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Have you ever been told you can’t read this book or see that movie? Can’t listen to this song or watch that show? Maybe the adults said it was too scary? Or not a good work for kids? What if you still really wanted to read it, see it, listen to it? What if you wondered if there was something the adults were trying to hide? What would you do? 

THE CENSOR is a work by children for children and their adults.

Supported by Artplay and in collaboration with theatre-makers Vidya Rajan and Cassandra Fumi, a dynamic ensemble of children explore the twisty terrain of censorship of their media consumption, how this effects who they are and who they will be, and the inter-generational relationships at the core of this debate.

Welcome to THE CENSOR: a world where the children are in charge. Where they make the decisions. Where they decide what media you consume.

Unexpected. Unfiltered. Uncensored.

This project is part of ArtPlay’s New Ideas Lab – a program that develops new creative works for children over three stages with collaboration from artists, children and audiences alike.

Credits

Co-creators and Directors
Cassandra Fumi and Vidya Rajan

Production Designer
Romanie Harper

Lighting Designer
Emma Lockhart-Wilson

Sound Designer and Composer
Rachel Lewindon

AV Designer
Romanie Harper and Vidya Rajan

Dramaturg
Emma Valente

Stage and Production Manager
Georgina Bright

Co-Creators and Cast
(2025 Melbourne Fringe Festival)
River, Maya, Noray, Darcy, Aria

Co-Creators and Cast
(2026 Sydney Festival)
Alice, Arabella, Jeffrey, Mabelle, Maya, Mira, Jo, Lucy

Produced by
Performing Lines

Carmen Lai Producer

Presentation History

2025
Melbourne Fringe Festival
Melbourne, VIC
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Full Presentation History for THE CENSOR

2025
Melbourne Fringe Festival
Melbourne, VIC
2026
Sydney Festival
Sydney, NSW

Project Partners & Acknowledgements

THE CENSOR has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body and the Robert Salzer Foundation, and was seeded by City of Melbourne through ArtPlay’s ‘New Ideas Lab.

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