72 (English): Merendiando with Suvendrini Lena

I personally think that cross-cultural solidarity between communities of colour is absolutely essential to build the kinds of worlds that we want, in any of the areas that we're struggling at the moment. 

- Suvendrini Lena

In this episode we chat with our dear friend, mother, human, playwright, and neurologist Suvendrini Lena! 

Suvendrini works as a neurologist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and the Women’s College Hospital. She has been an artist-in-residence at several artistic and medical organizations, including the Theatre Centre and the University of Toronto. She is also the writer of Rubble, a theatre project inspired by the poetry of Palestinian writers Lena Khalaf Tuffaha and Mahmoud Darwish and currently in development at Aluna Theatre and Theatre Passe Muraille. 

We chat with Suvendrini about how her role as doctor influences her as a playwright and vice versa, and about what solidarity looks like in her work.   

Show Notes: 

• Poems that inspired Rubble: Running Orders by Lena Khalaf Tuffaha and A State of Siege by Mahmoud Darwish 

 

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“Personalmente, creo que la solidaridad intercultural entre comunidades de color es absolutamente esencial para construir el tipo de mundos que queremos, en cualquiera de las áreas en las que estamos luchando en este momento”. - Suvendrini Lena

¡En este episodio conversamos con madre, humana, dramaturga y neuróloga Suvendrini Lena!

Suvendrini trabaja como neuróloga en el Centro de Adicciones y Salud Mental y en el Hospital Universitario de la Mujer. Ha sido artista residente en varias organizaciones artísticas y médicas, incluido el Theatre Centre y la Universidad de Toronto. Suvendrini es la escritora de Rubble, un proyecto de teatro inspirado en la poesía de los escritores palestinos Lena Khalaf Tuffaha y Mahmoud Darwish y actualmente este pieza esta siendo desarrollada con la compañía Aluna Teatro!

Bibliografía:

Poemas que inspiraron Rubble: Running Orders de Lena Khalaf Tuffaha y A State of Siege de Mahmoud Darwish