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Colonial guilt and the Australian Gothic cast their shadow over 2016 STC season

A judicious mix of classics, new work, and encore productions marks Andrew Upton's swan song as he prepares to hand over the reins to Jonathan Church.

3 Sep 2015

Richard Watts

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1927’s Golem; photo by Bernhard Mueller.

A rarely seen Louis Nowra classic exploring Australia’s colonial inheritance, the return of frontier drama The Secret River, and new plays by Angela Betzien and Sue Smith sit alongside classics by Mamet, Miller, Stoppard and Shakespeare in Andrew Upton’s 2016 season for Sydney Theatre Company, his last as Artistic Director.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts