Baha’i Delegate Wows CSD with Climate Change Performance

Having lived and travelled in numerous countries around the world, Kiara Worth now lives in Durban, South Africa, where she uses theater to share knowledge with and empower local communities to act on the social and environmental issues facing them. After performing her one-woman play, "Theatre of Survival," at a CSD side-event last week, Kiara was invited to deliver a second performance for NGOs. Kiara's compelling play demonstrates how the challenges of climate change can be communicated through theatre. She takes on the character of an older African woman, a mad scientist and a bohemian dramatist who each present different approaches and solutions to climate change in South Africa.

Kiara comments:

"The creative arts, and theatre in particular, have the most extraordinary way of bringing people together despite their differences and discussing things at a deeper level than development communication. We need to focus on issues of spirituality, issues of emotions, and belief systems. We need to look at the person as a complete and holistic individual–not just as a physical creature that is engaged in economics, if we truly want to transform the injustices of the world."

I sat down with Kiara for a short interview in order to gain more insight into her creative and transformative work. The interview and a video of the 12-minute play can be viewed at: [Interview / Performance].