Force Majeure Welcomes New Board Members

We’re thrilled to announce two exciting new additions to our Board! It’s our pleasure to welcome Rachael Maza AM and Lucy Gardoll to Force Majeure’s Board of Directors.

We’re excited to have Rachael and Lucy bring their expertise and insights to the company. Rachael with her wealth of experience as one of Australia’s most inspiring arts leader; and Lucy joins the Board as Treasurer; bringing with her a deep love for the arts.

On their appointments to the Board:

“It is an incredible honour that I join the Board of Force Majeure. With my ILBIJERRI hat on - I have had the privilege of partnering with them working closely with Danielle Micich and their brilliant Associate Artist Ghenoa Gela over these last few years. I have long admired their work before this as one of this country’s leading innovative companies in pushing the form of what is dance theatre.” – Rachel Maza AM

 “I am excited and grateful to have the opportunity to join the Force Majeure Board. I think this will be a fantastic opportunity to bring my strategic and financial knowledge and learnings from KPMG to help Force Majeure reach its goals. I also feel very privileged to be able to learn more about dance and theatre from the talented Danielle, Colm and the Associate Artists with the support of the other exceptional Board members.” – Lucy Gardoll

Rachael Maza Bio:

Rachael Maza is a Yidinji (FNQ), Meriam (TSI), and Dutch, and is the Artistic Director of llbijerri Theatre Company (2008 – present).
Maza is known for her work on stage and screen: she was the presenter on the ABC’s Message Stick, stage play and the film Radiance, Sapphires, Holy Day and Beautiful One Day, and was an acting coach for the film Rabbit Proof Fence.

Her awards include: 2003 Uncle Bob Maza Memorial Award for Outstanding Contribution to Victorian Indigenous Theatre - The VIPA Awards, The Drovers Award for Touring Legend, Australia Council 2019 Theatre Award, 2019 Honorary Doctorate for Performing Arts ECU and the Inaugural Alumni Award ECU 2019. In 2020, she received an AM (Order of Australia) for her work in the Performing Arts, and was the recipient of the Greenroom Lifetime Achievement Award in 2021.

Rachael’s Ilbijerri directing credits include: Stolen, Chopped Liver; Jack Charles V the Crown, Foley, Which Way Home, My Urrwai, Black Ties and Heart is a Wasteland.

Lucy Gardoll Bio:

Lucy is a Chartered Accountant who started her career at KPMG supporting small to medium size enterprises - including not-for-profits - with tax, accounting and audit services. Her notable clients included Diversity Council Australia, Opera Australia and The Funding Network. She also supported for-profit companies during their growth stages such as ASX listed company MoneyMe. Lucy then transitioned to consulting and worked in transformational program management and change. She helped organisations to prioritise strategic programs, design internal processes and structures, and deliver and embed complex change. Lucy now works at Xero as a Strategy and Operations Manager, focused on setting the organisational objectives and key results, and supporting Executive decision making. Outside of work, she has a passion for the arts and hopes to increase engagement and inclusion of young and diverse audiences in Australia's arts space.