Songs For The Struggling Artist

If you’re not a theatre nerd, you may not be aware of the stature that Peter Brook, theatre luminary who recently died at age 97, had with us theatre folk.  His book, The Empty Space, is the sort of text your theatre friends are likely to wax rhapsodic about. It has changed a lot people’s lives and inspired many a theatre maker to make more artful, high minded art. The Empty Space encourages us to both be simpler and more exacting in our work. He talked about how theatre is as simple as an empty space in which something happens and also, you better really think about what happens in there, especially for your audience. If you'd like to read more of That Thing Playbill Said About Peter Brook, visit the Songs for the Struggling Artist blog. This is Episode 318 Song: Farolito Image of the Tweet from Playbill This is the article about Brook by Helen Shaw I mention: https://www.vulture.com/2022/07/remembrance-of-peter-brook-theater-director-19252022.html To support this podcast: Give it 5 stars in Apple