Report to the Community 2017 | Page 5

The results were clear, but the challenge now is to build the partnerships and support to allow us to stay at this scale and level of impact into the future. We would like to take this opportunity to thank our Principal Public Partner, Creative Victoria and our many corporate, media and other Government partners of the 2017 Melbourne Festival, in particular Optus, Yarra Trams and the City of Melbourne. In the following pages we focus on the impact of this year’s Festival, and the responses of those who joined us for it. Jonathan Holloway ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Kath M Mainland CBE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 3