Reflection on Why You Not Eat performance Festival of Death and Dying 22nd November 2025 Performer Lian Loke As part of The Living Room Theatre’s Open Room Program, artist Lian Loke has been in residence developing her deeply intimate performance work Why You Not Eat, with dramaturgical support from Michelle St Anne. Drawing on personal memory, cultural lineage, and the fragile negotiations of care at the end of life, Loke […]

Splinter Orchestra  Splinter  is a large-scale electro-acoustic improvising Orchestra playing with Dharug Country, Sydney, Australia.   One of the few groups of its kind anywhere else in the world, Splinter was formed in 2002, currently comprises 30+ members and brings together musickin from various backgrounds to co-create on equal terms – without any leaders, composers, or conductors.  The ensemble is based on a […]

Good evening. It’s a real privilege to stand here tonight at this fantastic new venue surrounded by the people who make the inner west come alive with creativity. I acknowledge the Gadical and Wangal people and pay my respects to Elders past and present. The Living Room Theatre has spent 25 years creating immersive experiences […]

As we look toward the next 25 years, we do so with confidence in the foundations now being built. The Living Room Theatre has always been defined by courage, in its artistic practice, collaboration and commitment to creating space for the stories that are not hear elsewhere. With strengthened governance, renewed strategic focus, and growing […]

With the continued silencing from arts funding bodies and the like, I reflect on the state of the sector — a place I once hoped to belong, but which, it seems, will always find ways to keep me at its edges. By Michelle St Anne We make art from the edges — from the cracks […]

For 25 years, The Living Room Theatre has carried its work into borrowed, temporary, and abandoned spaces. From warehouses to office blocks, from hidden corners of the city to places marked by hurt and absence, we have created performances that transform the ordinary into sites of revelation. Now, for the first time, we have a […]

The Anastasia Project explores how and why people who believe in climate change choose to ignore it, and how people can be empowered to take climate action.