“Relaxed performance kind of calls that into question and throws it on its head and says, ‘well, says who? Says who that's what it means to be a good audience member?’”
Next Stage isn't happening this year. Like most arts festivals, it's been halted by COVID. In this peculiar time of rest, many theatres have been re-evaluating their practises, seeing who they've left out of the programming and how they may better serve their communities.