Mary Helen Sassman and Dana Miltins in THE RABBLE’s Yes, a work that draws partly on the confessional style to ask personal questions that raise larger questions about ideas of consent, truth and power. Image: Pier Carthew.
Intensively personal, self-revelatory work has had something of a renaissance in Australian independent theatre recently.
‘So, in a way, it’s acknowledging how in the arts we’re walking alongside the community in these discussions, and making unspoken things spoken about.’
‘There’s some amazing work at the moment where the theatre makers are showing the bravery it takes to expose our darkest [collective] thoughts and most heartfelt concerns, and that’s really adding something to the wider conversation,’ Potts told ArtsHub.
ArtsHub's Arts Feature Writer Jo Pickup is based in Perth. An arts writer and manager, she has worked as a journalist and broadcaster for media such as the ABC, RTRFM and The West Australian newspaper, contributing media content and commentary on art, culture and design. She has also worked for arts organisations such as Fremantle Arts Centre, STRUT dance, and the Aboriginal Arts Centre Hub of WA, as well as being a sessional arts lecturer at The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA).
