Partners and Staff

AusStage is currently supported by the Australian Creative Histories and Futures project (ACHF) (2024-2028), an investment by the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) through its HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons, enabled by the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS), and boosted by co-investment from the project partners.

Over the years developments at AusStage have also been financially endorsed by:

The Australian Research Council's Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities (LIEF) scheme (2000-2023)
The Government of South Australia and Arts South Australia
Aus-e-Stage, a NeAT project funded under the NCRIS Platforms for Collaboration (2009-2011)
ANDS, the Australian National Data Service
AAF, the Australian Access Federation

AusStage Founding Partners

Professor Julie Holledge (Flinders University)
Professor Chris Marlin (Flinders University)
Mr Kim Hanna (Australia Council)
Professor Adrian Kiernander (University of New England)
Mr John McCallum (University of New South Wales)
Mr Geoffrey Milne (La Trobe University)
Ms Jill Smith (Playbox)
Mr Richard Stone (Performing Arts Heritage Network of Museums Australia)
Professor Joanne Tompkins (University of Queensland)
Professor Rod Wissler (Queensland University of Technology)

Australian Creative Histories and Futures project (ACHF) Partners

	Chris Hay AusStage Academic Lead and Director of Assemblage Centre for Creative Practice Research Tully Barnett Senior Research Associate Christopher Hurrell Research Associate Benjamin Laird Software Developer and Research Fellow Liz Larkin AusStage Manager \| Senior Research Support
	Jenny Fewster Director, HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons David Hackman Project Manager, HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons Jennifer Corbett Project Coordinator, HASS and Indigenous Research Data Commons Andy Botting Technical Lead, Nectar Research Cloud
	Caroline Wake ACHF Co-Lead Bryoni Trezise ACHF Co-Lead Minna Muhlen-Schulte ACHF Project Manager Nicole Hurren ACHF Communication and Engagement Coordinator Neenah Gray ACHF Indigenous Research Fellow Liza-Mare Syron ACHF Senior Research Associate
	Scott East DAAO Academic Lead and Research Associate
	Rebecca Mostyn Research Director Caitlin Vaughan Manager Diversity Impact Christen Cornell Research Fellow and Manager, Research Partnerships Aayush Fuskelay Research Data Specialist
	Indigo Holcombe-James Strategic Research Lead Sarah Caldwell Head of Registration and Collections Jeff Williams Head of Technology Lucie Paterson Head of Experience, Digital & Insights
	Michael Grogan Technical and Interoperability Lead Jennifer Tam Senior Technical Associate

AusStage Management Committee

Professor Joanne Tompkins – Chair
Associate Professor Tully Barnett
Professor Jonathan Bollen
Ms Jenny Fewster
Dr Andrew Fuhrmann
Professor Helena Grehan
Associate Professor Margaret Hamilton
Professor Chris Hay
Ms Liz Larkin
Ms Helen Munt
Mr David Simes
Dr Sarah Thomasson
Dr Bryoni Trezise
Dr Caroline Wake

AusStage Manager | Senior Research Support

Ms Liz Larkin

Former Managers and Partners

AusStage Managers

Mr Joh Hartog Project Manager (2000-2001), Project Director (2003-2004)
Ms Jenny Fewster (2000-2021)

Tertiary / Educational Partners

Flinders University

Emeritus Professor Julie Holledge, Founding Partner
Professor Chris Marlin, Founding Partner
Mr Joh Hartog
Professor Julian Meyrick
Professor Maryrose Casey
Associate Professor Jonathan Bollen
Professor John Roddick

Australian Catholic University

Dr Delyse Ryan

Australian National University

Professor Jacqueline Lo

Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education

Professor Peter Stephenson
Ms Kathryn Gilbey

Curtin University

Professor Tom Stannage

Deakin University

Dr Rea Dennis
Professor Vanessa Lemm
Professor Glenn D'Cruz

Edith Cowan University

Associate Professor Jonathan W Marshall
Ms Nanette Hassall
Dr Shona Erskine

Griffith University

Professor Julian Meyrick
Professor John O'Toole

Hang Seng University of Hong Kong

Professor KK Tam

La Trobe University

Professor Peta Tait
Mr Geoffrey Milne, Founding Partner

Macquarie University

Professor Tom Burvill

Monash University

Professor Stacey Holman-Jones
Professor Peter Fitzpatrick

Murdoch University

Professor Helena Grehan

NIDA

Mr Allan Morgan

Normal University of Taiwan

Professor Jonathan Bollen

Queensland University of Technology

Professor Bree Hadley
Associate Professor Sandra Gattenhoff
Professor Paul Makeham
Professor Rod Wissler, Founding Partner

