In Conversation with Luca Silvestrini
Reading Time: 3 minutesEn Route Together is an immersive walking experience through Woolwich.
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In Conversation with: Sam Ipema
Reading Time: 3 minutesBased on writer-performer Sam Ipema’s lived-experience of finding she had a brain aneurysm at the ageof 20, and ditching her scheduled life-saving surgery until after her All-American Spring Break, Dear Annie, I Hate You is a duologue between Sam and her aneurysm. Visualising her rare brain aneurysm as an unexpected ‘other’ from the subconscious voice inside her head, Sam Ipema’s dark comedy explores the struggles of processing such a diagnosis at an early age, when most people are still figuring out who they are and what they want to do with their lives. She meditates on the events that brought her to the present after deciding that the best thing to do before getting the surgery was to go out with a bang at Spring Break, but intrusive ‘Annie’ had other plans. This is a true story, not necessarily a smart one.
In Conversation with: Adam Karim
Reading Time: 3 minutesArtist Adam Karim discusses MANTELPEACE, a brand-new exhibition providing a fresh perspective on traditional masculinity at the Young Vic, created by Taking Part.
Adam Karim is a freelance theatre director and facilitator. His is the recipient of the JMK Award '24, and was Resident Assistant Director '22-'23 at the Donmar Warehouse. He will direct 'Guards At The Taj' at the Orange Tree Theatre this Autunm.
In Conversation with: Peter McCormick
Reading Time: 3 minutesExploring existentialism, ego and unrequited love, Beyond Krapp is a dark comedy that follows Cormac, a dead man, as he overhears his own funeral from the void of purgatory. The writer and performer, Peter McCormick, was also recently named on the longlist for the David McLennan Award with A Play, A Pie, and A Pint, for which he is writing a new play about love and manipulation.
In Conversation with: Yolanda Mercy
Reading Time: 4 minutesWritten and performed by BAFTA nominee Yolanda Mercy, Failure Project is a “Comedy drama... Or “dramedy” about Ade. Ade is a successful writer, or so it seems. She has everything she has ever wanted; her career is flying, she’s (kinda) moved out of her mums house, her situationship isn’t as complicated as she expected. Life is perfect?! But things don’t always go how you plan, and Ade is about to find that out?
In Conversation With Alexzandra Sarmiento
Reading Time: 3 minutesWe sat down with Alexzandra Sarmiento, Choreographer of The Children’s Inquiry.
A revolutionary true story crafted from the voices of the children themselves by multi-award-winning LUNG.
In Conversation with DARKFIELD
Reading Time: 3 minutesDARKFIELD create innovative immersive 360 degree audio experiences at the forefront of technology and theatre.
In Conversation with: Louise Orwin
Reading Time: 4 minutesFAMEHUNGRY is a helter-skelter nosedive into the TikTok universe and a grudge match with the attention economy.
Flipping the script on the mentor/mentee relationship, acclaimed UK performance artist Louise Orwin has enlisted Gen Z TikToker Jax Valentine (20yo, queer, 80k followers) to guide her (37yo, queer, 4k followers) through a brave new world of dance trends, 24 hour live-streaming, enforced face filters and endless monetizable content.
FAMEHUNGRY will be showing at Edinburgh Fringe from 1 - 26 August. Check it out here.
In Conversation with Amalia Kontesi
Reading Time: 4 minutesWe sat down with Amalia Kontesi who with Special Someone Productions is bringing the world premiere of Home, Sweet Home to Riverside Studio’s Bitesize Festival in London this July (8-14th).
In Conversation with: Kimberly Prentice
Reading Time: 3 minutesUnseen is an inside look at the politics of Broadway’s backstage and takes inspiration from the experiences of writer and performer, Kimberly Prentice’s, 25 years as a dresser on Broadway. This show is a celebration of all those who work behind the scenes in the theatre industry, and a call out to give voice to their experiences.