Beyond backdrops: scenography takes centre stage

Australian theatrical design is distinctive for its collaborative approach, a quality that will be on display at an international scenography conference in Prague.
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Melbourne meets Prague in Five Short Blasts; image supplied.

Eight works, from Lismore to Geelong, and Perth to Melbourne, have been selected to represent Australia next week at the Prague Quadrennial 2015 (PQ15).

Unlike most theatre conferences – which tend to focus on scripts or performers or direction – the Prague Quadrennial puts the use of space centre stage. Featuring exhibitions from more than 70 countries, as well as numerous lectures, workshops, architecture walks and more, the Prague Quadrennial is ‘a celebration of live performance from the perspective of space and design,’ explained Helpmann and Green Room Award-winning designer Anna Tregloan, who has curated Australia’s contribution to the event.

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Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts