news | Tuesday October 28, 2025

CBC News Interview with Carmen Aguirre

Elena Massing conducted an interview with the award-winning playwright Carmen Aguirre for CBC News. They discuss Aguirre’s latest play Fire Never Dies: The Tina Modotti Project, which ran this October at The Cultch.

From their discussion: ‘“For me, her story was the perfect way to explore larger questions of What is the purpose of art in the face of fascism and … can it serve the poor? And if so, how?” she says.

Aguirre first read a book about Modotti 35 years ago. At the time, Aguirre was in theatre school and struggling with the fact that her courses were only focused on refining skills.

Born in Chile, where “art is married to politics,” as she says, it felt as if something was missing. And learning about Modotti, Aguirre felt less alone in how she approached her work.’

Read the complete article here.