A lot of theatre/arts people talk big about community, enabling people and standing up to abuses of power... Then you see those same people defending the very antithesis of that.
Right now the birdsite is a solid example. The refusal to leave or change based on what they've already established as a power structure through their 'following' and 'brand' highlights that really, they want to hold power to account so long as it isn't their own.
And, if I'm being kind... And lord knows I'm really trying... That is because artists and organisations will always see themselves as the underdog, no matter how far they rise.
Large orgs that once started as a one-man band still think of themselves as the plucky upstart, and that blinds them to the institutional biases they've picked up, and the power they yield.
Yet often these same people dominate the discussions around future and support in ways that are quite bullish and harmful.
@LaraP that's cool, but "Theatre Twitter" isn't an organisation so much as it is a loose community. It has no accountability as such, only individuals have that.
A community won't move until the members do.
I get the lonely thing. Over there I had a few thousand people in my corner... But everyone has their reason for resisting change. It's why people still drive cars and make shows about saving the environment.
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Lara Parmiani