The Critic Counts: Archiving Theatre Criticism Down Under. Critical writing about theatre is under threat. This project offers a solution by creating a sustainable archive of theatre criticism in Aust

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The Critic Counts: Archiving Theatre Criticism Down Under. Critical writing about theatre is under threat. This project offers a solution by creating a sustainable archive of theatre criticism in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand—an invaluable resource of the critical past that underpins the project’s crafting of original national theatre histories to re-centre under-represented narratives and identities. In focussing on the critics, this research aims to document a new perspective on the development of distinctive national theatre cultures down under. Expected benefits include rich insights into (and case studies on) the figure of the theatre critic and evolution of the critic down under, an open-access directory of critics, and timely preservation and dissemination of national cultural history.. Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 3604 - Performing Arts. Lead: Prof Christopher Hay