Platform Papers 10 (Cross-racial Casting – Changing the Face of Australian Theatre)

Title: Platform Papers 10 (Cross-racial Casting - Changing the Face of Australian Theatre)
Author: Lewis, Lee
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Mainstream theatre in Australia is very white. Too white. Why are we falling behind the rest of the theatrical world in seeing complex diverse casts onstage in our major theatre companies? When you ask this question of theatre practitioners, an awful discourse of blame begins: agents blame casting directors, drama schools blame ?the industry?, everyone blames artistic directors. Talking about racism in Australia is difficult in the climate of indignant denial. Our vocabulary and strategies for discussing it publicly havebecome inadequate.

Publisher: Currency Press Pty Ltd
Publication date: 01/07/2007
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780980280210
Publishing status: Last copy available