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Best and worst companies for gender parity

While balance is improving across the sector, some theatre companies still have overwhelmingly male dominated repertoire.

13 Dec 2016 12:00

Richard Watts

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Writing and Publishing

Publicity image for Black Swan’s 2017 production of Lally Katz’s The Eisteddfod via www.bsstc.com.au.

The annual survey of Australia’s 10 largest theatre companies conducted by the Australian Writers’ Guild surveys what proportion of plays produced by the majors are Australian and the balance of male and female playwrights in the Australian works produced.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts