ACTivism interview | Neil Coppen

Title
ACTivism interview | Neil Coppen
Description
Interview with Empatheatre co-founder and theatre Director Neil Coppen. The interview focusses on Empatheatre's 2019 performance 'Boxes,' which engaged themes of spatial justice and gentrification in the City of Cape Town. This interview forms part of Dr Carla Lever's research into occupation as a form of protest, and engages with the notion of activism as performance, and performance as activism.

Informal Zoom meeting on 2021-11-19.
Author
Interviewee
Neil Coppen
Keywords
Director
Theatre Stage
Empatheatre
Activism
Social Justice
Gentrification
Performance
Artivism
Date Published
2021-11-19
Duration
00:57:10
Publication
doi
doi
License
RETAGS_Academic-Output-Type
Fieldwork
RETAGS_Academic-Author-Level
Professional