Podcast Published 25 September 2017

The Legacy Tapes: Kully Thiarai

Rebecca Atkinson-Lord talks to Kully Thiarai, artistic director of National Theatre Wales, about legacy and running a theatre that represents a nation.

Tim Bano

*This podcast was included in The Stage newspaper’s best podcasts of 2017!*

“As a young Asian woman, my experience was that so little was expected of you and so little was offered to you that you had to fight for everything.”

Rebecca Atkinson-Lord continues her series of conversations with the leading figures in UK theatre around the idea of legacy.

This week she talks to Kully Thiarai, artistic director of National Theatre Wales, who explores what it means to run a theatre that represents an entire nation, particularly post-Brexit, and how fighting for diversity is exhausting.

Find out more about National Theatre Wales’ work at nationaltheatrewales.org.

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Tim Bano

Tim is a freelance arts writer and theatre critic. He writes regularly for Time Out, The Stage and other publications. He is co-creator of Pursued By A Bear, Exeunt Magazine's theatre podcast.

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