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Counting and Cracking: RISING to stage Belvoir’s acclaimed theatrical epic

The Melbourne season of S. Shakthidharan’s multigenerational drama is being co-produced with University of Melbourne Arts and Culture.

21 Feb 2024

Richard Watts

A curly-headed young man in traditional Sri Lankan dress dances joyfully on a bare stage.

Performing Arts

‘Counting and Cracking’ production image. Photo: Geraint Lewis.

Counting and Cracking, the award-winning theatrical epic by S. Shakthidharan which premiered at the 2019 Sydney Festival, has been announced as the centrepiece production of Melbourne’s 2024 RISING festival.

It is the second major production announced for RISING 2024, following December’s reveal of mass participatory project Communitas, led by Melbourne electronic duo Shouse and being staged in St Paul’s Cathedral in the heart of the CBD.

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Richard Watts

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