A Provocation

Because we are too indifferent towards the art we make

Because we are not angry enough

Because we are not joyous enough

Because we have lost the sacred

Because we have no more mystery

Because so much theatre is clean and sterile

Because we are not burning when we are creating

Because many of us are not creating

Because too many of us have forgotten how to create or that an artist should create

Because ‘the industry’ is suffocating creativity

Because the resources are in the hands of a few

Because too many of us ultimately accept the rules

Because we are afraid of tearing them down

Because we think the arts need the industry to survive

Because if all the theatres and opera houses and galleries were to burn down tomorrow, what would you do?