Sydney Theatre Company has admitted it could have done a better job of handling the furore that erupted over an onstage pro-Palestine protest last November, which triggered a donor and ticketing boycott andWeaving’s son, Harry Greenwood, was one of three actors who donned a keffiyeh scarf in solidarity with Palestinians during a curtain call on theThe fallout exposed cultural divisions within the company between politically active artists, on whom the company depends to attract audiences and...
However, Johnson was clear that the STC “does not support individual political statements being made in curtain calls.” The backlash to the protest has threatened to damage STC’s reputation among donors and artists, significantly impacted staff morale, and cost the company over a million dollars in donations. The STC has announced seven redundancies and has not ruled out more.
“It will be a smaller program than the usual 15 or 16,” he said. “One of the things I’ve looked at recently is programming more musicals at STC, which isn’t something that has happened in the previous ten years so much given the kind of broad appeal and impact that they bring.” Dunn revealed that the company will sink back into deficit in 2023 after recording a small surplus the previous year, due mainly to the end of COVID funding and cost-of-living increases, including a 44 per cent jump in its energy bill.
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