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Woke and Cancel Culture
David Peimer
What is Woke and Cancel Culture? Where does it come from? How does it really work? The strange case of JK Rowling and Woke/Cancel Culture Where are we headed in the World of Woke?
David Peimer is a Professor of Literature and Theatre in the UK. He has taught at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, New York University (Global Division) and was a Fulbright Scholar at Columbia University. Born in South Africa, David has won numerous awards for playwriting and directing in New York, UK, Berlin, EU Parliament
(Brussels), Athens, Budapest and more. He has most recently directed Dame Janet Suzman in his own play, Joanna's Story, staged in London. His writing has been published widely and he is the editor of Armed Response: Plays from South Africa and the digital book, Theatre in the Camps. He is on the board of the Pinter Centre (London) and has been involved with the Mandela Foundation, London Jewish Book Week, Vaclav Havel's Foundation (and was the first English speaking director in Mr Havel's
theatre in Prague).
