Opinions & Analysis
Activists will tell you that trans roles should go to trans actors – I disagree
When a certain children's author is played by a trans performer and a trans character is played by a cis…
Mental health is a human right: we're talking about a revolution
World Mental Health Day is a chance to question the systems that undermine human happiness and creativity.
Is reading in crisis?
Outtakes from the VOLUME Symposium find that it’s time for urgent action, as national reading rates decline.
How ‘mental health’ has been reimagined in the workplace
Good mental health in the arts won’t happen until we see people with lived experienced enabled and included as leaders…
Slim pickings: the state of fatness on Australian stages
A new play in the Melbourne Fringe Festival aims to make the world a little bit fatter and little bit…
Boys can do ballet too
Ballet dancer and educational leader Gregor Thieler discusses breaking gender stereotypes in classical dance.
Are you brave enough?
The following keynote speech was delivered to The Currency Press Festival of Playwrights in August 2023.
Creating climate leadership
'If you’re not addressing climate change in your work, you’re making science fiction.'
Creating space for the arts
The art world can be a solitary place when artists hunt for the space to create and perform. Yet, there…
Caring as an artist
The incredible story of a mother's life, and the devastating fallout of her stroke...