Moving The Centre Two Plays Small Axe & Freedom Singer

Moving The Centre Explores The Work Of Two Theatre Artists Who Dare, Fumble, And Persist In Bringing Audiences Into A Space Where We Can All Listen Differently.::the Two Plays It Includes Small Axe And Freedom Singer Lean Into The Problems And Possibilities Of Verbatim Theatre To Engage Questions Of Justice And Identity And The Complex History All Around Us. Originally Developed And Produced By Torontos Socially Engaged Theatre Company Project: Humanity, These Plays Explore The Power Of Recorded Real-life Encounters As A Way For Artists And The Public To Re-examine Our Defining Narratives.small Axe Charts The Quest Of A Queer White Playwright, Andrew Kushnir, Who Because Of An Unsettling Moment With A Friend Feels A Pull Towards Investigating Homophobia In Jamaica. What Starts As An Artist Researching An Injustice To Which He Feels Some Kinship, Evolves Into A Startling Excavation Of Self And The Stories We Claim Of Others.