The Diversity School Initiative

Training:

I personally would recommend going to a drama school if you have the finance and 3 years to spare. Both of which I currently do not. If I knew I wanted to be an actor before I was 18 I would have definitely tried to get into a drama school. I, however, was in my second year at university when I realized some...

(Jenny (centre) in rehearsal for The Madame Macadam Travelling Theatre. Photo by Craig Fuller) 

Love & Scandal – well, that got you reading.  Actually, it’s the name of the café where Steven Kavuma and I met to talk about The Diversity School Initiative and about the various developments at Bristol Old Vic Theatre...

About three years ago, I had a conversation with Zawe Ashton. It was our first proper conversation together. I had always admired Zawe, and weirdly, I had just watched her in season eight, episode two of Doctor Who. So, I couldn’t believe that we were having and engaging in an in-depth discussion about Uganda (home),...

BAME is a word that has recently been latched onto my identity, and frankly very unwillingly. When I introduce myself to people I do not say I am a BAME actor, I say I am simply an actor but when applying for jobs roughly 90% of work I apply for has this word, ‘BAME’ in the description. I have a love hate for the ‘new...

Why bother? – Why should we try and ‘make it big’ in an industry where white supremacy, class elitism, poor representations of queerness, and general misogyny (among many prejudices) control theatre and keep us in the margins?

Because we cannot make a difference on the periphery of an industry which controls representa...

At the moment I'm in a month-long run of a children's Christmas show in which I play a fairy and a sock. It's absolutely ridiculous and I love it. A few days ago two Chinese kids came in and as soon as they saw me onstage, their faces lit up with excitement and recognition. YES, I AM LIKE YOU! YES, I AM ONSTAGE! AND Y...