The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young.

Bonus: we created mix-and-match stickers of improv quotes by D&D alignment, tag urself etc x

Bonus: we created mix-and-match stickers of improv quotes by D&D alignment, tag urself etc x

And finally, to Matt Powell, my co-director, co-conspirator, and dear friend. Thank you for sharing this journey with me, for every Monday night meeting, for buoying me when I was down, for caring so much about this festival and what it represents. I can't imagine having done this with anybody else.

Thank you also the community around the festival — every year my favourite day of the festival was the first one, where people trickled into the foyer at BATS Theatre and it all went from being a series of spreadsheets and emails into a real thing that people would lift, carry, and enjoy.

Thank you so much to everyone who’s worked on the festival in those years, the immediate team, and all the musos, tech operators, volunteers, and the staff at BATS. Plus all the teachers, performers and directors who’ve come to share their mahi, and the Trust who’ve made it all possible.

This Festival was my third as artistic co-director, and also my last. This gig has been joyous, challenging, phenomenally rewarding, at times all-consuming, and a career highlight.

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It's made very easy by having a great team!!