{"id":31369,"date":"2021-04-12T13:00:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T05:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/?p=31369"},"modified":"2021-04-12T13:02:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T05:02:47","slug":"home-is-where-the-heart-is-for-edith-podesta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/home-is-where-the-heart-is-for-edith-podesta\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Is Where The Heart Is for Edith Podesta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ff0000\"><strong>How does Pooja Nansi&#8217;s <em>You Are Here <\/em>excite and inspire you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reason why I love <em>You Are Here<\/em> is because it\u2019s so deeply personal and deeply specific that it forces me to reflect on my own experiences. I\u2019m always constantly reminded of my own parents. My own grandparents. My own origin stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s also a deep undercurrent of love for Singapore and a deep undercurrent of concern for the future. You know \u2013 how do we tell who we are and who our families are to our children and our children\u2019s children? And who are we within that family tree? What makes a family? What makes a home?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m always forced in a really beautiful way to question what makes Singapore home \u2013 what makes Singapore special? I\u2019ve been working on this show for more than a month, and I\u2019m still thinking about the answers to these questions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ff0000\"><strong>Can you share your own story of how you came to live and work in Singapore?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I came to Singapore in 2006 because I was extremely interested in Asian traditional theatrical art forms. At the time, I came here to work with what is now known as ITI (Intercultural Theatre Institute) as their movement lecturer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I stayed because I absolutely adored the theatre industry here. I could see so many different shows, so many different genres, different aspects, different viewpoints of the world, and in so many different languages as well, every single weekend. I really did a deep dive and, after six months here, I fell in love. It\u2019s like Singapore became my boyfriend and I didn\u2019t want to leave!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ff0000\"><strong>Would you call Singapore home?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Home is where the heart is. I stay here because my friends are here. I stay here because I\u2019m still so very passionate about the work that Singaporean artists do. So there\u2019s a lot of heart here. I do miss my parents, who come over to Singapore quite often \u2013 it\u2019s like Singapore is their second home as well. But yeah, I feel very much at home here and I do love it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Get To Know You Are Here&#039;s Director, Edith Podesta!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QFv_dw_Cb_k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ff0000\"><strong>Which aspect of the show particularly resonates with you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The women are very strong in this piece \u2013 Pooja&#8217;s mother, her grandmothers and Pooja herself. And I really adore certain sections because they talk openly about what it is to be a woman in Singapore. So we find out where Pooja gets her strength from and that it runs in the family, which excites me a lot. I really do adore listening to her stories because it reminds me about how strong the women in <em>my<\/em> family are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ff0000\"><strong>What\u2019s it been like working with Pooja on this show?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I love Pooja and it\u2019s so much fun to work with her! She\u2019s a poet, so you feel like you&#8217;re sitting with greatness, I suppose, when you\u2019re rehearsing. We have a lot of laughs during rehearsal, so it\u2019s been really great!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ff0000\"><strong>What do you hope audiences will take away from <em>You Are Here<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a real gift to the audience, I think, to spend an hour with this deeply personal story and reflect on your own experience. There are openings for that all the way through the show. It\u2019s funny, but it\u2019s very deeply resonant. Yes, I laugh, but there are times when I remember my own family, when I remember my own home. And there are also really sparks of joy in it as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, yeah, come along. It\u2019s going to be great!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.wildrice.com.sg\/event\/28710-you-are-here\/\" data-type=\"event\" data-id=\"28710\">Click to find out more about <em><strong>You Are Here<\/strong><\/em>!<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You Are Here resonates with director Edith Podesta in more ways than one \u2013 she\u2019s been in Singapore since 2006, and has called it home ever since. 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