Queensland Theatre Company’s groundbreaking team will aim to dissolve creative borders.

Queensland Theatre Company’s dynamic new Artistic Director Sam Strong has announced a new National Artistic Team in an initiative that will see 10 leading artists working alongside Strong to dissolve creative borders within Australia. The team is the first of its kind in the country and aims to combine local and interstate talent in order to nurture both as part of a way toward a more cohesive nation-wide arts approach. “I think it is fair to say that Australian theatre has occasionally been too pre-occupied with State borders, inter- and intra-city rivalries, and owning talent rather than collaborating to develop it,” said Strong. “I want to change that.”

The 10 chosen artists come from a broad and eclectic mix of disciplines, including actors, writers, directors, designers, dramaturgs, devisors, programmers and provocateurs:

Jimi Bani is a Torres Strait Islander performer and writer living in far North Queensland. Bani won acclaim for his performance as Eddie Mabo in the famous ABC TV series Mabo, and this year will perform at Belvoir in Sydney and the Barbican...