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Jo Dyer
Jo Dyer (born 1969) is an Australian theatre and film producer, and director of Adelaide Writers' Week from 2019 to 2022. She is known for the films Lucky Miles (2007) and Girl Asleep (2015).
In 2021 she was involved in a legal case relating to the rape allegations against former Attorney-general Christian Porter. A former Labor pre-selection candidate, she was unsuccessful as an independent candidate for Boothby at the 2022 federal election.
Jo Dyer was born in Melbourne in 1969, the youngest of three daughters. Dyer's family moved to Adelaide, South Australia when she was a toddler with her parents and two older siblings. Her parents were both academics, who proudly displayed their left-wing leanings. They separated when she was a teenager. Dyer attended Presbyterian Girls' College (now Seymour College) on a scholarship, and became head of the SRC.
She then went to the University of Adelaide to study arts, at the same time as later politicians Natasha Stott Despoja, Penny Wong, Jay Weatherill, Christopher Pyne, Mark Butler and Pat Conlon, and political journalists Annabel Crabb and David Penberthy. She graduated with a law degree, although admits to not being a good student because she was having too much fun.
Dyer's first job was as receptionist for the State Theatre Company of South Australia, which diverted her from a career in insurance law. After a stint at the Australian Human Rights Commission, she took on the role of general manager of Bangarra Dance Theatre in 1996. Working with artistic director Stephen Page, she was credited with improving its financial standing, partly due to securing its first corporate partner.
In 1999 she returned to Adelaide, after being appointed general manager of the children’s festival Come Out (now DreamBIG), and two years later made a failed attempt to get pre-selection as a Labor candidate for the upcoming election.
Later in 2001 Dyer was appointed executive producer of Sydney Theatre Company, first under artistic director Robyn Nevin, then Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton, remaining in this position for 11 years before becoming a freelance producer for a few years, and also in this time giving birth to her son. After this she became executive director (2015) and then CEO (2016) of Sydney Writers' Festival until 2018.
In March 2018 Dyer was appointed director of Adelaide Writers' Week, which takes place in March each year as part of the Adelaide Festival, starting with the 2019 event. After presiding over two events under challenging conditions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, restricting the movement of international and interstate authors, as well as some personal challenges, in August 2021 it was announced that Dyer would be stepping down after the March 2022 edition. She has been praised for lifting the profile of the event, gaining national media coverage as a result of showcasing a wide range of ideas and prominent people, who have included politicians (including Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull, who feature in the 2022 event.
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Jo Dyer
Jo Dyer (born 1969) is an Australian theatre and film producer, and director of Adelaide Writers' Week from 2019 to 2022. She is known for the films Lucky Miles (2007) and Girl Asleep (2015).
In 2021 she was involved in a legal case relating to the rape allegations against former Attorney-general Christian Porter. A former Labor pre-selection candidate, she was unsuccessful as an independent candidate for Boothby at the 2022 federal election.
Jo Dyer was born in Melbourne in 1969, the youngest of three daughters. Dyer's family moved to Adelaide, South Australia when she was a toddler with her parents and two older siblings. Her parents were both academics, who proudly displayed their left-wing leanings. They separated when she was a teenager. Dyer attended Presbyterian Girls' College (now Seymour College) on a scholarship, and became head of the SRC.
She then went to the University of Adelaide to study arts, at the same time as later politicians Natasha Stott Despoja, Penny Wong, Jay Weatherill, Christopher Pyne, Mark Butler and Pat Conlon, and political journalists Annabel Crabb and David Penberthy. She graduated with a law degree, although admits to not being a good student because she was having too much fun.
Dyer's first job was as receptionist for the State Theatre Company of South Australia, which diverted her from a career in insurance law. After a stint at the Australian Human Rights Commission, she took on the role of general manager of Bangarra Dance Theatre in 1996. Working with artistic director Stephen Page, she was credited with improving its financial standing, partly due to securing its first corporate partner.
In 1999 she returned to Adelaide, after being appointed general manager of the children’s festival Come Out (now DreamBIG), and two years later made a failed attempt to get pre-selection as a Labor candidate for the upcoming election.
Later in 2001 Dyer was appointed executive producer of Sydney Theatre Company, first under artistic director Robyn Nevin, then Cate Blanchett and Andrew Upton, remaining in this position for 11 years before becoming a freelance producer for a few years, and also in this time giving birth to her son. After this she became executive director (2015) and then CEO (2016) of Sydney Writers' Festival until 2018.
In March 2018 Dyer was appointed director of Adelaide Writers' Week, which takes place in March each year as part of the Adelaide Festival, starting with the 2019 event. After presiding over two events under challenging conditions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, restricting the movement of international and interstate authors, as well as some personal challenges, in August 2021 it was announced that Dyer would be stepping down after the March 2022 edition. She has been praised for lifting the profile of the event, gaining national media coverage as a result of showcasing a wide range of ideas and prominent people, who have included politicians (including Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull, who feature in the 2022 event.