Queensland Theatre appoints local talent Daniel Evans as Artistic Director

Moving up from Associate Artistic Director, Daniel Evans hopes to lead the charge on Queensland's theatre ecology.
Queensland Theatre's new Artistic Director, Daniel Evans. A black and white photo of a young pale-skinned man with curly hair and round glasses sitting on a sofa in what appears to be a warehouse setting.

Queensland Theatre has announced that homegrown theatre-maker and playwright Daniel Evans will step into the role of Artistic Director, following his appointment as the Theatre’s Associate Artistic Director (Programming) in February this year.

The company has been without an Artistic Director since the departure of Lee Lewis in March, but has powered ahead with the recent launch of its 2025 mainstage season, programmed by Evans, alongside Associate Artistic Director (Education and Youth) Fiona MacDonald and Associate Artistic Director (First Nations) Isaac Drandic.

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Celina Lei is the Diversity and Inclusion Editor at ArtsHub. She acquired her M.A in Art, Law and Business in New York with a B.A. in Art History and Philosophy from the University of Melbourne. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Most recently, Celina was one of three Australian participants in DFAT’s the Future of Leadership program. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_