A scene frome the Dirty Pretty Theatre & Critical Stages co-production, Thérèse Raquin. Photo by Jeff Busby.
In some states, touring regionally is built into a company’s KPIs and factored into a season’s offerings from the word go. Elsewhere, small-to-medium companies may be keen to take their work on the road in order to provide employment opportunities for their performers, but anxious about the reception their adventurous productions might receive at a regional performing arts centre.