MUSIC THEATRE | AUG, SEP 2023
To tackle the evergrowing problem of White Fragility and Saviourism, I restaged Caryl Churchill’s play The After-Dinner Joke from 1978 about the dark side of British charities, as a live radio performance set in that very year. The wobbly mirror held up to society is one of jokes and riddles, and yet, a painful one as well. Have we changed at all?
The After-Dinner Joke was made and performed at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland as part of the master’s in Classical and Contemporary Text.
Performers Julia Vredenberg, George Airey, Cameron Prince,
Meredith DiPaulo Stephens, Ashutosh Rishi Chourasia,
Karin Hoelzl, Phoebe Averdieck
Stage manager Nina Madriz
Playwright Caryl Churchill
Composer George Airey
Concept, sound designer and director Cecilia Thoden van Velzen