RMIT

Associate Professor David Carlin

University of Adelaide

Mr Ray Choate

University of Ballarat

Associate Professor Kim Durban

University of Melbourne

Dr Kirsten Stevens
Professor Rachel Fensham
Dr Andrew Furhmann
Mr Richard Murphet
Professor Denise Varney

University of Newcastle

Associate Professor David Watt

University of New England

Professor Adrian Kiernander, Founding Partner, Chair of Management Committee (2000-2004)

University of New South Wales

Mr John McCallum, Founding Partner
Dr Meg Mumford
Dr Bryoni Trezise
Dr Caroline Wake

University of Oslo, Centre for Ibsen Studies

Associate Professor Ellen Rees
Dr Nina Marie Evensen
Professor Frode Helland

University of Otago

Dr Lisa Warrington

University of Queensland

Dr Chris Hay
Dr Bernadette Cochrane
Professor Veronica Kelly
Professor Joanne Tompkins

University of Sydney

Dr Laura Ginters
Associate Professor Ian Maxwell
Mr Russell Emerson

University of Tasmania

Dr Jane Woollard
Dr Helen Trenos

University of Western Australia

Associate Professor Steve Chinna

University of Wollongong

Associate Professor Margaret Hamilton
Mr Tim Maddock

University of Western Sydney

Dr Glen McGillivray

Victoria University of Wellington

Dr Sarah Thomasson
Dr James Wenley
Professor David O'Donnell

Industry / Creative Partners

Adelaide Festival Centre

Ms Mary-Anne O'Leary

Adelaide Festival Centre, Performing Arts Collection

Ms Helen Trepa

Association of Performing Arts Collections(UK)

Ms Erin Lee

Australia Council / Australia Council for the Arts

Mr Kim Hanna, Founding Partner
Mr Andrew Donovan
Ms Amrit Gill
Ms Antonietta Morgillo

Australian Dance Theatre

Professor Garry Stewart

Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies (ADSA)

Professor Chris Hay, Co-President 2025
Dr Sarah Thomasson, Co-President 2025
Gareth Belling, Secretary 2025
Abbie Trott, Treasurer 2025
Daniel Johnston, Assistant Secretary 2025
Carl Walling, Assistant Treasurer 2025
James Wenley, Executive Member, Regional Matters: New Zealand 2025
Hannah Banks, Executive Member, Regional Matters: Australia 2025
Nicola Hyland, ADS Editor 2025

Malthouse Theatre

Dr Sarah Neal

Performing Arts Heritage Network of Museums Australia (PAHN)

Ms Helen Munt
Dr Mark St Leon
Mr Paul Bentley
Mr David Tredinnick
Mr Christopher Smith
Mr Alexander Sussman
Mr Richard Stone, Founding Partner

Playbox

Ms Jill Smith, Founding Partner

State Theatre Company of South Australia

Mr Rob Brookman
Ms Jodi Glass

Victoria and Albert Museum, Theatre and Performance

Ms Kate Bailey
Ms Eleanor Gray
Ms Sabrina Offord

Windmill Performing Arts

Ms Cate Fowler
Ms Rosemary Myers

Project Advisors

Australian Capital Territory

Ros McDonald, National Library of Australia

New South Wales

Pam O'Brien, University of New South Wales Library
Paul Bentley, Bentley and Associates

Queensland

Beryl Davis, QPAC Museum
Christopher Smith, QPAC Museum

South Australia

Jo Peoples, Performing Arts Collection of South Australia

Victoria

Janine Barrand, Performing Arts Collection, The Arts Centre, Melbourne
Catherine O'Donoghue, Performing Arts Collection, The Arts Centre, Melbourne

Technical Development

Benjamin Laird, Flinders University
Liz Larkin, Flinders University
Zac Bailey, JAC
Neo Liang, JAC
Trevor Richardson, JAC
Matt Gibbs, JAC
Justin Brown, SRA
Brett Eterovic-Soric, SRA
Chanaka Fernando, SRA
Dinesh Kutu, SRA
Omkar Nandurkar, SRA
Dr Paul Gardner-Stephen, Flinders University
Dr Nick Falkner, University of Adelaide
Liz Milford, Flinders University
Robin Petterd, Sprout Labs
Dr Wei Ren, Flinders University
Corey Wallis, Flinders University
Bradley Williams, SRA / Flinders University