Arts Activist Sonya Suares

Episode 6 of the Said & Undone podcast, hosted by Said & Done Media, titled "Arts Activist Sonya Suares" was published on April 16, 2024 and runs 44 minutes.

April 16, 2024 ·44m · Said & Undone

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Summary

Sonya Suares is an acclaimed actor, director, producer, and arts activist, working across theatre, film and TV. Sonya has led companies, campaigns, and festivals for more than two decades, delivering work that has accrued over 27 Green Room nominations, including personal acknowledgments for Best Direction of a Musical, Production of the Year, and for the digital documentary series, The Art of Making Art. Alongside her creative practice, Sonya is a passionate DEI advocate, c...

Episode Description

Sonya Suares is an acclaimed actor, director, producer, and arts activist, working across theatre, film and TV.

Sonya has led companies, campaigns, and festivals for more than two decades, delivering work that has accrued over 27 Green Room nominations, including personal acknowledgments for Best Direction of a Musical, Production of the Year, and for the digital documentary series, The Art of Making Art.

Alongside her creative practice, Sonya is a passionate DEI advocate, championing artists of colour and marginalised communities in large and small ways.

In this episode, we speak about:
>The setbacks to on-screen diversity since the 1990s
>What it’s like to go to castings as a person of colour in Australia
>Sonya’s biggest challenges and triumphs in promoting diversity in the arts
>The #justnotthatmany campaign
>Nostalgia for a white Australia that never existed
>Advice for aspiring artists, especially those from underrepresented backgrounds
>Sonya’s upcoming theatre project ‘Peacemongers by The People’

Tickets Link: Peacemongers by The People
24 Apr 24 - 05 May 24
Darebin Arts Centre: 401 Bell St, Preston VIC 3072

https://www.sonyasuares.com/

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