Backstage

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Letting go

Benjamin Law’s debut stage work looks beneath the layers of collected memory to discover the cause of one mother’s affliction.

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What Were The Actual 1950s?

Laura Wade's Home, I'm Darling takes us back to the 1950s, via a uniquely 21st-century perspective. But how realistic are contemporary understandings of this decade?

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The dirty truth of Argentina’s Dirty War

Kiss of the Spider Woman is set in an unnamed South American jail cell, seemingly sometime in the 20th century, but the political and social reality that inspired its setting is stark: Argentina’s Dirty War.

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Kiss of History

Kiss of the Spider Woman has had at least four different lives over its four-decade history. We take a look back at its often groundbreaking journey from page to stage to silver screen and Broadway.

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Stemming the future for women in science

Through the story of one pioneering woman in science, Photograph 51 tells a story familiar to all women in science.

Coffee in the Lounge

Welcome to the sisterhood

Actors Miranda Tapsell and Tuuli Narkle discuss Aboriginality, representation and sisterly bonds in Black is the New White.

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When politics get personal

Actor Gabrielle Chan’s role in Golden Shield is informed by a wealth of personal experiences; not all of which are easy to relive.

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The unstoppable Nakkiah Lui

The powerhouse playwright discusses how a conversation with her cousin became the catalyst for writing her most successful play to date.

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Sister Act

Costume and set designers Esther Marie and Rebecca Hayes have conceptualised an imposing, yet intimate physical space for Golden Shield.

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Infinite possibility

Director Tom Healey discusses the power of transformation, both on and off the stage.

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A ripple of magic

Director Tom Healey explores how the possibility to transform exists in us all, and looks at how this concept evolves in Heisenberg.

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A sense of place

Capturing the essence of the Australian landscape on stage is a challenge award-winning designer Anna Cordingley relishes.