Over the last two weeks, ArtsHub published the results of an extensive poll of theatre professionals, revealing the best Australian plays of the 21st century so far. The results provoke deep conversations around perennial questions of Australian culture and hold essential lessons for the performing arts industry.
Australian theatre history illuminates how culture grapples with questions of national identity over time and how theatrical work is commissioned and produced. The results of ArtsHub’s poll of the best Australian plays of this century to date suggest several important factors.
