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This regional theatre company is changing the way people see disability, and taking over the world

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Back to Back Theatre has had an unbelievable couple of years.

At this year’s Venice Biennale, they became the first Australian company to win the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in Theatre.

Just two years ago, they took home the International Ibsen Award, often described as the Nobel Prize for theatre, worth $384,000.

Ingrid Lorentzen, chair of the award committee, said at the time: “We wanted to give it to a game changer … Back to Back changes the way you see things.”

What’s remarkable is that Back to Back aren’t some legacy state theatre company or a national ballet or opera. They’re a group based in regional Victoria, about an hour outside of Melbourne.

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