Global Origins is proud to present REROUTED: a digital discussion group for international plays and performances in partnership with the Gate Theatre. REROUTED will be a free, open-access series of webinars for anyone interested in theatre, performance and art, including students, researchers, emerging creatives and artists. Each session will feature a different playtext, film or performance to be chosen, introduced and discussed by brilliant guest practitioners.
Through the discussions we will aim to expand our lens on global art and create a more diverse, exciting and inclusive industry by considering non-British modes of performance. We will converse with artists from all over the world about the art that inspired them and consider how we can decolonise British theatre. Join us for free monthly sessions from April 2021!
Global Origins co-founder Emma Jude Harris (she/her) is a Jewish American director, dramaturg and researcher. She works across forms in opera, early modern theatre, new writing, and music theatre to develop new work, dismantle notions of genre, and interrogate the canon. Directing credits include Cabildo (Wilton’s Music Hall and Arcola Theatre), The Basset Table (RADA, project leader), The Agency (Tête à Tête), The Telephone (livestreamed opera), sorry did I wake you (Tristan Bates), and Ares (VAULT). Work as a research consultant includes Venice Preserved (Royal Shakespeare Company) and Absolute Hell (National Theatre).
Global Origins co-founder Aneesha Srinivasan (she/her) is a writer, director and researcher from Pune, India. Both individually and through the company, she has conducted workshops on writing, performing and researching identity at drama schools including the Central School of Speech and Drama, the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. She is currently writing a play titled 68 ways to have the perfect conversation about invisible privilege and how good intentions aren’t always enough. The play was R&Ded at the Gate Theatre in June 2021. Directing credits include Grindr Survivr: The Play (2020) and Before I Was A Bear (2019) at the Bunker Theatre.