“No one has ever directed the end of Theodora like this. I’m doing it as a political act.” Ask 10 directors why they do what they do and you’ll get 10 different answers. But few will be as uncompromising, as succinct, as Katie Mitchell’s. Directing, she is telling me, is a political act.
27 January 2022, The Tablet
Katie Mitchell's fresh take on Theodora
Katie Mitchell: 'Directing is a political act'
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