1990s: The Dolls’ Revolution

The decade in which women entered mainstream theatre was christened the “Dolls’ Revolution” by writers Rachel Vensham and Denise Varney, who wrote a book called “Dolls’ Revolution: Australian Theatre and Cultural Imagination”. It was characterised by women providing a different perspective on what it means to be Australian and what it’s like to be a woman in Australia in the 90s. This was significant not only because there were finally women on the scene, but some of these women were Aboriginal. Aboriginal influence on theatre was very strong in the 1990s.