When Tom Middleditch, a vocal advocate for neurodiverse representation on stage, saw Robot Song, his first response was rage. But then he changed his mind. This is what happened…
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‘We don’t often see this kind of Artaudian excess on our stages: it’s one of the signs of how conservative our theatre culture has become’: Alison Croggon on Mitch Jones’ Autocannibal
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The Witness Interview: In this month’s podcast, Robert Reid talks to the unclassifiable Nicola Gunn, one of Australia’s most important and intriguing theatre makers
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Modern Māori Quartet: Two Worlds is a delightful and profoundly moving opening to Big World, Up Close, says Alison Croggon
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When Tom Middleditch, a vocal advocate for neurodiverse representation on stage, saw Robot Song, his first response was rage. But then he changed his mind. This is what happened…
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‘A galvanising moment’: a conference last month on contemporary opera saw the frustrations of women creators boil over. Alison Croggon reports
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‘We cannot keep pulling up the past behind us as we go’: Robert Reid on the rolling cultural disaster of unpublished Australian plays
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‘Disabled artists should be a priority for this industry. Many artists are already there creating work. They don’t need mentorships! They need money.’ Jessica Walton on the power of disability-led art
The Witness Interview: In this month’s podcast, Robert Reid talks to the unclassifiable Nicola Gunn, one of Australia’s most important and intriguing theatre makers
by Ben Keene
The Witness Interview: ‘There’s something fundamentally wrong with young men…that they gravitate to war, that they gravitate to violence, that they gravitate to self destruction…I’ve always felt compelled to wrestle with that.’ Thomas M Wright talks to Alison Croggon
by Ben Keene
In this month’s Video History, join Witness historian Robert Reid on a walking tour of Melbourne’s lost theatres
by Robert Reid
Force Majeure’s You Animal, You is full of dramaturgical silences that tear holes in the text, says Robert Reid
by Robert Reid