Travis Alabanza talks Burgerz, theatre in lockdown and what they miss most about performing live
Subscribe to the Evening Standard on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7RQon_YwCnp_LbPtEwW65w?sub_confirmation=1 After twelve long months of closures, we’re all hoping that 2021 will be the year that theatre can return. But how will the industry rebuild, and what should be different to life before the pandemic? We’ve been talking to some of London’s theatre stars about the recovery ahead, and why it should matter. This week, our How theatre will rebuild series will bring you a new conversation each day from people who have brought us some of the most exciting and influential shows of the last few years. We’re asking them what the past year has been like for them, and how they are feeling about what lies ahead. Today we’re speaking to game-changing playwright and performer Travis Alabanza, whose play Overflow, about trans safety in public bathrooms, opened at the Bush Theatre in December. Forced to close just days after opening night, the play was then livestreamed from the Bush’s website in January of this year. “I got into theatre from the clubs. I always say the best theatre you’ll find is in the London cabaret and queer scene,” said Alabanza. They talked to us about how the pandemic put a stop to the international tour of their show Burgerz, resting and writing new work in lockdown and how theatre can give people a voice. Read more: https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/future-theatre-fund/travis-alabanza-writer-theatre-interview-b921000.html
Subscribe to the Evening Standard on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7RQon_YwCnp_LbPtEwW65w?sub_confirmation=1 After twelve long months of closures, we’re all hoping that 2021 will be the year that theatre can return. But how will the industry rebuild, and what should be different to life before the pandemic? We’ve been talking to some of London’s theatre stars about the recovery ahead, and why it should matter. This week, our How theatre will rebuild series will bring you a new conversation each day from people who have brought us some of the most exciting and influential shows of the last few years. We’re asking them what the past year has been like for them, and how they are feeling about what lies ahead. Today we’re speaking to game-changing playwright and performer Travis Alabanza, whose play Overflow, about trans safety in public bathrooms, opened at the Bush Theatre in December. Forced to close just days after opening night, the play was then livestreamed from the Bush’s website in January of this year. “I got into theatre from the clubs. I always say the best theatre you’ll find is in the London cabaret and queer scene,” said Alabanza. They talked to us about how the pandemic put a stop to the international tour of their show Burgerz, resting and writing new work in lockdown and how theatre can give people a voice. Read more: https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/future-theatre-fund/travis-alabanza-writer-theatre-interview-b921000.html