Cirrus@Austlit

'Chronically ill and disabled people are already familiar with judging risks to their lives. What can they teach the performing arts sector about COVID-safe practices as the pandemic drags on?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Accessing theatre online is a post-pandemic imperative, argues playwright and performer Jamila Main.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Six invited guests enter the space one by one. They choose a ball, shoe, or frisbee and take a seat. A story is told.

'Actor and award-winning playwright Jamila Main invites you to join them for an intimate moment of rumination on athleticism within a body whose access needs subvert the assumed binary of disability. Audiences will watch the story shift before their eyes as special guests join Jamila Main on the bench throughout the season.

'Benched continues Jamila’s work with autobiographical storytelling and sees Jamila wielding their privilege as a palatable disabled person to put frank, nuanced portrayals of disabled bodies into public view. Jamila’s work asks ablebodied spectators to reconsider their assumptions of sick and disabled people, and to confront their own temporarily abled body. Jamila joyfully presents theatre for disabled and chronically ill people, an opportunity to commiserate and celebrate disability together.'

Source: Darlinghurst Theatre Company.

'How To Eat Rabbit asks how will we survive as our planet rockets towards climate catastrophe, and how we prioritise our own survival against our responsibility for those around us.'

Source: The Mill, Adelaide.

'Will the wave of accessible works created by livestreaming during the pandemic be a permanent addition to our theatre ecology or a short-lived flowering that quickly fades?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.