PUBLIC TALK WITH JOSETTE BUSHELL-MINGO (OBE)

Josette Bushell-Mingo OBE is the Principal and CEO of The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Previously the Head of Acting at Stockholm University of the Arts, Sweden, Josette is an award-winning actor and director who has been nominated for an Olivier Award, is the recipient of a TMA Award, and starred in the internationally acclaimed production Nina: A Story about Me and Nina Simone.

"Death is Everywhere"

This presentation is a series of questions, or reminders, or affirmations within the field of performance. From a personal journey–it takes the perspective of the Black body within the ‘studium’, and looks at the inclusion or exclusion as a genesis of practice. Based in personal training–Lecoq and Grotowski and experience of Laban, this moment looks at aligning history–no thyself, courage and that death is everywhere–Memento Mori.

RADIX: Theatre and Its Language is a series of lectures, presentations and talks. The necessity for this series springs out of Iraqi Bodies’ continuous search for a radical theatre made up of the entirety of scenic expression. Radical must in this context be seen as an origin, or root–from the Latin radix.

This public forum is intended as a meeting-point where citizens, artists and scholars can re-examine the practice of theatre as radical–rooted in the abundance of human expression.

FREE ADMISSION
DOORS OPEN AT 18.30
VENUE: TEATER TRIXTER
To register write to radix@iraqibodies.com

This seminar series is supported by The Swedish Arts Council, The City of Gothenburg Arts and Cultural Affairs Committee, Region Västra Götaland Cultural Affairs Committee and The International Dance Program at the Swedish Arts Grants Committee

In collaboration with Folkuniversitetet