Richard Watts
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Encore: the performing arts in 2016
We look back on the year that was and celebrate some of the best work our reviewers saw.
How to succeed in Generation Slashie
Working in multiple roles – for instance as a writer/actor/director/producer – is increasingly common but the multiple satisfactions come with…
Best and worst companies for gender parity
While balance is improving across the sector, some theatre companies still have overwhelmingly male dominated repertoire.
MONA to create Truth & Reconciliation Park
Australia is dotted with cenotaphs but the wars on our own soil have gone unrecognised, until now.
The risky business of political theatre
Sometimes derided, in the right hands political theatre can be a powerful call to arms.
Career spotlight: Conductor
Three conductors reflect on the steps that led to their current positions, and offer advice for those following in their…
Hope for defunded arts courses
A Senate amendment is pressuring the government to offer a reprieve to arts courses which have been excluded from student…
No pathway for disabled actors
If a casting director needs to cast an able-bodied actor to play a disabled character much of the blame lies…
Dreamland
If these walls could talk – or sing, or dance, or make site-specific theatre – what stories might they tell…
Start your arts career by being super smart
For students about to graduate from art or drama school into professional life, the time to think about superannuation is…