Back to Back Theatre's ensemble, work and philosophy have drawn international acclaim, and now theatre's most prestigious prize 'Back to Back Theatre is despicable. It's beastly. It's contagious. Get this filth off our stages. This is rubbish theatre. Too many words. These guys are a pack of punks.' — Back to Back ensemble reviewing themselves, 2019 Those who think of theatre as something more than a subset of the 'entertainment industry' know that every collaboration is a rehearsal for utopia. Embedded in its heart is a gamble on human possibility: how we – as a community, as a nation, as a species – might work or play together, how we might negotiate difference, how we might find through each other a better way to be ourselves.

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