Andreea Tudose is an actor, theatre and filmmaker working across socially engaged practice.
Her work spans performance, cabaret/drag and film, exploring themes of migration, identity and the subtle ways political and social systems shape our inner and outer lives.
This spring, Andreea is leading Flourish workshops at Barham Park Studios, bringing families together through playful, performance-based activities that explore imagination, storytelling and everyday gestures.
In this Q&A, Andreea shares more about her practice, what excites her about facilitating Flourish sessions, and her current community-focused projects. This interview is part of a series featuring artists from ACAVA’s studio and community network. Visit this page to read our other Q&As.
Your name
Andreea Tudose
Your art practice in a few words
Actor, theatre and filmmaker with a socially engaged artistic practice
Where can we find your work?
Online:
andreeatudose.com
@tudosemidose
Tell us a bit about yourself
Originally from Romania, I moved to the UK as a child, and this shaped my lifelong interest in migration, in switching languages and social codes, and in how the political and economic systems we live in outline both our external and inner lives.
I love absurdist humour, clown and surrealism. I work across theatre, cabaret/drag and film.
What Flourish programmes have you worked on recently and what did you do?
I’m working on the Easter Flourish as part of a three-day programme focused on performance. I would summarise it as using the familiar as a starting point for thinking about performance, and finding the performative in the familiar.
What interests you about being a Flourish facilitator, and/or has it influenced your practice, or your way of thinking about art?
I love the idea of family facilitation. I’m really excited to work with adults and children together and to see them create something collaboratively in the space.
I would have loved to do something like this with my parents when I was a child. For so many adults, it’s hard to find time for play and imagination, and I think it’s wonderful that ACAVA creates spaces where they can enjoy that with their children during the holidays.
Do you have any upcoming projects or exhibitions you’d like us to platform?
Supported by POMOC, and together with my colleague Inna Cebotari, we’re creating a walking tour of Brent with Romanian and Moldovan communities living and working in the area.
We want to put Eastern European migrants’ stories on the map and celebrate their contributions to Brent. Championing stories of migration feels particularly necessary in this time of deep political division.
Keep an eye on our Facebook page for updates:
https://www.facebook.com/collectivefuturesbrent
And if you’re a migrant from Eastern Europe or anywhere else, get in touch with us!
Andreea’s workshops at Barham Park Studios reflect her interest in collaboration, performance and play. Through shared exploration, she invites families to discover creativity in the everyday and to experience making as a collective, imaginative act.
