Sunday Arts Magazine

19 May 2021

Bruce Gladwin – Back to Back Theatre

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In a remarkable retrospective, Back to Back Theatre presents three of its major world-renowned performances – Food Court, Ganesh Versus the Third Reich and small metal objects – at this year’s inaugural RISING festival, offering audiences a unique opportunity to plunge into the works of one of the world’s most acclaimed companies.

Inspired by its own ensemble of actors with intellectual disabilities, Back to Back Theatre is a leading voice in contemporary world theatre and one of Australia’s most important cultural exporters. Each of these multi-award -winning works first premiered at the Melbourne International Arts Festival before touring the globe, where they delighted audiences and critics, and inspired audiences to think in new ways about the world we live in. Now the shows return to Melbourne, presented together for the first time ever, for RISING.

“We live in Geelong, it’s a regional town, but we try to allow everyone to see our work. Access to art is a basic human right. That’s why we are coming to Melbourne and performing small metal objects, Food Court and Ganesh Versus the Third Reich.” Back to Back Ensemble

Bruce Gladwin, Artistic Director, Back to Back Theatre commented: “When we set out to make these three works, our number one aim was to make theatre that would be truly transformative for an audience. As the late and great Sonia Teuben said, ‘Theatre should be in your face, it should blow the audience’s minds’. The reality is, in making small metal objects, Food Court and Ganesh Versus the Third Reich it was the artists at Back to Back who were transformed.”