How theatre can help prevent violence against women

Australia is experiencing an 'epidemic of violence against women'. Can the arts help turn the tide?
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Kate Sherman and Nicci Wilks in Animal; photo by Pier Carthew. 

Artists and arts workers know the social and educational benefits of the arts intimately – children who participate in the arts participate more in class and are better motivated, while also having increased creativity, wellbeing and self-esteem. The arts make us stronger, healthier and more resilient.

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Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts