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 is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM, and serves as the Chair of La Mama Theatre's volunteer Committee of Management. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, and was awarded the status of Melbourne Fringe Living Legend in 2017. In 2020 he was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize. Most recently, Richard was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Green Room Awards Association in June 2021. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts