An Awkward Conversation
Industry Series
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An Awkward Conversation
An Awkward and Embarrassing Conversation About Difference is a performance/workshop based on the idea of radical transparency. Sarah Garton Stanley is the Associate Artistic Director of Canada’s National Arts Centre English Theatre and Marcus Youssef is one of Canada’s leading contemporary playwrights. During a modular performance Marcus and Sarah employ a series of rules they have devised to encourage honest debate about incendiary subject matter. They use these to interrogate each other publicly and rigorously about their own struggles in relationship to issues of power, privilege and difference. They then offer delegates who are interested a guided series of exercises to question and experiment with these rules.
PERFORMED & FACILITATED BY: Sarah Garton Stanley and Marcus Youssef
DIRECTED BY: Chelsea Haberlin
DEVELOPED AND PRODUCED BY: Neworld Theatre