Andrew Bleby and Associates Pty Ltd Information

Andrew Bleby has directed or produced ten different arts festivals, eight of them international and seven of them first editions. He was founding Director of Melbourne's Next Wave Festival in 1985. In almost all these positions he oversaw all aspects of management, programming and marketing. For ten years he was Program Director of the Adelaide Festival Centre, South Australia's major performing arts complex, producing and presenting a wide array of programs including significant international seasons, subscription series of contemporary dance and world theatre, community and education programs. He was a key member of the senior management team at the AFC, managed national tours and was Executive Producer of several major musicals including 42nd Street , The King and I and South Pacific in Australia , New York and Hong Kong . He has also produced spectacle, commercial drama and circus shows. He has extensive global experience in programming international artists and with international organisations including ASSITEJ (Association Internationale du Théâtre pour les Enfants et la Jeunesse) and AAPPAC (Association of Asia-Pacific Performing Arts Centres), has been an invited keynote speaker at conferences in Shanghai, Vancouver, Dunedin and Melbourne and has studied at the International Center for Culture and Management (ICCM) in Salzburg. Andrew has also undertaken significant work as an independent consultant, including a major review of Opera Australia, a review of the Australian Performing Arts Market, the production of a manual on youth festival management, strategic planning workshops for The Push International Performing Arts Festival in Canada and regional festivals in Australia, planning for the National Institute of Circus Arts, major project management for the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, and project development for the Victorian Arts Centre, Orchestra Victoria and festivals in several states. He has undertaken multiple consultancy projects for the Australia Council, Creative Victoria, local governments and others across four states. He has been a member of over thirty boards and committees. Formal qualifications include a Bachelor of Arts and Diploma in Education from the University of Adelaide . He received a Diploma with Distinction in 2002 from the ICCM in Salzburg and was Dux of their Summer Academy in Arts Management and International Project Workshop.