To reconcile with water, through fear and grief
Elete N-F responds to How I Learned to Swim by Somebody Jones, embracing the darkness of water and its properties of healing and communality.
How Diana Feng and Sierra Sevilla are interrogating norms that define culture
Rho Chung interviews theatremakers Diana Feng from Don’t Call Me China Doll and Sierra Sevilla from For the Love of Spam about their Edinburgh Fringe shows, unpacking racial stereotypes, tropes, and the histories that have maintained them.
Excavating childhood from the chaos of conflict
Anthony V. Capildeo responds to Precious Cargo, a story about the children affected by Operation Babylift during the Vietnam war, by Australian writer-performer Barton Williams (Huynh van Cuong) and Hebridean composer Andy Yearley (Nguyen Tang).
Longing for a child and waiting for a moment
In this Response to Rat Tails (WIP) by Jeremy McClain, Eilidh Akilade details the journey of art criticism, from the inception of an idea in June, to the witnessing of an Edinburgh Fringe show, before the long bus ride home in August.
History repeats itself at the Edinburgh Fringe
Katie Goh responds to A History of Fortune Cookies by Sean Wai Keung, looking back on previous iterations of the performer’s work and of her own writing to find value in repetition.
Charlene Kaye: A Rockstar breaking generational moulds
Xandra Sunglim Burns responds to Charlene Kaye’s show ‘Tiger Daughter or: How I Brought My Immigrant Mother Ultimate Shame’, on music, mothers, and breaking the generational curse of assimilation and propriety.
Embracing stillness to conceive the Soft Bwoi
Arusa Qureshi
Beyond the constructs and confines of gender, the divine feminine exists deep within us all. It’s the energy that allows for compassion, nurturing and devotion; an embracing of softness and stillness in all its varying guises. In Danny Bailey’s short film Soft Bwoi, the notion of the divine feminine is beautifully encapsulated through the use of folklore and imagery from Caribbean carnival culture and queerness.
Unravelling gender through nature and mysticism
Rho Chung responds to Selkie, a visually sumptuous short film exploring issues of identity and belonging through visual and oral storytelling, by collaborative siblings Niall and India Moorjani.
Scotland, legacies of slavery and unpacking family histories in front of white audiences
Lisa Williams responds to The Drift by Hannah Lavery, a poetic journey through history, Scottishness, belonging and grief, and a Fringe of Colour 2020 Commission.
Interrogating race with a thousand questions
Memuna Konteh responds to Race Cards, a filmic re-production of an in-person installation and performance piece by Selina Thompson, created as a Fringe of Colour 2020 Commission.
Online theatre has endless liberation possibilities - here’s why
Theophina Gabriel talks about the vasts possibilities of virtual theatre, from access to imagination.
Unwrapping “authentic” East Asian identity
Katie Goh responds to FORTUNE online, in which sean wai keung adapts his stage performance about navigating Western and Eastern identities.
Paying homage to the Black queer dancefloor
Elete N-F responds to CLUB, a vibrant exploration of queer black women forging space for themselves against the landscape of London's nightlife, by Esme Allman.
Performance arts and the virtual space
Rho Chung discusses the differences between engaging with theatre virtually and in-person, asking if it is possible to truly connect from home.
What will the world of theatre look like after the pandemic?
Elete N-F questions how the landscape of theatre and performance art will be changed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and reignited discussions of racism and injustice.