By Robert Reid
The Performing Arts in Australia are sick. Come get the cure.
For one weekend only, Dr Rob is remounting their much-lauded cabaret lectures.
Using comedy, song, PowerPoint presentation and post show discussion, Dr Rob explores the history and present of Australian theatre.
An Unforgivably Brief History of Australian Theatre with Dr Rob
28th January, 8.00 PM
For anyone who wants to know why making theatre in Australia seems so hard Dr Rob presents a whirlwind history of Australian Theatre from its beginning to the present day. The story of theatre in Australia is filled with setbacks, triumphs and betrayals. It’s a history of class warfare, corporate greed, governmental incompetence and the indefatigable resilience of Australian artists.
“Robert Reid is to narrative drama what the Big Bang is to the Book of Genesis.” – Chris Boyd, The Weekend Australian Financial Review
An Unbearably Earnest Account of Mental Health in the Australian theatre with Dr Rob
29th January, 8.00 PM
The performing arts in Australia are sick. Its artists are depressed. Its audiences are depressed. If I were a doctor, I’d prescribe extended therapy. Oh wait, I am a doctor.
In this new cabaret lecture, Dr Rob explores the impact of working in the arts on arts workers, the mental health impacts of the loss of performing arts in the community and the implications of the government’s response to the arts industry during the pandemic.
“I’m begging everyone to go see this.”
Anne-Marie Peard
With their eccentric sense of humour, Dr Rob presents facts and figures for those who are more statistically inclined, jokey power point slides for the easily amused and the evening will conclude with an open forum where we can just talk about ….whatever. It does sound a bit cultish when you put it in a press release, I’ll admit.
