Entitlement and trauma are sabotaging the planet. While we can't do a lot about entitlement we can certainly heal trauma. This talk looks at the importance of the body and the arts in healing trauma. Many of the new psycho-sensory trauma therapies have been developed through dance and the theatre arts. What is the role of creativity in healing? And what impact could this have on our future? Karen sings and performs excerpts from her plays to enhance our understanding of the role of embodiment and creativity in healing.
Karen Corbett is a highly awarded writer, performer and theatre director. She won the German Medal of Ulm for her one-woman show Orphanage of the Animals — in this image performing a dog, ‘World’s fucked, you’re an idiot if you reckon it’s not.’ She won the Murray Sutherland Prize for Outstanding Achievement and Contribution to Theatre for one-woman show To The Outside World. She co-authored the play on Sylvia Plath’s life, The Girl Who Wanted to Be God, which was nominated for two Premiere’s Awards and had seven productions. Her play on the life and creativity of artist Frida Kahlo toured nationally. On a brief break from her trauma therapy practice, she is performing in unHOWsed, a theatre project she co-devised on older women’s homelessness.
WHERE? Northern Arts Hotel, 359 Barker Street, Castlemaine, 3450
WHEN? — 7pm–9pm, Monday 6 December 2021
FREE — and purchase drinks at the bar