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New play American Signs looks at the nefarious world of consultancies – but leaves Australia off the hook

  • Written by: Alana Lentin, Professor in Cultural and Social Analysis, Western Sydney University
New play American Signs looks at the nefarious world of consultancies – but leaves Australia off the hookPrudence Upton/Sydney Theatre Company

Anchuli Felicia King’s new one-performer piece, American Signs, written for the talented Catherine Văn-Davies, thrusts us into the world of a campus hire at “The Firm”, one of the “Big Three” consultancies in the United States.

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