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Deborah Pearson: 'It's about using my privilege to amplify other voices' by Catherine Love

In her new show, Made Visible, Deborah Pearson questions racial and cultural stereotypes. Theatre's lack of diversity, she says, is an issue for everyone to tackle. Staying silent is not an optionDeborah Pearson wants to talk about white privilege " a desire the writer and performer recognises is a huge privilege in itself. For people of colour, she suggests, there is an expectation to be conscious of race relations,…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:22PM on March 13, 2016

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