How theatre can rebuild in a way that centres innovation, inclusivity and collaboration

SUMMARY

Kwame Kwei-Armah, Artistic Director of the Young Vic, London, joins Andrew Recinos, President, Tessitura Network for a conversation about the responsibility of theatres to address systemic inequities head-on. He also discusses his own experiences as a Black man in both the United States and the UK, and the risks of thinking we’ve won a battle when we have only “won the silence.”

“Our theatres have to look like our cities. We must look at what structural pathways have been blocked, and what structural pathways you can put in place.”

Kwame Kwei-Armah, Artistic Director of the Young Vic Theatre in London, joined Andrew Recinos for a conversation about the role of theatre in the unprecedented times we are collectively facing.

Kwei-Armah discussed the responsibility of theatres to address systemic inequities head-on, his own experiences as a Black man in both the United States and the UK, and the risks of thinking we’ve won a battle when we have only “won the silence.”

“How we dismantle is very important, but how we rebuild is equally important.”

Theatre will be essential in allowing us to discern a way forward, and to envision how we can rebuild in a way that centres innovation, inclusivity, and collaboration.