A
bit about me, a bit about Deliq.
I've
been writing about theatre and music for nearly 20 years now: that's
a long relationship to have with ephemeral things. This blog/website
is an attempt to make that work more tangible, to frame it and give
it a home. I took up music and then theatre as an escape and a drug;
I overdid it, took time off, then came back to theatre because it's
become necessary to me: as a mirror of who we are and how we live,
and as a dark window through to where we might be going. The writing
I do in relation to it might seem all monologue, but it comes from a
commitment to dialogue and collaboration. If you like what you read,
let's talk.
@maddydeliqette
maddytheatredialogue[at]gmail[dot]com
What
else? I'm excitable and easily bored. I want to do everything and
live in permanent frustration at how little gets done. I have two
kids who are hurtling towards adolescence with a speed I find
terrifying. I cry a lot and laugh a bit and listen as hard as I can.
I'm a feminist but the anti-capitalist kind, dedicated to lifelong
learning but outside of the academy, and often wish I were painting
instead. I was born working class to immigrant (Cypriot) parents and
live in a constant state of confusion that I'm now so very white and
middle-class. It takes a lot of effort to inhabit contradiction, but
I'm trying.
Oh,
and I know the blog name is daft. At least it's abbreviated from
where it began (explanation here). I've kept it because I'm stubborn,
and because deliquescence speaks so flamboyantly to the fluid thought
inspired by theatre.
