At the Threshold: Invisible Work & Becoming in Theatre

There’s a brief window in every creative life, after training ends, before certainty arrives, where decisions matter quietly, and identities are still forming.

This episode of Rebel Artists Through Time captures that moment.

Our guest, Erynn Troup, is a Cape Town–based theatre practitioner working across performance and stage management. Fresh out of formal training and already immersed in major productions, she speaks candidly about what it means to step into responsibility early, choosing roles that prioritize structure, care, and continuity over visibility.

We explore the realities of stage management as a form of creative authority, the unseen labour that makes live performance possible, and the tension between passion and sustainability. Erynn also reflects on building a career outside the world’s major theatre centres, navigating guarded industries, and holding uncertainty without rushing to resolve it.

This is a conversation about invisible work, early conviction, and the generosity required to keep creative ecosystems alive.  Told from inside the journey, not after the fact.