”The arts scene is tough because you often don’t see yourself represented,’ says dancer, stylist and visual artist Andrea Williams who is performing in Dublin Fringe Festival with Hive City Legacy: Dublin Chapter.
“When you don’t see yourself you have two choices. Either you give up on the idea or you actually create the opportunity for yourself and for other people.”
Williams was on The Women’s Podcast to talk about the show which was created by the team behind Hot Brown Honey, an award-winning collective of women of colour aiming to disrupt the arts industry with a potent mix of theatrics and social activism.
Lisa Fa’alafi and Busty (Kim Bowers) Beatz spoke to podcast presenter Roisin Ingle about smashing stereotypes and celebrating “similarities and differences.”
Hive City Legacy was created after a call out to women of colour in Ireland. The talented Irish cast also includes singer, songwriter and poet Jess Kav and Irish-Nigerian artist and activist Osaro Azams. The women will share their lived experience as Ireland-based women of colour, celebrating their own stories in a display of “joyous rage”.
Fa’alafi tells Ingle that she is excited to work with “all the different and beautiful black and brown femmes of colour that we’ve been able to share stories with, and space and time and energy”.
“The talent is there, it’s just about making space for people to shine,” says Bowers.The Dublin Fringe Festival runs from 10th to the 25th of September. For more see fringefest.com
