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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Jasper Lindell

'I really feel for my dear little chicken': Andrew Upton swaps stage for page in a chicken's eye view of history

The world's going to pot and Andrew Upton feels the weight of knowing he's not really able to do much about it.

The celebrated Australian playwright, director and producer, who was co-artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company with his wife Cate Blanchett for five seasons, says there's a sense of powerlessness doing the rounds.

Andrew Upton has written his first novel, through the eyes of a chicken. Pictures by Simone De Peak, supplied, Unsplash
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