“Sangat and Community” w/ Gurkiran Kaur

Chai with Rai

The Final part with Gurkiran Kaur as we discuss Kundalini Yoga, South Asian work in UK theatre, voice and dialect coaching andddd of course GAMES!

Topics Breakdown:

• Approach and pathway into Gurkiran's Voice/ Dialect Coaching.
• How does your practice challenge or Better you work as an actor? And do you feel like you have a balance of it sometimes? Even from a sustainable perspective?
• Transparent conversations around programming, better script work or craft work from directors, writer to actors and do you voice that?

Rapid Response Questions:

• A tip on being financial savvy?
• Go back to any role or project what would it be and why? And if you were asked to do a part 2/ expansion of it- input
• A great thing about being an artist in today’s social, cultural and economical and a challenging thing about it?
• Getting into the role- auditioning or when you have booked the job? And how to let go or sepearate yourself from it?
• A thing you would like someone to take away with them having met you for a brief second or known you for a long time?
• Your Favourite thing about yourself either as a creative or person and something you feel is a challenge and are working on?
• A thing you would like to impart somebody but you never got told ?
• Words to your mirror self today?
• 3 things the creative culture could do with and or without?
• 3 artists really admire their journey or would suggest in checking out their work ?
• Your thoughts on the entertainment culture or theatre culture in general and a thing you would challenge the industry on?
• Sippa Chai or Play with Rai- Segmented Games Round.
• What the Chai- 30 second rant about anything and everything however you must start or end your rant with the phrase "What the Chai?"
• Joyfulness- What's one thing that makes Gurkiran joyful and whats one thing he does for others that makes them feel joyful.

Notes:

Artists/Organisations mentioned: Bush Theatre, Milli Bhatia and Lung Theatre.

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