'The heat is on': top theatres act to root out 'system failure' of racism | Theatre
Tue 13 Apr 2021 19.01 EDT The Young Vic and Royal Court theatres have entered into a pioneering consultation process that aims to identify and root out systemic racism from their venues. The artistic directors of both London institutions have signed up to a two-year partnership with the social enterprise Sour Lemons that will interrogate the internal structures that uphold institutional racism, raise awareness and accountability, and listen to staffâs experiences of racism inside the buildings. It's going to be painful and slow Kwame Kwei-Armah Kwame Kwei-Armah, artistic director of the ...