Vale Roz Hervey

Beloved by the Australian arts sector, Hervey chose to leave this life with dignity, on her own terms and surrounded by her family.
The late Roz Hervey. A white woman with shoulder length grey hair and dark-framed glasses smiles for the camera. She is wearing a black top and sits before a black background.

Roz Hervey, a mainstay of the Adelaide arts sector and an outstanding dancer, choreographer, director, producer and administrator, has taken her final bow.

Hervey was diagnosed with the terminal degenerative condition Motor Neurone Disease (for which there is no cure) in 2022, and had qualified for South Australia’s voluntary assisted dying (VAD) program after the rapid progression of her condition in recent months.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts