Theatre....it pisses me off when people disrespect your craft humiliate your calibre and what you giving. I arrive in this set of location already there are floating in woter but still they are drowning their limitations with egotistical attitudes,all i hear is a messed up behind schedule unfocused cast full of complains,and im being asked not to run away because of the problems in the show. mind you 6days left to premier and there are people reading their scripts started in rehearsals in january now its april...and iam asked not run away...i hear people saying they are professionals and they dont want to associte themselves with something that its not professional. PROFESSIONAL my left paralysed leg what is professinalism if after 3months you still unscript down??what is professionalism if we have in a rehearsal room15 directors?? what is professionalism if an actor performs on stage and there is unsopius laughter from other actors??what is professionalism if some actors are busy on their blackberries,galaxy ipad, and some still have nokia 3310??what is professionalism if you disrespect the director who do you think you are this person hired your bloody black or white ass.
i respect my craft iam Philisiwe Sithole and i was to born and raised to love and worship theatre i remember i was taught by Luke O Gomer and Debbie Lutge from courtyard theatre to respect theatre not to eat in the theatre, not to put your feet on the chairs always be aware of everything backstage, when you audition do your research,always wear black it helps,be in the moment of truth and realisticity of your character, know about aristocle, artaud, augasto baol,stanislavsky, grotovsky,brencht even though i hate him, read plays watch plays read scripts go to workshops network.It sustains you to wake up every morning and face the hardships of unsopius industry.
iam not John Kani iam not Bheki Mkwane but iam Philisiwe Sithole, me and the others (theatre makers theatre keepers storykeepers and storytellers)we wont tolerate being disrespected and humiliated,i rather create magic in theatre unpaid than work with "'professionals""
Theatre is my life and im here to breathe life to lifeless hungered theatre lovers,theatre is not acting, theatre is life theatre is acting reacting , theatre is distubance theatre is carthatic, theatre is invention, theatre is secretive, theatre is pretense,theatre is a stage and audience and nothing ever in between
Philisiwe Sithole.
