“Sangat and Community” w/ Gurkiran Kaur
The Final part with Gurkiran Kaur as we discuss Kundalini Yoga, South Asian work in UK theatre, voice and dialect coaching andddd of course GAMES!
Topics Breakdown:
Approach and pathway into Gurkiran's Voice/ Dialect Coaching.
How does your practice challenge or Better you work as an actor? And do you feel like you have a balance of it sometimes? Even from a sustainable perspective?
Transparent conversations around programming, better script work or craft work from directors, writer to actors and do you voice that?
Rapid Response Questions:
A tip on being financial savvy?
Go back to any role or project what would it be and why? And if you were asked to do a part 2/ expansion of it- input
A great thing about being an artist in today’s social, cultural and economical and a challenging thing about it?
Getting into the role- auditioning or when you have booked the job? And how to let go or sepearate yourself from it?
A thing you would like someone to take away with them having met you for a brief second or known you for a long time?
Your Favourite thing about yourself either as a creative or person and something you feel is a challenge and are working on?
A thing you would like to impart somebody but you never got told ?
Words to your mirror self today?
3 things the creative culture could do with and or without?
3 artists really admire their journey or would suggest in checking out their work ?
Your thoughts on the entertainment culture or theatre culture in general and a thing you would challenge the industry on?
Sippa Chai or Play with Rai- Segmented Games Round.
What the Chai- 30 second rant about anything and everything however you must start or end your rant with the phrase "What the Chai?"
Joyfulness- What's one thing that makes Gurkiran joyful and whats one thing he does for others that makes them feel joyful.
Notes:
Artists/Organisations mentioned: Bush Theatre, Milli Bhatia and Lung Theatre.
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