As the spectre of genocide increases in Gaza, we at Unrehearsed Futures took this opportunity to pause and reflect on the role that art can play in shaping vital public discourse about the stakes and nature of justice. In conversation with Palestinian-American writer and editor Lisa Suhair Majaj and South African composer, sound artist, librettist…
What we do in the world of theatre as playwrights, directors, actors, scenographers, poets, musicians, choreographers, and technicians, all of us without exception, is an act of creating a life that did not exist before we got on stage. – Egyptian playwright Samiha Ayoub, in her World Theatre Day Message 2023. The lifeblood of theatre…
If it’s in the way, it is the way. – Frank Anderson, IFS trainer A lot of theatre training practices around the world, especially embodied practice spaces, emphasise on the mind-body split polarity. They ask one to “get out of the head”, “stop thinking” and “get into your body”. Given the kind of systems one…
After a rejuvenating conversation with Ieva Česnulaitytė last month around active citizenship and participatory democracy, we at Unrehearsed Futures returned to Brazilian practitioner Augusto Boal and his body of work with the Theatre of the Oppressed, to investigate how we could revisit his powerful ideas today. A theatre-maker and political activist, Boal elaborated on his…
Editor’s Note: India has a rich history in theatre, but our knowledge about the work our contemporaries and older groups have and are doing, is often limited to the geographies we live in. Driven by a curiosity to know about the work being created across the country, over the next couple of months, we will…
Let’s dive straight in. Let’s look at two dictionary definitions — Woke: aware of and actively attentive to important societal facts and issues, especially issues of racial and social justice. The title to this article places the word woke in double quotes as “woke” to indicate a kind of hollow, hyper-alertness. Cultural Appropriation: the unacknowledged or inappropriate…
For all practitioners who’ve been in a devising rehearsal room, the rehearsal space often has elements of democracy playing out – participation, ensuring inclusive agency, making space for multiple voices and multiple opinions and more. However, when we think of democracies around the world today, citizen empowerment may not be the first thing that comes…
Writing about a topic you don’t personally identify with can be a challenge, especially when it’s as sensitive and prevalent as identifying on the neurodiverse spectrum. Personally, I’ve been fortunate to grow up around close family members who identify on the spectrum. Additionally, I crossed paths with Kelly Hunter at an early stage in my…
The day is 6 March 2020. It’s the day Ghana became independent in 1957. Celebrations are galore. A festival is going on inside the Baba Yara Sports Stadium, in Kumasi, a city of more than 3 million people that was once the capital of the Ashanti Empire. The president of Ghana also happens to visit….
With students and facilitators spanning over a decade, coming ‘back to school’ took on a new meaning last month. The Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh was buzzed with excitement as people – alumni, long-time collaborators, well-wishers of the school gathered to celebrate the school’s 10-year anniversary. It wasn’t just about commemorating DSM’s existence, but more about…