Artist Portrait No. 8: Olivia Fuchs (theater director, environmental activist)

Olivia Fuchs is an opera director with roots in indie theater. Her story involves founding her own experimental theater company in London, a burned down performance space, and the UK tradition of performing above pubs. Recently, Olivia has been working on environmental activism, which she hopes to incorporate into her work in theater. Olivia and I spoke about techniques to approaching theater directing, how almost any story can be feminist,  the advantages of growing up bicultural, Margaret Thatcher’s unexpected help in starting a small theater company, and, of course, finding ways to make ecologically-conscious, sustainable theater. Olivia’s website: https://www.olivia-fuchs.com/ Music: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson sings Dido’s lament Excerpts from Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen More about this podcast: onthevergetrilogy.com