Micha Wertheim Festival: Triage - een gesprek over activisme en theater

Micha about this conversation: 'When can an artist no longer stand on the sidelines? More than once I have argued that it is the task of theatre makers to be amoral. Especially in a world where everything is political, a place must be fought for where you can develop dangerous thoughts, where you can follow your fantasy and where you as an audience are free to explore uncomfortable ideas without it having moral consequences. Abusing that place for activism did not seem like a good idea to me. Theatre makers have a duty not to be driven crazy by the desire to say something activist. A bit like a doctor who takes a vow to help every patient without first asking who it is and what that person stands for. Doctors should be amoral and just heal. But what if all hell breaks loose and not every patient can be helped? Then uncomfortable choices have to be made. That process of choosing and making compromises is called triage.'