Postcards to the Future
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Preparing for the revolution with Jackie Wylie
In this episode writer and producer David Micklem talks to Jackie Wylie, Artistic Director and Chief Executive of National Theatre of Scotland. The National Theatre of Scotland is a theatre without walls set up 15 years ago to make exceptional, audacious,
Passing down and diallng up with Sydney Festival Director Wesley Enoch
In this episode, Claire Doherty talks with Wesley Enoch, Artistic Director of the Sydney Festival. A proud Noonuccal Nuugi man, Wesley Enoch has been responsible for some of Australias best-known indigenous theatre productions. He was appointed as the Ar
Seeking revenge from the heart of the apocalypse with Tania El Khoury
In this episode writer and producer David Micklem talks to Tania El Khoury. Tania is a live artist based in London and Beirut. Over 15 years she has created a body of interactive installations and performances in which the audience is an active collabora
Talking cash, the hustle and the urgency of reinvention with Nato Thompson
Philadelphia-based curator and author, Nato Thompson was chief curator at Creative Time 2007-2017 and recently has been developing ideas for a civically engaged contemporary museum in Philadelphia. His Instagram Live series - Let's Talk Alternatives
Beautiful things happen when different worlds meet with Farooq Chaudhry
In this episode writer and producer David Micklem talks to Farooq Chaudhry co-founder of the world-renowned Akram Khan dance company and one of the UKs leading producers. Through a 20 year collaboration, Farooq has built a company that has provided the
Unlearning and remaking with Nina Simon
In this episode, Claire Doherty talks to Nina Simon, author of The Participatory Museum and the Art of Relevance, and formerly transformational Executive Director of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History (MAH) and now CEO of OF/BY/FOR ALL - a movement
Changing the world with Olivia Lee (age 20)
In this episode writer and producer David Micklem talks to Olivia Lee Project Manager of Contacts The Agency, creative activist, DJ, dancer and all round force for good. Olivia talks passionately about the complexities of life as a young mixed-race wom
Changing the story with Sharmaine Lovegrove
Whose stories are you reading? What's going to change that?Publisher Sharmaine Lovegrove, Head of Dialogue Books and co-founder of Black Writers Guild, talks to Claire Doherty about her work to reform the publishing industry. They talk about the barr
Everything has to change, with Bryony Kimmings
Performance artist Bryony Kimmings talks with writer and producer David Micklem about what might tempt her back into making theatre again. In this podcast she pleads with those that hold the power in theatres to better respond to the needs and wants of...
Reimagining theatre with Marc Rees and Adele Thomas
Opera and theatre director Adele Thomas and artist and director Marc Rees reimagine the future of Welsh arts and theatre calling for a radical reinvention of how and where theatre takes place. They talk about the rising voice of freelance artists and th