Richard Stuart came up through the ranks in commercial theatre and on tour in New Zealand and Australia with theatrical organisations including J C Williamsons, Edgley International, Harry M Miller and Aztec Services. Richard then worked with performing arts centres in Perth and Melbourne. He toured Australia extensively with the Australian Ballet in the eighties before heading up the technical team at the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts for its first seven festivals...
That was followed by eleven years at Queensland Performing Arts Centre in Brisbane where Richard was executive manager in charge of production and technical services. A year as Technical Director at the Sydney Opera House followed before Richard undertook a 'sea change' to Ballina on the northern New South Wales coast where he is establishing himself as an independent theatre and production consultant.