Back to Back Theatre director Bruce Gladwin on its 'Nobel' win
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The members of Geelong\\u2019s Back to Back Theatre had no idea they were about to be awarded the so-called \\u201cNobel Prize for theatre\\u201d \\u2013 the International Ibsen Award \\u2013 when they sat down for a Zoom meeting in March with Norway\'s Ministry of Culture.
In this episode, the company\'s artistic director, Bruce Gladwin, tells\\xa0Good Weekend\\xa0editor Katrina Strickland about that happy phone call, what the prize money will mean for the 35 year old company, and how he and a core ensemble of actors who are neuro-diverse or have intellectual disabilities, create work in regional Victoria that then tours the world.\\xa0
"[The prize] means we can go into the studio and start playing with ideas without the pressure of having to justify what we\\u2019re doing to potential funding partners,\\u201d says Gladwin, who will pick up the award in Oslo on September 18.
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