“This is what I know” w/ Jordi M. Carter
Such a bold and beautiful chat with Director, Producer and Artist Jordi. M Carter on how culture and the industry shapes us. How we are working to find our identity and placement, how we can be in service to art and the artists.
Topics Breakdown:
When was the most euphoric or happiest you were in your job?
Walk away Lessons learnt from the following: Young Vic Associates , Theatre Peckham Young and Boundless and how did opportunities in those spaces come to be?
What about theatre and the arts excited you to be working in this industry ?
Black Performance lab- Spirituality, culture, heritage work and facilitating that to non-black creatives/
Transparent conversations around programming, better script work or craft work from directors, writer to actors and do you voice that?
What your DYCP is about and finding on it ? And what is DYCP why it’s so competitive now and also a great opportunity for UK creatives ?
Challenges and joys of decolonising work in theatre and creating your own space.
Notes: Artists/ organisations mentioned in the episode are: Ntozake Shange, Lanre Malaolu, Benedict Lombe .
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