They say the show must go on, but in recent weeks, there have been a series of high-profile closures in Australia’s theatre industry... It’s raising alarm about how the arts industry is going here, when high-profile shows with big budgets aren’t attracting enough people to keep them going… So in this Squiz Shortcut, we’ll have a look at what shows have closed, why they’ve found themselves in trouble, and what could possibly be done about it.

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Reading: This article in Aussie Theatre on this particular issue - it’s got some good insights from people in the industry.

Watching/Listening: This Tony Awards performance of She Used to Be Mine - the big song from Waitress, with the writer herself Sara Bareilles as one of the performers.  

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Hosted by Andrew Williams and Alice Dempster

Researched by Andrew Williams

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