It’s just getting clearer and clearer to me that the role of theatre in society is to promote social change. It’s kind of stupid of me to think this, though, because I don’t see a theatre company anywhere that agrees with me. And it’s very hard to make theatre on your own.
I'm not alone when I say there's not been very much work, if any at all. However, since moving to a wee coastal town and working on developing community theatre here, I've never felt more fulfilled? Maybe that's where theatre can retreat, transform, and rebuild - in smaller communities. With smaller budgets that charities, local businesses, and non-government grants can contribute to. Maybe this can create a culture of theatre that doesn't rely on large funding bodies to even exist, or theatre buildings that are struggling to remain financially viable. Of course, not just wee seaside towns are applicable to this, finding it forming communities in whole cities can maybe speak to this too? This does make me think a lot of Jerzy Grotowski's 'Towards a Poor Theatre' ideas. Thank you for this post :)
I'm not alone when I say there's not been very much work, if any at all. However, since moving to a wee coastal town and working on developing community theatre here, I've never felt more fulfilled? Maybe that's where theatre can retreat, transform, and rebuild - in smaller communities. With smaller budgets that charities, local businesses, and non-government grants can contribute to. Maybe this can create a culture of theatre that doesn't rely on large funding bodies to even exist, or theatre buildings that are struggling to remain financially viable. Of course, not just wee seaside towns are applicable to this, finding it forming communities in whole cities can maybe speak to this too? This does make me think a lot of Jerzy Grotowski's 'Towards a Poor Theatre' ideas. Thank you for this post :)