What happens when we see theatre as a necessity, a lifeline, a sanctuary? At a recent Unrehearsed Futures (Season 3) conversation with theatre-makers Rosie MacPherson and Juan Ayala, we explored the works and working of the theatre-maker as a global citizen, and how theatre can become a site for social transformation. The arts are an…
Last month, we discussed the ambivalence theatre practitioners feel about our collective prospects as a society, and how the chaos we find ourselves in can leave us feeling overwhelming. What can one do with the overwhelming feeling that we all have around the state of change? To understand this better, all the co-curators of Unrehearsed…
Much like the R.E.M. song, it’s indeed the end of the world as we know it, declares Mbongeni Mtshali, one of the co-curators of Unrehearsed Futures at the start of the conversation. “It feels like we’re constantly stuck. I certainly wouldn’t confidently assert that I feel fine about anything right now. I think I’m at…
Theatre artists often tend to work with communities of different kinds. While there is a lot of integrity in the experience, theatre practitioners often begin their work already separated from the communities they intend to serve. It could be due to funding processes, the paradigms of applied theatre, or the continuing legacy of the romantic…
Theatre artists often tend to work with communities of different kinds. While there is a lot of integrity in the experience, theatre practitioners often begin their work already separated from the communities they intend to serve. It could be due to funding processes, the paradigms of applied theatre, or the continuing legacy of the romantic…
Do you believe Creation desires your devotion Through murder and death We squabble over The pieces of the earth The true beasts are Those who believe in creation Without mother, womb or birth Be simple like the flowers – Lyrics from Me’shell Ndegeocello’s album Comfort Woman Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist Kate Quarfordt’s wish is to…
As we encounter a world that is perpetually in a state of constant disruption, the question arises that if we were to embrace this feeling of being in a constant flux, where is the moment of creativity, where is the generative capacity. At a recent Unrehearsed Futures (Season 3) conversation, Delhi-based playwright and director, Neel…
In the swirling vortex that is our chaosmos, what does it mean ‘to woman’? Whether negotiating intimate family dramas or the grand scale of a global apocalypse, female protagonists are usually figured as witnesses to (though rarely agents in) the making of society. At a recent Unrehearsed Futures (Season 3) conversation, we dove into the chaosmos…
Standing in solidarity with Ukrainian artists who have been affected by the ongoing war, we decided to dedicate the tenth session of Unrehearsed Futures (Season 3) to engage with them and understand how they are expressing their national and personal struggle through their art. While the news cycle is tiring of Ukraine, we are convinced…
In a special sitting of Unrehearsed Futures, we celebrated the book launch of ‘This Place / That Place’, written by Nandita Dinesh, a writer and researcher who has traversed through the cosmos of performing, theatre-making, activism and more. It also happens to be her first novel. At first glance, This Place / That Place feels not like…