ayoungishperspective1

ayoungishperspective1

In Conversation with: Theiyā Arts

Reading Time: 5 minutesTheiyā Arts Dance Collective in collaboration with The Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society at The University of Edinburgh present a new interdisciplinary mixed media performance - Maiden | Mother | Whore - exploring the complex relationships between women, social structures, health and social policies, and institutions. We sit down with them to hear more.

In Conversation with: Josh Azouz 

Reading Time: 3 minutesGigi & Dar are two young soldiers (aged 19 & 20) covering a roadblock and dreaming of their time in the army to finish so they can go travelling. The combination of a personal secret intersecting with the arrival of two civilians sets in motion a chain of tragic events.  All the characters speak to the audience, and the play at times veers between a clown show and a Greek Tragedy. At its core, the play is about funny, humane characters, participating in a crisis. 

In Conversation with: Mina Orak

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Little Death follows me, a spirited young Turkish woman on an epic quest to  find something profoundly missing in my life—an orgasm. Complicating matters, I  have a fictional disease called Cantcumalitis, which gives me just six months to  live. Through a series of hilarious and often chaotic misadventures, the show  explores my internal struggles with intimacy and self-acceptance. The narrative  intertwines personal revelations with absurd, theatrical elements, creating a  poignant yet twisted exploration love and the urgency of living fully. 

In Conversation with: Dave Kirby

Reading Time: 3 minutesI’d had the original idea many years ago and thought, how do you top that? Then in around 2018 I started to bump into a lot of people I hadn’t seen since the 70s. A few lads and a woman I’d met. And I was thinking about them and the people I’d met and started thinking about doing something about the 70s again. I started to write a few ideas down and then thought why not revisit those characters from Lost Soul. Last time it was Terry who had hit this middle aged wall. This time it’s Smigger. He can’t get his head out of the 70s. 

In Conversation with Jialun Qi

Reading Time: 4 minutesRed Hare’s Wish is an original stage musical by Um Actualee Theatre, a newly founded East Asian theatre company based in London. The piece is based on the Chinese Classic “Romance of The Three Kingdoms''. It boasts new compositions that blend traditional East Asian motifs with a retro-modern twist. Jialun Qi is the composer/writer of Red Hare's Wish.