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Next month in Venice, the 37-year-old theatre troupe will pick up its latest international gong. But first comes a new play about workplace dynamics.

The internationally lauded company made up of entirely neurodivergent and disabled actors returns with a hilarious, provocative work of profound complexity

The Awards The Back to Back Theatre company, the pioneer of renewal in Australian theatre and one of the companies best known around the world for making disability a tool of artistic inquiry, is the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of Biennale Teatro 2024 (15 - 30 June). The Anglo-German collective Gob Squad, spearhead for new ways of combining media and performance that puts the spectator at the centre, has been awarded the Silver Lion. The decision was made by the Board of...

If we don’t watch out, the show’s trio tells us, the future could be a lot like the past for those with intellectual disabilities like them: Exploitation, abuse, enslavement

Giving people the freedom to do as they please works better than imposing miscellaneous rules, at least for this show. With much food for thought on several levels, this is a bold and admirable production.

Humour and rage intertwine in Back to Back theatre company’s playful debate of ethics, language and philosophy

Next week, Back to Back picks up theatre’s International Ibsen Award. Why? For making audiences question their assumptions - and sometimes feel uncomfortable.

Back to Back Theatre shocked when it took out one of the most prestigious prizes in theatre, but, says artistic director Bruce Gladwin, ‘they deserve it’

Back To Back theatre, the Australian theatre company featuring a neurodiverse ensemble of actors, have been awarded the International Ibsen Award 2022

In a quiet room in the southeast Australian town of Geelong, a group of actors with disabilities has gathered to rehearse for their first shows since winning a coveted award for the arts that is likened…