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KEITH GOW, WRITER

I am currently working on a new play, Turn Turn Turn, for 2023 as well as a new film script, working title: The Constant.

After a run at Theatre Works in January, Shakespeare ALIENS, will return in October 2022.

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My Favourite Theatre of 2022 (and 2020/21)

In 2020 and 2021, I relished any and all theatre I got to see because shows were so few and far between. I think I only saw ten shows in total in 2020 and not much more last year. 2022 was still affected by COVID, from low numbers at the start of the year because of the wave in January, to shows pushed and pulled and cancelled throughout. If the audiences were back, cast and crew continued to be struck down and you never knew if the show you had booked for tomorrow would happen or not. Mainstage companies produced shows that had been waiting to debut for two or three years. Small theatres took baby steps to announce seasons, sometimes half a year at a time. Indie companies had to be agile when it came to postponing – some started their seasons and had to find time and space to regroup later. The state of theatre in Melbourne in 2022 was strong, though. At all levels. If the worst part of COVID was not having theatre at all, perhaps having more time allowed shows to simmer long

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