A Mime Artist's Perspective on Chinese and Western Theatres｜Marko Stojanovic #Episode 34

Marko Stojanović is a theatre and television actor, comedian, mime artist, director, and co-founder and president of the World Mime Organization.Though trained under the legendary mime master Marcel Marceau, he went on to found the Serbian National Curling Federation. Though he taught university theatre for two decades, he continues to “torture himself” with doctoral studies. Having witnessed the vibrant energy of Shanghai’s comedy festival, he now asks: How can mime and physical theatre nurture a new generation of performers?Marko is a rare cross-disciplinary artist. In this episode, we reflect on why German plays need not be staged by German directors, and imagine what Waiting for Godot might look like if performed today.This is a conversation about the body, mime, theatre, and the crossing of borders.