known some of them but I felt like I had no connection with them. So I went "yeah, it'd be great to be able to start that connection between Darwin and Timor. Lets get some artists to Darwin and see what spirals out of this projects!" Do you have any advise for young people wishing to pursue similar careers to yourself? Yeah, do everything else first. The only way that I became a producers was because I started as a actor, then became a director, then I became a writer, then I was a dram terd*, then I started producing work, both mine and other peoples. I think to be a good producer you need to know what everyone else working for you does. You need to know what a production manager does, what a stage manager does. You need to know a bit about lighting design and sound design and how all that works. You need to know how to cut a promo video, how media works, how schedules run how to pay people properly. There are things you get exposed to and explained to you on the way. I think its very difficult to just go yep, I want to be a producer straight a way. I think its good to have a go at everything else, because you might realise your really enjoying lighting design or actually you're an amazing set designer and your career might suddenly go down that path. I think theatre is one of