Back to Back Theatre

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Back to Back Theatre is an Australian theater company that engages with disabilities on stage. The company is based in Geelong, Victoria. It creates its work nationally and tours around the world. The work produced by the company explores questions about politics, ethics, and philosophy in humanity.^{[citation needed]}

The company originated in 1987, and a year later its first performance Big Bag was put on stage.^[1]

The ensemble currently consists of six actors, all of whom are neurodivergent or disabled. As of May 2022, the Back to Back ensemble is: Simon Laherty, Sarah Mainwaring, Scott Price, Mark Deans, and Breanna Deleo.^[2]

Back to Back Theatre gained international attention in 2007 after touring with small metal objects and winning a Green Room Award.^[1] Another play Ganesh versus the Third Reich revolved around ideas of eugenics and Nazism and received a Helpmann award after its first performance in 2012.^[3] In 2019, the company also engaged in some film work creating Oddlands, a 28-minute pilot for TV that will grow into a six-part series.^[1]

In 2013, Back to Back Theatre published a book We're People Who Do Shows ― Back to Back Theatre Performance, Politics, Visibility that expanded on the company's artistic vision, process, and history.^[1]

The company's film Shadow was showcased at the Sydney Film Festival in 2022.^[4] The film is a contradictory commentary on activism in disabled communities.