Our Vision
Melbourne Festival exists to present
one of the world’s leading annual,
international arts festivals showcasing
contemporary themes to a broadlybased and highly-engaged audience.
Each year, the Festival will produce
a curated program which through
both its individual productions and its
overall vision:
“... a gorgeous spectacle.” The Age on The Blue Dragon
“... exquisitely complex theatre experience.”
Sunday Herald Sun on The Blue Dragon
“If this is the future of theatre, it is paved with the welcome
light of a new frontier.” Sunday Herald Sun on The Blue Dragon
• Offers intelligent
engagement with the
artists, topography and
infrastructure of Melbourne;
• acilitates and further
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develops arts practice and the
arts community;
• eflects the world’s creative
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innovation;
• Provokes enquiry, curiosity
and intellectual engagement;
• xposes audiences to
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experiences outside their
previous experience
and expectation;
• ngages in debate about the
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nature and purpose of art
and performance;
• pholds artistic integrity
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while striving to support
stakeholder expectations
and interests;
• nticipates and responds to
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Australian and international
Robert Lepage – The Blue Dragon
cultural developments;
photo: Joe Calleri
• Supports and encourages
cultural activity in the public
domain;
• resents the work of major international performing artists and arts companies;
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• Curates a significant visual arts program;
• Tours components of the Festival program to