Marcus Westbury is the founder of Renew Newcastle and Renew Australia – projects that have taken scores of empty buildings and made them available to creative projects and initiatives. His background is a broadcaster, writer, media maker and festival director who has been responsible for some of Australia’s more innovative, unconventional and successful cultural projects and events.

He has also worked across a range of media as a writer, producer, director and presenter covering fields as diverse as culture, art, media, urban planning, sport and politics.