Tassos Stevens is artistic director of Coney. The transcript of the podcast here. Prior to Coney, he did a doctorate in Psychology, won the inaugural James Menzies-Kitchin Award for theatre directors, did the NT Studio Directors Course, ran the ROAR platform to support new work and new artists on the London fringe, and also worked as critic, teacher, many flavours of researcher, salesman, and chef.
We chat about pivotal moments of theatre and explore what interactive and immersive mean for theatre.
The importance of play and “making belief’ as opposed to “suspending disbelief”
How to involved audiences in agency and what Tassos advises for young people interested in theatre.
