The art of a successful commission

Monash University’s Centre for Theatre and Performance has announced a new playwriting commission, which begs the question: what makes a commission work?
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Centre for Theatre and Performance’s Welcome to Nowhere; image via melbournefringe.com.au

Monash University’s Centre for Theatre and Performance recently announced the launch of a new playwriting commission designed to strengthen connections between student learning and professional practice.

Its initial outcome will see five celebrated playwrights – Angus Cerini, Daniel Keene, Zoey Dawson, Fleur Kilpatrick and Morgan Rose – collaborating to create a brand new work, Welcome to Nowhere, directed and dramaturged by THE RABBLE’s Emma Valente.

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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