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‘Some years ago’, writes Mark Williams, ‘an international cabaret performer was told by a sensible Australian aunt: “All you’ll have at the end is a scrapbook and some memories.”’

Are things better for our performance artists in Australia today? Williams says no, and studies show that among professional artists and crews, the level of mental ill-health, suicidal ideation and suicide is up to nine times that of...

Rupert Myer's Speech on Perfomers' welfare

Falling Through the Gaps: Our Artists’ Health and Welfare

By Mark Williams

Launch

45 Downstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

3pm, Thursday August 23rd 2018

I acknowledge that we meet on the lands of the Kulin Nations and I pay my respects to the traditional owners and to elders past present and emerging.

I would...

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