The fourth and final episode of our podcast mini-series, Breaking Silence, explores issues of censorship, self-censorship and cancel culture in the creation of art.

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Artistic Director Josephine Burton speaks to arts consultant Manick Govinda, who co-founded Brexit Creatives, about what he sees as the art world's censorship or 'cancelling' of pro-Brexit views; Samuel Beckett scholar Dr Jackie Blackman on Beckett's use of silence in his plays as a form of self-censorship; journalist Mayssa Issa, about the silencing of artists during the coronavirus pandemic with arts being considered 'non-essential'; and Turkey's 'standing man' Erdem Gündüz, whose 2013 silent protest against the Turkish government went viral.

Through conversations with a range of acclaimed speakers across a range of disciplines, Breaking Silence explores ways in which voices, stories and cultures have been silenced both in current times and recent history, when silence can be a positive force for change, and what role the arts can play in breaking silences.

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Watch the music video for Danser Encore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyBEMRyt6Qg

Read Jackie Blackman’s article “Post-war Beckett: Resistance, Commitment or Communist Krap?” in Beckett and Ethics: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/1605839840_beckett-and-ethics/9781441151179
Find out more about Brexit Creatives on their Twitter @brexitcreatives