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Theatre Australia (Un)limited tells a truly national story of the structures of post-war Australian theatre: its artists, companies, financial and policy underpinnings. It gives an inclusive analysis of three 'waves' of Australian theatrical activity after 1953, and the types of organisations which grew up to support and maintain them. Subsidy, repertoire patterns, finances and administration, theatre buildings, companies, festivals and notable productions of the commercial, mainstream and alternative Australian theatre are examined state by state, and changes to governmental policy analysed. Theatrical forms comprise not only spoken-word drama, but also music theatre, comedy, theatre-restaurant, circus, puppetry, community theatre in several forms and new mixed-media genres: physical theatre, circus, visual theatre and contemporary performance.
Theatre Australia (Un)limited is the first comprehensive overview of the fortunes of Australian theatre as a national enterprise, providing the industrial analysis of the 'three waves' essential for the understanding of the New Wave and of contemporary drama.
Contents
Foreword by the Series Editor
Acknowledgments
List of photographs
Common abbreviations used in this book
Prologue
Section One
Establishing a context
Chapter 1 Towards a national theatre?
Chapter 2 National infrastructures: the workings of the Australia Council, major national companies and service organisations
Chapter 3 Playing the states and territories
Section Two Limited theatre: the first wave 1953-c.1969
Chapter 4 Setting the scene: commercial and amateur theatre before 1953
Chapter 5 The beginnings of professional repertory theatres and festivals
Chapter 6 The Trust and the beginnings of national and state government infrastructure
Chapter 7 Early professional alternatives theatres
Section Three Unlimited theatre: the second wave 1966-1981
Chapter 8 The Australian imperative: the rise of alternative theatre
Chapter 9 The Australia Council and government infrastructures in the 1970s
Chapter 10 Still in town: new and old mainstream theatre in the 1970s faces the challenge of a new era
Chapter 11 Bricks and mortar: arts centres and theatre building
Chapter 12 Decentralisation: the beginnings of regional theatre
Chapter 13 A next wave sighted: community theatre and cultural democracy
Section Four The third wave 1980-1998: theatre limited
Chapter 14 Commercial theatre, musicals rampant, and changing mainstream fortunes in the 1980s and 1990s
Chapter 15 More (and more) alternatives
Chapter 16 Enrichting and weeding out Australian theatre in the third wave
Chapter 17 Against the stream or beyond the fringe: professional co-operative companies
Chapter 18 Buildings and regional theatre: bricks and mortar or flesh and blood?
Chapter 19 Access or excellence? changes in community theatre and subsidy policy
Chapter 20 Blurring the boundaries: new forms collide with old
Chapter 21 Festival fever: showcasing theatre
Epilogue
Works cited
Index
