Heather Mitchell set to return as RBG in national tour of hit play

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Suzie Miller’s play about late US Supreme Court judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg earned rave reviews when it premiered in Sydney in 2022 and will now go national.

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But the choice to take the play on the road is not a commercial one. Instead, Williams says it’s about extending the life of a new Australian work: “You want to entrench it in the canon of Australian playwriting.”Mitchell thinks the play’s themes, about striving for justice and equality, are especially poignant as we approach this year’s referendum on the Voice to Parliament.

While it is the story of an American judge, Williams stresses that the play was created by Australians and strongly resonated with local audiences. “RBG’s impact transcends America, and she is a global icon,” he says.

 

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