Force Majeure has announced that Danielle Micich will conclude her tenure as Artistic Director and CEO at the end of 2025, bringing to a close a decade that has seen the company become one of Australia’s most daring and distinctive performance voices.
Since stepping into the role in 2015, Micich has been celebrated for her bold vision and collaborative spirit, leading the company into new terrain for movement-led theatre. Her decade at the helm has yielded a body of visceral, interdisciplinary work that interrogates contemporary issues while empowering the artists around her.
“I’ve been deeply inspired by the artists I’ve had the privilege to collaborate with,” Micich said. “Their generosity, curiosity, and brilliance have shaped me as a leader and maker. There are other artistic possibilities I’ve long wanted to explore, and now I’m making space to follow those paths.”
Chair of the Board, Julieanne Campbell, praised Micich’s leadership, noting her succession from founding director Kate Champion and her legacy of inclusion and cross-disciplinary depth. “Danielle leaves a powerful legacy, not just for Force Majeure but for the sector more broadly and in particular the space carved out for movement-led theatre in Australia.”
Across her tenure, Micich premiered signature works such as You Animal, You, The Last Season and idk, each confronting contemporary questions with courageous and inventive form. She also championed pathways for artists through the Associate Artist program, mentoring creators including Margaret Harvey, Liesel Zink and Ghenoa Gela, whose landmark GURR ERA OP was produced by Force Majeure after years of collaboration.
Harvey credited Micich’s influence directly: “Her legacy is a body of daring, co-devised work that empowered artists and audiences alike.”
Micich also expanded the reach of Force Majeure’s unique embodied storytelling through the INCITE program, with over 620 artists participating since its inception. She introduced Consent & Boundaries workshops to strengthen safe creative practices across the physical performance sector.
Her final work as Artistic Director, Gardener’s Apprentice, will premiere this October at Carriageworks before touring to Wollondilly Performing Arts Centre, showcasing her hallmark of poetic, provocative, and profoundly human theatre. She will also lead one last INCITE Intensive later in the year before departing to pursue new creative ventures across theatre, opera and film in 2026.
Force Majeure’s Board will soon begin the search for the company’s next artistic leader, tasked with building upon Micich’s enduring contribution to the development of movement-based performance in Australia.
Gardener’s Apprentice
Carriageworks: 1 – 4 October 2025
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Wollondilly Performing Arts Centre: 10 – 11 October 2025
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INCITE Intensive
Carriageworks: 28 Oct – 1 Nov & 3 – 7 Nov 2025
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