Little wonders: the small-cast plays putting theatre back on the stage
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By Peter Craven
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After a year of closed theatres around the world, Australia is leading the way in bringing performance back to the stage. The dramatic spotlight has focused on plays with small casts - one-, two- or three-handers - which have been instrumental in enabling companies to open their doors again, and which bring their own special rewards.
The artistic director of the Melbourne Theatre Company, Brett Sheehy, says, “I have been as dazzled, challenged and transformed by a solo performance of Beckett in Melbourne as I have by 65 actors on stage at Theatre du Soleil in Paris.”
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Australian theatre grapples with access, diversity and job losses through the coronavirus shutdown
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DecDecember 2020 at 7:03pm
The Sydney Opera House was among the thousands of venues across Australia that went dark at the onset of the pandemic.
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It s hard to quantify just how damaging 2020 has been for the Australian theatre sector.
Performing arts workers from writers and directors to ushers, stagehands and lighting artists lost work overnight, after theatres across the country went dark in March.
Due to the short-term contract-based nature of their work, many were let go without severance pay and were not eligible for JobKeeper.