Why do we pander to mediocrity and bad behaviour from male comics? Aboriginal comedy writer Angelina Hurley reflects on her disappointments
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On the pain of women: First Nations Emerging Critic Carissa Lee explores how Australian plays portray violence against women.
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If the Australian media understood theatre instead of dissing it, we might have a better chance of seeing our politics clearly. Alison Croggon explains why.
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When representation isn’t enough: Tom Middleditch of A_tistic Theatre looks at the knotty question of diversity in creative teams
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“You can write what you know without writing the literal occurrences of your own personal life.” Playwright Jean Tong is over her work being read as autobiographical.
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When we go to the theatre, what do we expect? Do we have a responsibility? Witness First Nations Emerging Critic Carissa Lee thinks so.
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“The life of the building is in its communities, not in the thousands of layers of paint that once covered the walls.” Robert Reid on the aftermath of the fire at La Mama.
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Carissa Lee discovers how some of Australia’s most innovative and internationally recognised theatre companies are making theatre specifically for children
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Government arts funding is on the way out, says Robert Reid. And if arts companies are to survive, they have to invite audiences in.
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Witness sound editor Ben Keene gives us a peek inside his editing studio, and his experience with the “musical illusion”: the song of conversation.