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In a groundbreaking assault on the present state of the performing arts, Meyrick argues that history is repeating itself and is leading to paralysis. Despite nearly 40 years of subsidy, and huge arts institutions, there are fewer theatres than existed a decade ago and these are cutting back employment. He calls for a heartfelt examination of the status quo by artists themselves and the creation of a national strategy.

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JULIAN MEYRICK is the Strategic Professor of Creative Arts at Flinders University, and until recently Associate Director and Literary Advisor at Melbourne Theatre Company. He has directed many award-winning productions for MTC, STC, SASTC, the Griffin, MWT and his own Kickhouse Theatre. His work for MTC includes Blue Orange (nominated for three 2002 Green Room Awards), Frozen, Memory of Water (nominated for two Green Room Awards), Dinner (nominated for four Green Room Awards and a Helpmann Award), Cruel and Tender, A Single Act, The Ghost Writer, Enlightenment, Thom Pain, The Birthday Party, and Tribes. For STC, he has directed The Snow Queen, Doubt (nominated for four 2006 Green Room Awards) and The Vertical Hour. For Griffin, Julian directed October, Lady Grey and Angela's Kitchen. Other credits include many new Australian works such as Luke Devenish's Grace Among the Christians, St. Rose of Lima, Fun and Games with the Oresteia and Jane Bodie's Hinterland. He directed Fever and the inaugural production of Who's Afraid of the Working Class? for the Melbourne Workers Theatre and won the 1998 Green Room Award for Best Director on the Fringe. In 2017 he also directed The Realistic Joneses by Will Eno at Red Stitch to glowing reviews. He was responsible for expanding the Affiliate Writers Scheme at MTC and for initiating the Hard Lines new play program. He is Deputy Chair of Play Writing Australia, a member of the Federal Government's Creative Australia Advisory Group, and an Honorary Fellow at Deakin University. As a theatre historian, he has published an account of Nimrod Theatre, See How It Runs (2003), a history of MTC, The Drama Continues, a Currency House Platform Paper, Trapped by the Past, and academic articles on post-War Australian theatre, the theory-practice nexus, and contemporary dramaturgy.

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