Sarah Braybrooke, Journalist
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Peace Warrior
"[Mandela] went into prison and he learnt how his enemy worked ... He understood them, and he understood where they were coming from..."
O' Brothers, Where Art Thou?
"We tend to like characters that have a lot of abuse heaped on them."
Bouncy Bouncy
"I’ve always liked British history and old sites ... It’s something I’ve kind of grown up with."
Get Moving
“I think it’s incredibly important to be challenging and inspiring young people through dance. It is an empowering tool ... [And] it would be a shame if kids grew up without being able to look at the world in a creative, playful way.”
Life Writing
“I used my memory as a first draft for the book."
Indentity Crisis
"There is a whole meta-level of... I don’t want to say God [because] I’m not a religious person myself, but there is a feeling of ‘Is anyone even watching over us at all?’"
Recontextualised
"If you’re going to restage an old work, the question is, how much are you having a conversation about your own society’s politics?"
Phèdre
Despite being an Ancient Greek tragedy told by 17th-century French playwright Jean Racine, it feels distinctly modern.
Laying It Bare
"The social potential of the piece is amazing. It has the possibility to be an ‘agora’, a place in the atrium which is a meeting point; a place where you can be by yourself, or where you can meet people, watch the pool and listen."
Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures
The only omission is a lack of references to the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. Still, it offers a very different, and infinitely richer, picture of the region than what you will find in the news.
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