The Last Great Hunt’s Fag/Stag. Photo by Jamie Breen.
Perth’s thriving independent theatre-makers may be damaging their artistic development by placing too much emphasis on creating easily tourable small-scale productions, according to Susannah Day, producer at The Blue Room Theatre.
‘Five years ago, artists and independent companies were all looking to have their work remounted by a major or having their work picked up and taken to a bigger and better stage,’ she said. ‘Then in 2009, I think, when three of our Perth-created works got picked up for the New York Fringe, including Alvin Sputnik, that was a catalyst for artists to realise that actually maybe the dream of having a major actually pick up their work was no longer as valid.’
