Having just come from the Womens Centrestage Symposium in Hampstead theatre, I am very enthusiastic and motivated to order my thoughts. Hopefully it will bring more clarity as to what I want to focus on the rest of my study.
I am going to bring up questions that were asked with my own ideas as answers and answers from some of the speakers that were there today, but mostly just question after question after question, who knows what it will result in?
What is the most useful thing I can do?
There is nothing more powerful than the story --> What do we tell ourselves and others? Stories have the power to produce shame of the right kind.
Do I have enough imagination to believe that it will be different? Can I imagine the end of patriarchy?
Jude Kelly (Artistic Director of the Southbank Centre for 12 years, created WOW, Women of the World Festival, theatre and opera director and recipient of two Olivier awards and has founded METAL):
-How do I deal with internal misogyny (dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women)
--> Learn from the stories around us, from other women
-How do I deal with the things that are so ingrained that I don't even realise it's there?
On storytelling:
-Women are often not a protagonist but a decorative extra
On collaboration:
-You're not speaking about what you are in order to not get suspicion of a double agenda.
(For example; don't appear to feminine if you're speaking about women's issues, if you're more 'one of the boys' they take it on easier, how do you deal with and become aware of this?
Toni Racklin (Head of Theatre and Dance at the Barbican Centre since 2010, launched BITE, the yearly programme of dance, drama and music theatre from around the world. In 2018 the Barbican presented the Art of Change season exploring how artists respond to, reflect and can potentially effect change int he social and political landscape):
-If people believe and trust in you, you rise to that challenge
-Smaller theatre of The Barbican used to support New Voices.
Winsome Pinnock (award winning playwright; Leave Taking, The Wind of Change, Picture Palace):
-The world is going to change, so you better be prepared. You, we will be leading it so know what you're doing.
- Theatre is about change
- Reference Womens Playhouse Trust Jules Wright (1948 - 2015)
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/theatre-collection/explore/theatre/womens-playhouse-trust-archive/
Recommended reading: 50 shades of feminism
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