In this episode, Aladeen Tawfeek, actor, director, and stage director, reflects on his artistic journey across film and theatre, and the ways performance can both engage with and move beyond questions of cultural identity. He shares his approach to portraying a life shaped by hardship, while navigating a cultural context he is not personally rooted in. He speaks about the importance of working with care, listening closely to the text, and building an interpretation that is grounded in emotional truth rather than cultural assumptions.
Through his practice as an artist working across disciplines, he discusses the importance of intention in storytelling, the responsibility of avoiding cultural misrepresentation, and the value of theatre spaces that open up complexity rather than reduce it.

In this episode, Rahul Varma, founder and artistic director of Teesri Duniya Theatre, reflects on the power of theatre as a tool for social and cultural justice. He discusses representation on stage, the resistance intercultural storytelling once faced, and why creating space for marginalized voices remains essential today. This conversation also explores Teesri Duniya’s current theme, “The Season of the Migrant,” and the role of art in challenging exclusion, preserving dignity, and imagining more just futures.

Dans cet épisode, nous explorons les questions de culture et d’identité québécoise avec Eva Gracia-Turgeon, directrice des relations gouvernementales au Québec au Centre de réfugiés. Ensemble, nous discutons du paysage politique actuel dans la province, de la montée des discours anti-immigration et du rôle que peuvent jouer l’histoire, la mobilisation communautaire et l’action collective pour répondre à la désinformation et aux divisions.