Following a career as a professional dancer overseas and in Australia, Shane Colquhoun’s arts management career has included senior positions within the State Government’s Department of Culture & the Arts and in the arts sector including General Manager with Western Australia’s Deckchair Theatre (1987-89), West Australian Ballet (1992-96) and most recently Black Swan State Theatre Company (2009-14). In 2014, Shane re-established his arts management consultancy business and commenced as a part-time lecturer in Arts Management at the WA Academy of Performing Arts. He is currently Secretary of the WA Chamber of Arts & Culture and Chairperson of the Blue Room Theatre.