January 26 is always a hard day for First Nations peoples, says Carissa Lee. And …
Carissa Lee
Carissa Lee
Carissa Lee is the Inaugural Witness First Nations Emerging Critic. She is an associate editor and manages the Witness Instagram account. Born on Wemba-Wemba country, she graduated with Honours from the drama course at Flinders University Drama Centre and currently works as a professional actor on stage and screen. She completed a traineeship through the Black and Write! Program at QUT, which led to her role as the ATSI Writers Program Coordinator at the SA Writers Centre. Carissa has written for publications such as Junkee, LIP Mag, Book Riot, and Melbourne Writers Festival, and is presently completing her PhD in Indigenous Theatre.
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Carissa Lee investigates a research project that aims to redress the historical neglect of work …
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Carissa Lee attends the first session of Assembly for the Future for BLEED 2020 and …
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Grief, longing, absence: Carissa Lee ponders intimacies beyond and through the screen
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Do we really need another play that excuses male violence? After seeing Swansong, Carissa Lee …
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Last year, Witness associate editor Carissa Lee saw a lot of performances about death. What …
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World Problems opens up the political consequences of how we view our personal worlds, says …
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‘It’s only February, and I think I’ve already seen the show of the year’: Carissa …
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‘The warmth in the auditorium was something I’ve only experienced on community nights at blackfella …
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How far can comedy go? Carissa Lee ponders Truly Madly Britney’s take on fan culture at …