Musical theatre is a thriving sector within the Australian performing arts industry, creating hundreds of jobs for actors, musicians, crew and theatre workers.
But the performing community has been repeatedly dismayed at the casting of overseas artists in key roles, denying opportunities to Australian artists.
It’s happening too often, and the opaque nature of the casting process is disrespectful to talented Australian artists.
In 2013, Live Performance Australia tore up an agreement with Equity covering the use of overseas artists.
It’s time for LPA and all its producer members to work with Equity to respect the concerns of the performing community and revive a rigorous consultation process for the use of imports
Musical theatre is a thriving sector within the Australian performing arts industry, creating hundreds of jobs for actors, musicians, crew and theatre workers.
But the performing community has been repeatedly dismayed at the casting of overseas artists in key roles, denying opportunities to Australian artists.
It’s happening too often, and the opaque nature of the casting process is disrespectful to talented Australian artists.
In 2013, Live Performance Australia tore up an agreement with Equity covering the use of overseas artists.
It’s time for LPA and all its producer members to work with Equity to respect the concerns of the performing community and revive a rigorous consultation process for the use of imports
Let’s show Live Performance Australia (the member body for producers of live productions) that we are serious about an open and transparent consultation process for the casting of overseas artists in key roles in commercial musical theatre productions.