acting as a performative medium for connection

Sophia Yin

Role-Play Theatre is a creative hub where users freely express themselves; they can be whichever ‘role’ they desire to ‘play’ – a customer at the café, a learner in the lounge, a writer or a director, a designer or a filmmaker, an audience or a performer; or unlock new ‘roles’ to ‘play’.

From observations gathered from the site, and by sketching human activities, I noticed Redfern Street is the setting for a kind of organised chaos. Everyone has a role at any one moment. We can be a passer-by, a parent, a kid, a judge, a contestant, etc. The role we choose to play fills the space and creates possibilities of human interaction.