustainability and vibrancy.