As restrictions on public gatherings were enforced, and even now as they are slowly unwound, few industries have been hit as hard––and will continue to feel the brunt of #coronavirus––as the Arts sector.
In this week’s episode, Tim, Margo and Peter speak with writer and critic, Alison Croggon. Alison is an internationally acclaimed novelist, poet and playwright, and she is the founding editor of Witness, one of Australia’s premier sites for arts’ criticism. In this episode, she talks about her experience in lockdown, and teases out the ramifications for the sector more generally. But more than that, she reflects on the place of the arts in Australia, and why the government has chosen this moment of pandemic to all-but abandon a crucial cultural and economic sector.
The show also features performers and triple threats, Sarah Ward, aka caba ...