Robert Love recently completed two decades as the Director of the City of Parramatta's Riverside Theatres. It was a role he relished; overseeing one of the most highly attended venues in the country.
Love founded his own theatre company - 'Toe Truck Theatre' in 1976, providing a valuable social and educational role to students in regional and urban schools. Subsequent roles travelled management positions with organisations such as the University of Sydney's Seymour Centre, the State Theatre Company of South Australia, the Sydney Theatre Company, Fox Studios and News limited; eventually taking up the baton at Riverside Theatres in 2000.
He was made a Member in the General Division of the Order of Australia for 'significant service to the performing arts, particularly in Western Sydney, as an administrator, and as a supporter of Independent artists'.
He joined STAGES in early 2020 for a riveting conversation pondering the place of the Arts in nourishing a population, the dilemma of Arts funding, the future of theatre as an art form, and his own stellar career as a leader at various Arts organisations. Interesting to note that this conversation took place B.C. - before Covid!
Thank you Robert - and Congratulations!