There’s a semi-apocryphal story about the establishment of Carriageworks. It is said that during a helicopter ride in 2002 with the then NSW Premier, Bob Carr, French avant garde theatre director Ariane Mnouchkine pointed down at the decommissioned Eveleigh railway yards and asked why wasn’t this space being used for the arts.
Read moreBetween These Walls: National Theatre of Parramatta
The point at which a fresh water river meets a salt water harbour contains some of the highest biodiversity in any aquatic ecosystem. The Riverside Theatres, home to the National Theatre of Parramatta (NToP) sits just above that point on the right bank of the Parramatta river.
Read moreBetween These Walls: Urban Theatre Projects
Structured in a horseshoe shape around a central, grassy courtyard, Bankstown Arts Centre provides a hub for performance and the arts in South West Sydney.
Read moreBetween These Walls: Desire Lines
It all started in a drain in Alexandria. Behind Bunnings runs a small creek for stormwater run-off and in 2016 that was where the first Desire Lines was held.
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