An Intracultural Theatre Practice: Play with difference
Wednesday 6th October, 2021 | 19:00 - 20:15 | Event Happening at 19:00 GMT
“The unique cultural context of the individual actor is a rich hinterland for discovery and should not be denied but rather engaged with as a source of power for the actor in their creative endeavours.”
Kristine Landon-Smith
About the session
In this free seminar, Director and Educator Kristine Landon-Smith will unpack her multi-lingual practice, which explores how to bring different nationalities and languages together into the rehearsal room and onto the stage. This practice was developed across 20+ years, firstly as Founder and Artistic Director of Tamasha.
Kristine will discuss how all creatives can play with difference, putting their team’s holistic backgrounds at the heart of every piece of work. Kristine will then take questions from participants.
The free session will last approximately 75 minutes and will take place on Zoom.
About Kristine Landon-Smith
Kristine is a theatre practitioner and lecturer in higher education. She is a recognised leader in the Black/Global majority sector in the UK, she focuses on artist training in intracultural theatre practice, the creation of new work with and from diasporic heritage artists, and the development of audiences for this work.
Her work has included twenty-three years as Artistic Director of Tamasha, UK; Lecturer in Acting at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Australia; Senior Producer for BBC Radio Drama; and freelance appointments as a director and lecturer within actor training (RADA, East15, Mountview, Drama Studio, Oxford School of Drama).