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.
theatre is my story theatre is my pain theatre is my soul theatre is my bread and butter i found the love of my life in theatre i found tranquility in theatre theatre saved me i found friends in theatre i found enemies in theatre i found fans in theatre i found my husband(love of my life)in theatre
ReplyDeleteWow there's so much anger here.
ReplyDeleteCalm down and think of how blanketed your view on today's youth and the theatre and I don't think it's fair cause in a different space in a rehearsal room in a different cast performers who share the same passion are fully respecting the craft and the two names you are mentioning are respected by some of your fellow peers (which you might not be sharing the stage with right now) and are currently working under them and with them. Let not your anger be channelled in such spaces rather address it or take it as experience to toughen u up what's the worse thing that could happen. Your director should take charge of the situation and the chaos in your space is his fault no leadership
@ zulu on my... thank you for taking your time and reading my post..i get your point and you are making sense, let me enlighten you on your understanding seems like we can be in a same page, i would maybe say my title is ambiguious lets leave it at that for now. iam not doubting the legacy they have baba kani and babu mkwane just in my wonder whether will the legacy continue... as you understand my blog my dear friend iam angry at this moment that is why i created this blog what i wrote is what im going through now what im facing now at this moment with my youth im not talking bout the future im talkig about what phili is intackling now and what is she facing at this present time. iam not generalising its just a fact of a matter...mind you if this kind of behavior continues in theatre i dont think will have another john kani another bheki mkhwani(in what im exprenciencing)i agree with you when you say the director should take leadership but my worry is what if the director was co-ordinating radio dramas for 10 years now he is directing a theatre play or somebody who was a 2nd AD in a film and decides to make theatre i mean its what im experiancing now the level of theatre... ngiyabonga for your comment
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