Sophie Okonedo Explains Why Theatre Is So Important | Life in Stages
Sophie Okonedo Explains Why Theatre Is So Important | Life in Stages
Sophie Okonedo explains why theatre is so important to her. She chats to theatre and film director, and old friend, Dominic Cooke. Watch the full episode of Life in Stages: https://youtu.be/FeX5HMZ4Cn0
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Theatre doesn't exist on stage… it exists out in the "real world" more than the stage. That's why it's fucking evil.
1:27 A lot of people will never get parts because of the way they look, even if they would probably do a great job. Discrimination is a common thing in theatre, film and tv, a lot of people are excluded, and not just based on the colour of their skin.
She’s a phenomenal presence in all her work and I look up to her so much
I guess I'm 1st 😳
Funny how your views of theatre are the polar reverse of mine 😆 interesting though how common it is feeling the need to be nothing less than excellent! I have found theatre highly inaccessible and classist with generous lashings of nepotism. In other words it's just as bad as the British Film and TV landscape, especially when you're not the TALENT.