Associate ProfessorLaura Ginters

I am an interdisciplinary scholar with a background in both Theatre and Performance Studies and Germanic Studies. In my work I recuperate, document and analyse the circumstances and nature of the creation, performance and reception of live performance, situating it within its social, cultural and historical contexts, and demonstrating how theatre both contributes to the development of national identities, and is emblematic of it. The focus of my research is in several, intersecting, mutually informing areas. These include: Rehearsal Studies (historical and contemporary); Australian theatre history; the interrogation of traditional binaries in theatre (especially popular vs “high” culture and professional vs amateur); and the role of women in theatre.

I translate for the stage from German and my translations have been published, performed and adapted: my translation of Brecht’sThreepenny Operawas adapted for Company B Belvoir Street (2003), and produced at Malthouse Theatre (2010) and Sydney Theatre Company (2011). I have worked as a dramaturg for companies such as Harlos Productions, Pact Youth Theatre, the Australian National Playwrights’ Centre and on independent projects, and I have assessed scripts for Playworks, Melbourne Theatre Company and Griffin Theatre Company.