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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’
It’s a proud moment for the company, which has an ensemble of actors with disabilities at its core and will use the award to take new creative risks.
A small Australian theater company made up of neurodiverse and disabled actors has won one of the world’s richest theater prizes, the 2.5 million Danish kroner (US$371,354) Ibsen award. Back to Back, which was established in 1987 and is based in Geelong, were announced as the winners of the biennial prize on Sunday night in Norway. The pioneering theater company is the first Australian recipient of the award, dubbed “the Nobel prize for theater,” which goes to an individual or company “that has brought new artistic dimensions to the world of drama or theater.” Back to Back is renowne...
It’s a proud moment for the company, which has an ensemble of actors with disabilities at its core and will use the award to take new creative risks.
Back to Back, an ensemble of disabled actors, wins DK2.5m Ibsen prize for their ‘exciting, unsettling and thought-provoking’ work