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Conversations exploring creativity, reinvention and what happens when performers build lives beyond one straight path.
Performers Who Pivot is a growing archive of conversations, reflections and stories exploring what happens when creative lives don’t follow one straight path.
Hosted by Grace Viora — actor, writer, founder of DramEd and advocate for working class creatives — the series explores reinvention, identity, creativity, survival and the realities of building meaningful work beyond traditional industry routes.
Through honest conversations with performers, founders and creatives, Performers Who Pivot looks beneath polished success stories and into the real experiences of pivoting, rebuilding, adapting and creating sustainable lives without losing the heart of who you are.
From acting and entrepreneurship to motherhood, burnout, class, confidence and creative evolution, these conversations sit at the intersection of artistry and real life.
This space is both an archive and an ongoing exploration of what performers build when waiting to be chosen no longer feels like enough.
Performers Who Pivot is continuing to grow through honest conversations with performers, creatives and founders navigating reinvention, identity, ambition and creative survival. If you have a story, pivot or perspective you feel speaks to these themes, I’d love to hear from you.
Get in touch:
grace@dramed.com
Further Reading
Grace Viora is also the author of Performers Who Pivot — a practical guide for performers looking to start children’s activity businesses and create sustainable income using the skills they’ve developed through the arts.
Drawing from her own journey building DramEd alongside her acting career, the book explores how performers can transfer their creativity, storytelling and facilitation skills into meaningful educational work with children and families.