Interview with Nadja Kostich, Tenderness

February 6, 2008 at 11:03 am · Filed under General, Interviews and tagged: Christos Tsiolkas, Nadja Kostich, Patricia Cornelius, Platform, youth theatre

Platform Youth Theatre’s upcoming Tenderness is an oddity on the Australian stage, perhaps almost anachronistic. For starters, it is a double bill, consisting of two short plays, Ugly and Slut, running one after the other with no interval. It is showcasing new pieces by two of the country’s most respected writers, Christos Tsiolkas and Patricia Cornelius, in a theatre environment increasingly hostile towards Australian writing. I recently had a chat to director Nadja Kostich about the project, her interest in working within the youth theatre context and her collaborative approach to directing.

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