The arts, with purpose: Wesley Enoch on how creatives can connect and shape the nation

Playwright and director Wesley Enoch will deliver the annual Hector Crawford Memorial Lecture at Screen Forever next week. He talks to IF about the role the arts can play in shaping the national discourse and identity.

Wesley Enoch – one of Australia’s preeminent playwrights and theatre directors – has been fascinated to find himself working more in screen than in stage since leaving his role as artistic director of Sydney Festival four years ago.

The proud Quandamooka man has ...