(Abridged version first Published in The Guardian, 23/11/16) I attend the inaugural Sydney Death and Dying Festival to get a taste of what's to come.
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The 4th wall is a theatre term for the invisible wall between performers and the audience. When performers speak directly to the audience it’s considered breaking the 4th wall. As the sociologist Erving Goffman’s dramaturgy suggests, we are constantly performing our identities. The interviews on this page were an attempt to enquire beyond the performativity of self.
