Bruce Gladwin
Directing
Biography
Bruce Gladwin is an Australian performance maker, film director and writer. He has been the Artistic Director of Back to Back Theatre since 1999. In 2015, Bruce was awarded the Australia Council for the Arts’ Inaugural Award for Outstanding Achievement in Theatre. His screen credits include Oddlands (2018), Shadow (2021), First Responders (2022).
Known For
A group of workers at a factory re-enact The Battle of Agincourt in cardboard suits of armour. King Henry rallies his troops with an inspirational speech as they face an overwhelming French army. When the French messenger offers ransom The King rejects the bargain and the battle ensues in a flurry of cardboard. And death. But mostly cardboard.
Agincourt

From an automatic spellcheck, to omnipresent domotica: what is looming for us when computers are no longer merely complementing our actions, but taking over the steering wheel? Will the machines treat us as stupid and inferior, the way we have treated people with an intellectual disability for millennia? Simon, Scott and Sarah, a trio of neurodiverse activists, trigger the debate in the presence of a group of peers. They all attempt to take the lead in the discussion.
Shadow

Des and Tam are members of a clean-up crew in a strange toxic wasteland. It’s a lousy job, but it’s the best they can get, and it may just get them what they want. When they stumble upon what may be the wasteland’s last human survivor, these determined but lowly Level 7s will have to decide between saving humanity or saving themselves. ODDLANDS is a story about two unlikely heroes who manage to find a little hope in the strangest of places. The question is, what will they do when they find it?