IN CONVERSATION WITH: Tanaka Dunbar Ngwara
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down with Tanaka , who is performing in the Royal Academy Musical Theatre ’s upcoming production of NINE.
Ke Meng
Theatre. Education. Culture.
I work in the showbiz in London and am a passionate theatregoer and exhibition/museum goer. Loving to communicate and exchange views. Occasionally grumbling about life in London.
Reviewer for A Young(ish）Perspective. As a v. honest reviewer, I'm open to any invitation of reviewing.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Daljit Nagra and Liz Berry
Reading Time: 3 minutesPoetry By Heart, founded in 2012 by former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion and Dr Julie Blake, is a national poetry recitation competition open to all schools and colleges in England. This year, over 128,000 young people chose, memorised, and performed a poem they love.
Finalists compete at the Grand Finale at Shakespeare’s Globe on 7 July, with 40 finalists in the Classic category and 15 schools in Freestyle, celebrating creativity and inclusion. Three schools will receive special awards.
Judges include poets Daljit Nagra, Patience Agbabi, Liz Berry, Valerie Bloom, Glyn Maxwell, and Jean Sprackland. We sat down with judges Daljit Nagra and Liz Berry.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Joumana Mourad
Reading Time: 5 minutesIJAD Dance today announces the line-up for its Open Online Theatre Festival of live hybrid performing arts: OOTFest25 (UN)SEEN, taking place at Riverside Studios in London and online on Open Online Theatre from Thursday 5 – Sunday 8 June 2025. Interview with Artistic Director Joumana Mourad.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Kaveh Rahnama
Reading Time: 7 minutesWe sat down for an exclusive interview with Kaveh Rahnama who is not only a host but performing as part of The Flying Bazazi Brothers, at Jacksons Lane's 50th birthday celebration on Saturday 28th June.
IN CONVERSATION WITH:Toby Gordon
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe sat down with Toby who directs a new production of Taming of the Shrew at Shakespeare in the Squares, opening 4th June at Leinster Square.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Eleanor Fransch and Burhan Kathawala
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe sit down with Eleanor and Burhan to talk about the musical Scouts! a This heart- warming new musical.
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Hunia Chawla
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe sat down with Hunia to discuss her play Permission, A play about patriarchy, protest and the global political order at Tara Theatre. What was the inspiration for ‘Permission’? The inspiration for Permission comes from the oversimplified…
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Giulietta Tisminetzky
Reading Time: 4 minutesComing to the Brighton Fringe Saturday May 31st - Sunday June 1st is the Edinburgh Fringe sell-out show from Giulietta Tisminetzky, HOW TO KILL A CHICKEN. This moving coming-of-age tale follows a daring young woman embarking on her dream holiday across the Atlantic for a rollercoaster ride of love, passion, sex and self-discovery. We hold this exclusive dialogue with Giulietta.
REVIEW: Frontier and PASSING
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf Frontier is a meditation on the meaning and value of life’s existence, then PASSING is a sheer hymn to life and reproduction
IN CONVERSATION WITH: Mattia Sedda
Reading Time: 2 minutesCHOIN is inspired by the pig call farmers use in Sardinia—“CHOIN, CHOIN!”—direct, ridiculous, and honest. It follows a Sardinian guy who comes to London (with broken English, a suitcase full of dreams, and a very questionable sense of class) to become a professional actor. He ends up in restaurant jobs, awkward auditions, and slowly builds his ultimate showcase—full of Shakespeare, slapstick, theatrical chaos, and a few too many ideas. We sat down and had this conversation with its creator, Mattia.