represent. Theatre, a company that exists to tackle a lack of socio-economic diversity within the arts, today announces a series of post show talks with speakers including Gary Lineker, Zack Polanski, Just Stop Oil and Tom Rasmussen. This is part of the run of Simon Stephens’ adaptation of Max Frisch’s Biedermann und die Brandstifter – Trueman and the Arsonists. Previews of the full run begin on the 18 October running until the 8 November with press night on the 24 October at The Roundhouse, Camden.
The talks are included in the price of the performance of Trueman and the Arsonists for that evening. They will be recorded and ultimately released on their Youtube channel free of charge.
Two of the headline talks feature the Financial Times’ lead critic Sarah Hemming leading a conversation with Gary Lineker and Simon Stephens discussing football, art and class taking place on 25 October; plus a discussion about future actions to protect the planet between the Green Party’s Zack Polanski and a representative from Just Stop Oil, hosted by April De Angelis on the 31st October.
The run is bookended by a conversation with Simon Stephens, Chris Thorpe and Abigail Graham about the making of the piece hosted by CocoSarel on the 18 October. Finally, the performance artist Jessica Murrain, the American Vogue Columnist and singer Tom Rasmussen and Dr Dave O’Brien, professor of creative and cultural histories at the University of Manchester explore the barriers for the working class to the arts and possible solutions to increasing accessibility on the 7 November.
Guy Woolf, the artistic director of represent. Theatre said: “Our work is never created in a vacuum: it necessarily responds to and is shaped by the times in which we live. As a company with a political mission to redress class disparity within the arts, we consider it crucial that our work sparks conversation long after the curtain call. As such, we are delighted to announce a series of post-show talkbacks for our audiences. We could not be more excited to reveal these incredible people who will be joining us to highlight and dissect the urgent and contemporary themes of the play.”
This is part of represent. Theatres’ Talkback series which are talks filmed and put on their YouTube channel for free for use for educational outreach, and has previously featured Marcus Davey OBE, Rabbi Laura Janner Klausner, April de Angelis and Annabel Arden.
