Let’s get straight to the point: theatre is an excruciatingly white industry, epitomising the middle-class white man and failing heavily to be the beacon of artistic freedom it hopes to be.
This is my sector and my art, so it hurts that talking about theatre sometimes feels like flogging a dead, decaying horse. Though I am eager to engage more people in the industry and propel black theatre-makers (including producers, stage managers, set designers, etc) into the limelight, we cannot pretend that it is as accessible as other industries for a variety of reasons.
Well, pleasantries out the way, I want to talk about the black space that would have disrupted the status quo of today’s theatre industry forever.