Anyone Can Whistle | Southwark Playhouse
© Danny With a Camera Some weeks ago, a very important person in my life reached out to me and proposed to go together to see Anyone Can Whistle at Southwark Playhouse. I had met P.A. at university, taking her modules on theatre directing and racial representation (or misrepresentation) in the performing arts; even then, her reputation preceded her, and she seemed to me as this larger-than-life figure, someone who couldn't possibly live up to the surprising tales circulating between the students. My relationship with her, inside and outside the classroom, turned out to be an incredibly inspiring one; to this day, I think of her as someone whose impact on my life cannot be measured. She was EVERYTHING the stories promised: a wondrously free spirit, an agitator, with an honesty to her that toed the line between refreshing and outraging. At the same time, I found P.A. to have a unique predisposition to listening and to sharing generously - her teaching never stopped when her lesson