Whenever we perform, we are providing a service whether it be to simply entertain or to provoke and ignite discussion. Performing for the elderly is simply taking that next step in the art-form of giving.
An artist who performs outside and who works with homeless and street-involved people, I want to speak about the realities of sharing public space with people who are not housed.
Our current massive industry shakedown presents an opportunity—and a responsibility—to revisit and challenge the practices and bedrock values of professional training in this country.
“From the moment I decided I wanted to act in the fifth grade until my graduation from theatre school twelve years later, I never had the opportunity to play a character that was written for someone who looks like me.”
Actors Ghazal Azarbad and Paolo Santalucia each give five reasons they wouldn’t have survived the 1600s.
Six young artists involved in the Paprika Festival tell us what kind of theatre they want to see more of.
When I reflect on the number of artists I know who suffer from mental health issues, and the unique stressors that come with our profession, the resources available to us and the awareness we have about public services feel meagre and insufficient.
I cannot deny being moved by some of those performances, but that doesn’t minimize the reality of appropriation.
I’ll never be finished learning about love because it isn’t one sole feeling; it is complex, capable of carrying contradiction.
How much of what we do as sexual beings is dictated by what society around us expects us to do?
If my art has plateaued—if I have plateaued, if I never become professional—how do I move forward?
That my play was even considered by a theatre I had no prior relationship with now seems like a tremendous luxury.
I always planned for my coding and artistic work to stay separate. Coding would feed my bank account, while art would feed my soul. But, surprisingly, coding has influenced my art. It’s opening doors to worlds I never imagined entering.
Punk is a weird genre. Borne out of bored kids. Borne out of angry kids. Borne out of art schools and shopping malls. Borne out of class wars and suburban skate parks.
Our world overflows with songs. Many of us live our lives with songs pumping into our ears; we walk, run, drive, fly, work, play, and love to songs.
You’d think it would be easy to at least see your destination on a mountain: your aim is to get to the top. But a lot of mountains have false peaks. Quite often, people will hike for hours to something they think is the top, only to discover that the true peak is higher.