SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY BELVOIR LAUNCHES 'ARTISTS AT WORK'

Surry Hills company Belvoir St Theatre has launched a new program, Artists At Work, to put artists on staff and produce new work. 

Starting small with a few teams for a day a week, the company says that “with more support we can do more work”. 

They are considering how Belvoir can get back to the job of performing – in some new, and some old, ways. 

It is expected that the company will announce an online program of performances soon.

The other focus for Artists At Work is a charter the company is known for, the development of new work. 

“Now is a good time to find new ways to tell new stories. Our theatre is dark, but we can keep working behind the scenes to turn life, crisis, change into ideas, scenes, scripts, plays. This work is slow and unspectacular, but the results can be magic – Counting and Cracking, Barbara and the Camp Dogs, Fangirls, The Wild Duck, Cloudstreet… Our goal right now is to be ready at the other end of this pandemic with more shows like these,” the company said. 

For more information and to see upcoming online events, go to Belvoir.com.au