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How does the theatre scene in Melbourne compare to London?

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How does the theatre scene in Melbourne compare to London?

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It’s a bit like comparing apples to a quince tree. The Melbourne scene, as with Australian theatre in general, suffers from chronic underfunding and there’s very little support for producing premieres of plays. Because of this, the fringe in Melbourne is the pointy end, where a lot of the interesting things happen, often quite radical in terms of direction and design. That’s really promising and vibrant. The London scene isn’t so much the Big Apple but the Big Orchard. Its size reflects something of the prominence of the city itself, and yet smaller theatres like the Bush manage to punch above their weight. I can’t think of another city that would have a theatre like the Bush producing plays like Tinderbox followed by 2000 Feet Away and then bringing a show like 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover back from a festival like Latitude. So along with the Bush, you’ve got companies like the Royal Court, paines plough, Theatre503, nabakov, simultaneously generating and attracting fantastic artists.

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