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Hamilton part of bigger diversity shift in Australian musical theatre as industry recalibrates during COVID-19
Musical theatre may have disappeared from Australian stages in the COVID-19 shutdown, but the industry has been anything but dormant.
In recent months, the culture of the industry has shifted: when something seems unfair or unjust, performers and fans alike are speaking up — and their discussions are creating change.
It started in August this year, when the Rob Guest Endowment (RGE), an influential scholarship program for emerging talent in Australian musical theatre, announced an all-white cohort of 30 semi-finalists for 2020.
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The response from the musical theatre community was immediate and overwhelming, with hundreds of musical theatre fans replying to RGE’s announcement on Facebook and Instagram with posts that criticised…
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