JST Conversations

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Every good play starts a conversation. From Jermyn Street Theatre, JST Conversations is a wide-ranging series of debates, discussions, talkbacks, interviews and more.

Episodes

  1. 19/08/2022

    Cancel Culture is an Overblown Myth (Nels Abbey, Matthew Xia, Gideon Skinner, Ariel Hessayon)

    Matthew Xia (Artistic Director ATC), Gideon Skinner (Head of Political Research, Ipsos UK), Nels Abbey (Author/Essayist) and Dr Ariel Hessayon (Goldsmiths University) discuss all things 'Cancel Culture'. Has it gone too far? Or is it a convenient fiction?

    56 min

  2. 05/06/2022

    Genius: What on Earth is it?

    Playwright Ella Hickson FRSL, Critic/Poet Roz Kaveney and Actor/Academic Jack Klaff discuss the concept of 'Genius'. What does this concept mean? How should we define it? Has modern society diluted its meaning and power?

    53 min

  3. 05/06/2022

    New Wine in Old Wineskins: The Art of Adapting the Classics

    Playwright and Professor Simon Stephens (National Theatre, Young Vic, Royal Exchange), Director, Academic and Dramaturg Zoé Svensden (Cambridge University, RSC, National Theatre) and Playwright April de Angelis (National Theatre, Royal Court)  discuss the art of adaptation. Why do it? How should we do it? Do old texts need shaking up? Or do they need to be presented 'faithfully'?

    53 min
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Every good play starts a conversation. From Jermyn Street Theatre, JST Conversations is a wide-ranging series of debates, discussions, talkbacks, interviews and more.

Information

  • Creator
    Jermyn Street Theatre
  • Years Active
    2k
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Jermyn Street Theatre
  • Show Website
    JST Conversations