Cirrus@Austlit

'This Round Table discussion occurred at a Symposium on Theatre in Melbourne in the 1980s, held at the University of Melbourne in September 2012. Peter Eckersall moderated a panel composed of Suzanne Chaundy, an associate director and dramaturg with Anthill; Patricia Cornelius, founding member of Melbourne Workers Theatre; Robert Draffin, member of The Mill Community Theatre Company and director of many productions at The Church; John Ellis, artistic director of The Church Theatre, 1983-89; Peter King, director of Adelaide Theatre Company and Going Through Stages; Bob Pavlich, founding member of Whistling in the Theatre; and Russell Walsh, theatre director and critic for various newspapers as well as New Theatre Australia in the 1980s. There are also questions and interjections from Tom Considine, member of The Mill Community Theatre Company and founding member of Five Dollar Theatre; Paul Davies, founding member of TheatreWorks; Julian Meyrick, artistic director of kickhouse theatre; Geoffrey Milne, lighting designer, reviewer and theatre historian; Jane Mullett, founding member of Circus Oz; and Meredith Rogers, member of The Mill Community Theatre Company and founding member of Home Cooking Theatre Company.' (Publication abstract)