Politics and plays: telling truths while telling stories

Conversations at the 2014 Victorian Theatre Forum were squarely focused on politically aware theatre-making.
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Art has an important role to play in the political arena, at both an individual and societal level. Image: Back to Back Theatre’s Ganesh vs the Third Reich. Photo by Jeff Busby.

Theatre-makers from across the state gathered in Melbourne on Tuesday for the fifth annual Theatre Network Victoria (TNV) Victorian Theatre Forum, a half-day of discussions, forums and industry updates focused on making art that is provocative, relevant and topical.  

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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