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Artists engaging with diversity risk being accused of appropriation.
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Image: A Sri Lankan Tamil Asylum Seeker’s Story as Performed by Australian Actors Under the Guidance of a Sinhalese Director via Playwrighting Australia

Australian theatre is always being urged to open itself to more diverse stories, reflecting our broad population.

But when playwrights and theatre-makers engage with cultures that are not their own they often run into trouble.

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Christine Long
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Christine Long is a Sydney freelance journalist.