Theatre & Social Change Open Talks: Recent Episodes
Theatre & Social Change
Theatre and Social Change Open Talks explores the joys and challenges that change-makers face working in the ever-changing environment of our modern world. In this weekly series, we interview artists, activists and producers who make us laugh and think as they share their expertise and anecdotes. Join us on this journey of understanding to find our what we can do to make this world more just and equal for all of us. Change can begin anytime, anywhere, you just have to commit to it.
Join us for our final episode where our audience get to pose their own questions to Stella.
Hosted by: Jonathan Stirling (he/him) and Martha Hale (she/her)
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yZAvcZAPiuX0j6dJAUtVBnMFWC6OrBnaXM8vjGHFDzY/edit?usp=sharing
For our final episode we are honoured to be joined by the writer, producer and director Stella Kanu. She explores digital protest, emotional justice and questions around how are we spend our time as citizens and to what ends we use our labour.
Hosted by: Jonathan Stirling (he/him) and Martha Hale (she/her)
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QCqjuO1UEyNu3xbX-VZ7N6V5hplSooRKLgsGK0WJrNc/edit?usp=sharing
Today's episode is with the spellbinding musical drag superstar Le Gateau Chocolat! Tune in to hear about their drag, how they find inspiration for work and their frustrations with mainstream theatre and it's continued failure at representation.
Hosted by: Eleanor Sloan (she/her) and Harry Smith/Aphrodite the First (any/all)
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lPG2g3i-3vfBaFdBGnG4JjLuFCbn9p6gMb9ahTT_grw/edit?usp=sharing
Tune in to this TSC Extra to hear questions from our in-person audience to the brilliant Joon Lynn Goh.
Hosted by Akshita Brahma (she/her) and Jessica Wulandari Walker (she/they)
Content Warning: Anti-semitism, Homophobia, Violence.
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10JuzM_q8sfhR5rTl9jPdagBn9tOJ4SXCJnJGIttuZNc/edit?usp=sharing
This week we have the absolute pleasure of interviewing Joon Lynn Goh, a highly acclaimed cultural organiser and producer. Joon Lynn's work includes creating an online sex shop, a network for migrants in culture and many more! Tune in for a slice of culture and enlightenment!
Hosted by: Akshita Brahma (she/her) and Jessica Wulandari Walker (she/they)
Content Warning: Anti-Semitism, Homophobia, Violence.
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1unaTjenUyYXZ0tMLegpHO8PEhtI_EISOH165QcCtOos/edit?usp=sharing
In this bite-sized episode our audience gets the opportunity to put their own questions to Ben Smoke.
Hosted by Jessica Wulandari Walker (she/they) and Natasha Pavey (she/her)
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r8yB_am8AzmTaYYyz5oAGiDEuIjrHtcJKAHPsXPir3A/edit?usp=sharing
This week we are thrilled to be joined by activist and journalist Ben Smoke. One of the Stansted 15, Ben is a vocal advocate for migrant rights and is currently the political editor of Huck magazine. Join us as he shares his experience of being on trial for terror-related charges, the responsibility of giving space to marginalised voices and how he got into hot water with Extinction Rebellion.
**Interview by Jessica Wulandari Walker (she/they) and Natasha Pavey (she/her)
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rtqp07dQrhHY78zkWuA4z9zqFaeZK0Qy6Nqufplec7s/edit?usp=sharing**
Theatre and Social Change Open Talks explores the joys and challenges that change-makers face working in the ever-changing environment of our modern world. In this weekly series, we interview artists, activists and producers who make us laugh and think as they share their expertise and anecdotes. Join us on this journey of understanding to find our what we can do to make this world more just and equal for all of us. Change can begin anytime, anywhere, you just have to commit to it.