Image: Peter Paltos, Paul Capsis and Ash Flanders in Sydney Theatre Company / Malthouse Theatre’s Calpurnia Descending by Sisters Grim © Brett Boardman
Co-productions are now commonplace across the performing arts sector, with the popularity of such works showing no signs of abating – a glance at upcoming subscription seasons reveals that we’re going to see everything from the new Australian opera The Rabbits (an Opera Australia co-production with Barking Gecko Theatre Company) to a magical adventure about love, Masquerade (a collaboration between the State Theatre Company of South Australia and Griffin Theatre Company in association with Adelaide Festival Centre and Windmill Theatre) as a result of co-productions in 2015.