Daphne Kapsali took a big risk. She left her job, gave up her flat, escaped London and flew to the remote Greek island of Sifnos. Kapsali had it in her head to write a novel in 100 days. When that failed to materialise she started writing a blog to help her get started. That blog… Continue reading Interview with Daphne Kapsali

Trouble on the horizon: Jennifer Saayeng (Ree) and Allyson Ava-Brown (Bo). Photo Credit Robert Day. Theatre: Theatre Royal Stratford East Play: The Etienne Sisters Playwright: Che Walker Director: Che Walker Review by Joy Francis Female sibling rivalry, festering resentments and grief are all on bold display in Che Walker’s latest musical endeavour The Etienne Sisters.

No longer forgotten: Paterson Joseph as Charles Ignatius Sancho. Photo credit: Robert Day Paterson Joseph is one of the most familiar faces on TV, yet you would be hard pressed to see him on a chat show – out of choice. His penchant for choosing unusual roles has seen him star alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and… Continue reading Interview with Paterson Joseph

Dona Croll is an acting stalwart. With appearances on TV, stage and screen, she has sustained a successful career and doesn’t shy away from politics. Born in Jamaica to a lay preacher father and reverend mother, Croll came to England at five years old. Her love of acting was encouraged at grammar school and she… Continue reading Interview with Dona Croll

Put your career on the map: Nick Makoha, Hannah Lowe and Gemma Seltzer. Arts Council England and Words of Colour Productions would like to invite you to: Sustaining your career as a black and minority ethnic writer Wednesday 7 October 2015 (6.30pm-8.30pm) @Arts Council England Places are free but limited to 30    Words of… Continue reading Sustain your career as a black and minority ethnic writer

A desolate life: Jodie McNee (Liz Morden) and Cyril Nri (Captain Arthur Phillip). Photo credit: Simon Annand Play: Our Country’s Good Theatre: National Theatre Playwright: Timberlake Wertenbaker Director: Nadia Fall Review by Natalie Gormally Nadia Fall brings Timberlake Wertenbaker’s iconic play to the National Theatre in an epic production of first class acting, terrific staging… Continue reading Our Country’s Good

Amit Sharma has been Graeae’s associate director since 2011, but he first made contact with the 35 year old theatre company when he was 19 years old and attended its Missing Piece training programme for actors back in 2000.

Stefan Adegbola as Associate Pastor in the Christians (left). Photo credit for image (right): Heloise Faure Stefan Adegbola’s first acting break has all the hallmarks of the fantasy start, which happens to so few actors. In 2013 he landed his first role in Michael Grandage’s Midsummer Night’s Dream when he hadn’t yet graduated from the… Continue reading Interview with Stefan Adegbola

Mabel Aghadiuno has loved writing since primary school. Born in Scotland of Nigerian parents, she ended up being a GP. Her passion for writing was revitalised four years ago when she tried her hand at fiction after producing a published work of non-fiction.

Playwright and former Londonist editor Hazel Tsoi-Wiles has always wanted to write. So much so that at 16 years old, she secured a place on the Royal Court Young Writers programme and participated in many of its theatre writing initiatives, ending with the Unheard Voices programme for East Asian writers in 2011.