Australian product missing from our theatres

An analysis of Australian theatre programs shows waning Australian drama premieres, especially in state theatre companies.
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Australian theatres still shy away from new Australian work on main stages and rarely revive the work of Australian playwrights, except for a few chosen authors ‘produced obsessively over and over again’.

These are the results of an analysis by director and drama profession Julian Meyrick, who has written a Platform Paper, The Retreat of our National Drama, published by Currency House and launched today in Adelaide.

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