From the Magic Pencil: Voices of Writing Through

S2 Ep2: The Creative Life (w/ Dara Hout)

Writing Through Season 2 Episode 2

In this episode, Sue interviews the incredible Dara Hout, the Chief Executive of Phare Circus, a live show of drama, dance and impressive acrobatics, known as the ‘Pride of Cambodia’. Listen to how he  defines creativity, why we should all embrace the feeling of fear and perseverance in the arts and how every decision we make is creative. You’ll also learn more about the history of the arts and circus school supported by this important social enterprise, the remarkable Khmer artists that now perform all over the world and how he personally became involved in the project.  

Phare, The Cambodian Circus - https://pharecircus.org/

Phare Ponleu Selpak (The NGO)- https://phareps.org/

(We apologize for the poor sound quality at times in this episode; we have done our very best to minimize it and hope it won’t impact your enjoyment of the episode.)