The philosophy of performance Michelle Terry

How can taking on the role of someone else help us to understand ourselves? Does the hermit know himself better than the socialite? And where is the line between our true, authentic selves and the multitude of characters we all play each and every day? Join actress and Creative Director of Shakespeare's Globe, Michelle Terry, as she draws on her experience as a performer to explore how acting can help us to understand the self. Please feel free to email us at podcast@iai.tv with any of your thoughts or questions on the episode! To witness such debates live buy tickets for our upcoming festival: And visit our website for many more articles, videos, and podcasts like this one: You can find everything we referenced here: See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .

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The philosophy of performance Michelle Terry is an episode from Philosophy for our times by The Institute of Art and Ideas.

This episode is 00:29:21 long.

This episode was published on Feb 24, 2026.

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