A road to writing about nuclear weapons with Chris Thorpe, writer and performer

The power of defining yourself, inspirations from classical music and heavy metal, running a creative business in Manchester and normalising talking about difficult topics.In this episode I speak to Chris Thorpe. Chris is a writer and performer from Manchester, UK. His work has touched on nationality and borders, political and social systems and their relationship to confirmation bias, our collective psychology around the climate crisis – and most recently the construction of cultural hierarchies and Iranian pop music (in Things Hidden Since The Foundation of the World with Javaad Alipoor), and nuclear disarmament and global diplomacy (in Talking About The Fire with Staatstheater Mainz and China Plate). Chris's performance work tours internationally, and is also regularly produced for stage and radio throughout Europe and in the US.We talk about…How Chris defines himself as a creativeChris’s journey to studying theatre at universityHow Chris’ father’s musical background influenced him creativelyForming a theatre company with his friends in ManchesterBuilding momentum and making empowered choices as a creativeTackling global topics like nuclear disarmament in theatreChris’ creative process in the early stages of new workThe responsibility artists have to keep audiences safeHow nobody really knows what they’re doing, they may just have been in that position for longerMwenya’s socials:https://www.mwenyakawesha.com/https://www.instagram.com/mwenyakawesha/https://www.instagram.com/theroadofstars/?igsh=c3g2YXhrdzU5am4y&utm_source=qr#Disclaimer: All views are my own and all my guests' views are their own. There is no product placement in this episode.