More and more space is opening up in the theatre world for different voices. For unique and personal performances taken straight from real life, told by makers who weren't always given a stage before. LGBTQIA+ artists of colour often express their stories in spaces where western culture and ideas are dominant. Do these environments change along with the makers who create and tell their stories in them? Do organisations that offer their stages take enough responsibility for a safe bedding? What knowledge, sensitivity, frameworks and possibilities are needed to protect these artists?  

Physical performer and theatre maker Çiğdem Polat is putting together a program to enter a conversation together. She invites writer and performer Jasper Albinus, and actor and storyteller Nasim to share their work. She herself will open the afternoon with a clip from her performance Göbek Aşkı. Milone Reigman, dramaturge and theatre maker with a lot of experience in creating spaces for artists of colour, will moderate the talk.

The program is open to everyone who's interested in the topic. In addition, we specifically invite theatre directors, artistic directors, production and marketing employees from the theatre sector and cultural journalists to participate.

BIOGRAPHIES  

Çiğdem Polat
As a physical performer, theatre maker and intuitive movement coach, Çiğdem Polat touches on taboo-breaking themes related to mental health, cultural conflict and sexual identity. With this programme, she takes a next step in her research into safety for LGBTQIA+ artists of colour.

Milone Reigman
Milone Reigman is a director, dramaturge, coach and teacher with a strong expertise in intersectionality and decolonisation. Through her work, she uses stragegies of equity to make space for marginalised groups within the cultural system.

Nasim
Storyteller Nasim chose the name Nasim, not his real name, to be able to tell his stories. His migration from Iran gave him a unique perspective on the different lives we all live. Cultural differences and different relationships to human rights inform his work.

Jasper Albinus
Poet and spoken word artist Jasper Albinus makes topics around identity, history and politics tangible, addressing themes such as the Dutch colonial legacy, the price tag of death and queerness.