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Answers from Antonia: What was the inspiration for this performance? The inspiration initially came from our own death anxiety, and we wanted to try and better understand why we both have this fear of death. When we first started our research for this production, it felt like we knew very little about the ‘death industry’ and what happens (both physically … Read more
Self-care is being talked about all over theatre town but what does it actually mean? For me I think about snuggly blankets, eating greens, sleeping well and (probably) exercising – and all that definitely helps. But self-care is a very personal business. It’s about knowing what you need to do to take care of your physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and … Read more
I became homeless at the age of 17 and I still live in Hostel accommodation. The difficult thing about being Homeless is that no-one notices (unless you tell them) and you lose your voice, no-one wants to hear you, you are literally at the bottom of society. And it’s the same in Theatre (And Poetry). No-one wants to notice your … Read more
Who are you first? I’m half Indian, half English. That’s not something people say much these days, our linguistics is full of POC, mixed race, British Indian, women of colour, queer people of colour. I’m halfhalf. But of course that’s not quite it because identity isn’t a pie chart – actually I’m wholewhole. At dinner with extended family a few … Read more
A bit about our panellists… Benaifer Bhandari is CEO of Hopscotch Asian Women’s Centre – a loving neighbour of CPT. She leads a team of front-line workers who tackle isolation amongst hard to reach BAME women in Camden and neighbouring boroughs as well as supporting welfare inequalities, domestic violence abuse and other essential services to BAME women in London. She … Read more
Me as a Migrant There are some elements about your life that do not come afloat and into your consciousness unless life throws you in a specific context. I came to this country when I was only 20 years old, I had traveled before but this time it was going to be different. Obviously, so many things changed, I mean, … Read more
Me as a Migrant There are some elements about your life that do not come afloat and into your consciousness unless life throws you in a specific context. I came to this country when I was only 20 years old, I had travel before but this time it was going to be different. Obviously so many things changed, I mean, … Read more
Does calling someone else a ‘bigot’ make you a bigot because you can’t accept that they’re a bigot? Confused? You should be. And given the mind-boggling way in which our show chooses to tackle this question, you probably will be. Much like the question itself, Bigot is a play that capitalises on wordplay and absurdism to interrogate the cyclical nature … Read more
The starting point for Progress was the feeling of failure- of the perpetual anxiety and misery that has spread like a pandemic amongst young people in contemporary society- and of wanting to make something that in some way embodied or expressed this. But a lot of the thinking and discussion in our early rehearsals seemed to gravitate towards friendship. I … Read more
These are our bodies. How do we look. How do you look? Night clubs are hugely significant to LGBTQ+ culture. Historically, they have been considered a safe haven where queer people can freely be who they are, together. This past means that the community often assigns it utopic status: a space of hope where all can express themselves without shame … Read more
