The Future of The Living Room Theatre: A Manifesto for Independent Art By Michelle St Anne, Artistic Director, The Living Room Theatre For 25 years, The Living Room Theatre (LRT) has existed on the fringes—an outsider in an industry increasingly tethered to commercial viability and institutional approval. We had no venue, little producer support, and […]
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From Ballet to Boardrooms: Katia Kullengren
As the newly appointed chair of The Living Room Theatre (LRT), Katia Kullengren’s story is as inspiring as the work she is now leading. With a deep love for the arts, a strong background in strategic planning, and a passion for accessibility and inclusivity, she brings a unique blend of creativity and business acumen to […]
Ostinato: Exploring Violence and Resonance in Everyday Life
Ostinato, A new work in development. Imagine a short, repeated pattern in music—a rhythmic heartbeat that echoes and intensifies, drawing you deeper into its compelling rhythm. This concept, known as ostinato, forms the foundation of my upcoming 25th-anniversary theatre project. Building on years of inquiry into violence and its profound impacts, this work ventures beyond […]
Introducing Ira Ferris | Associate Artist
Multi-disciplinary artist Ira Ferris joins LRT as an Associate Artist. Ira’s experience is broad covering a wide section of the sector from practice, curation and curiosity. Recently, St Anne invited Ira to join the company for our major work ‘The Reckoning’ and a new partnership started to take shape. Ira you work across wide parts of […]
Ensemble in Residence Profile: Microfiche – 1
What I love about Microfiche is how we try and blur those lines between composition and improvisation.
Ensemble in Residence Microfiche – 2
We cycle through several iterations before we reach what is wanted.
Shifts between the mirror
This presentation shifts between the mirror of the author, the theatre maker, characters and audience.
Meet Céline Thompson | Chairperson
You met Michelle St Anne at a local pub sparring about the Australian Open. If Raf
Re-scripting Trauma in Contemporary Theatre
LRT’s Michelle St Anne shares how processes of ‘re-scripting’
Slight hand of mentorship
the result was a specific kind of listening beyond sound but included our relationship to space, costume, light and bodies.