January 26 is always a hard day for First Nations peoples, says Carissa Lee. And as the ‘Cheesegate’ scandal at Queensland Theatre reveals, our theatre spaces are still unsafe
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 by women and non-binary theatre makers
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Carissa Lee attends the first session of Assembly for the Future for BLEED 2020 and leaves with a sense of hope
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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 thinks not
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Last year, Witness associate editor Carissa Lee saw a lot of performances about death. What does it mean when we put death on our stages? In particular, what does it mean if you’re Aboriginal?
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World Problems opens up the political consequences of how we view our personal worlds, says Carissa Lee
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‘It’s only February, and I think I’ve already seen the show of the year’: Carissa Lee on the scorching music theatre work Barbara and the Camp Dogs
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‘The warmth in the auditorium was something I’ve only experienced on community nights at blackfella shows”: Carissa Lee on The Butch Monologues
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How far can comedy go? Carissa Lee ponders Truly Madly Britney’s take on fan culture at Melbourne’s Midsumma festival