{"product_id":"australian-theatre-after-the-new-wave-policy-subsidy-and-the-alternative-artist-9789004339880","title":"Australian Theatre after the New Wave: Policy, Subsidy and the Alternative Artist","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Australian Theatre after the New Wave, Julian Meyrick charts the history of three ground-breaking Australian theatre companies, the Paris Theatre (1978), the Hunter Valley Theatre (1976-94) and Anthill Theatre (1980-94). In the years following the controversial dismissal of Gough Whitlam’s Labor government in 1975, these ‘alternative’ theatres struggled to survive in an increasingly adverse economic environment. Drawing on interviews and archival sources, including Australia Council files and correspondence, the book examines the funding structures in which the companies operated, and the impact of the cultural policies of the period. It analyses the changing relationship between the artist and the State, the rise of a managerial ethos of ‘accountability’, and the growing dominance of government in the fate of the nation’s theatre. In doing so, it shows the historical roots of many of the problems facing Australian theatre today.  “This is an exceptionally timely book... In giving a history of Australian independent theatre it not only charts the amazing rise and strange disappearance of an energetic, radical and dynamically democratic artistic movement, but also tries to explain that rise and fall, and how we should relate to it now.” — Prof. Justin O’Connor, Monash University  “This study makes a significant contribution to scholarship on Australian theatre and, more broadly… to the global discussion about the vexed relationship between artists, creativity, government funding for the arts and cultural policy.” — Dr. Gillian Arrighi, The University of Newcastle, Australia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface. Brief History of Australian Theatre Acknowledgements List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Note on Sources Brief Chronology  Introduction   The Whitlam Era   Cultural Subsidy in Australia   Accounting for Australian Theatre: Different Approaches   Badiou and Truth  1 The Origins of Alternative Theatre   Alternative Theatre   Two Moments  2 The Paris Theatre 1978   The Sydney ‘Scene’    The Paris Narrative    The Paris Reviewed    The Meaning of the End   3 The Hunter Valley Theatre Company 1976–1994   Steel City    The Neeme Era    Into the 1980s with Brent McGregor    The Governmentalisation of the Arts    Last Years of the hvtc   The Group of Six    The Meaning of the End   4 Australian Nouveau Theatre 1980–85   The No. 1 Tram    In Search of a Company    ant and the Event of Artaud    Mignon’s Return    ant’s Place in the World   5 Australian Nouveau Theatre 1986–89   From Triumph to Disaster    Chekhov and Beyond: Integrating the New Wave Legacy    Loss of Funding    The Refused Artist Accepted   6 Australian Nouveau Theatre 1990–91   The Ghosts of Emerald Hill    The Company Reborn    The Funding Game   7 Australian Nouveau Theatre 1992–94   The Move to Gasworks Theatre  ant, Ruined   8 Australian Nouveau Theatre: The Meaning of the End   Internal Problems    External Problems    The Destruction of Fellowship: ant vs. Playbox    Creative Nation: Culture with the Art Left Out   Conclusion    The Logic of Culture: The Fate of the ‘New’    The Post-Whitlam Era    (No) End of an Idea   Select Bibliography  Interviewees  Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210700415319,"sku":"9789004339880","price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/australian-theatre-after-the-new-wave-policy-subsidy-and-the-alternative-artist-9789004339880","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}