Kema Sikazwe, actor, writer, singer and self-proclaimed ‘rising star’, tells us his difficult coming-of-age story. It’s an interesting one, full of misfortune and pain.
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Author: Rhona Mackay
A 23 year old, working as an actor, writer and director. Born in Glasgow and moved to Edinburgh five years ago to study Acting and English at Edinburgh Napier.
The Origins of Ivor Punch – Traverse Theatre
A Play, a Pie and a Pint is well-established lunchtime theatre, spanning fifteen years. As a Glaswegian myself, I have been to many a show and am very happy to see it toured to our nation’s capital.
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Abigail’s Party – King’s Theatre
The ‘State-of-the-Nation’ classic comedy, Abigail’s Party has been shown countless times over the past few decades. The play was originally written in 1977 by Mike Leigh for stage and television.
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dressed. – Traverse
As we entered the space, the performers were already onstage, greeting us with big smiles and small, repetitive movement sequences. A bare floor, static lights, microphone stands and clothes were scattered around. I was hesitant. It was starting to look like a girly sleepover instead of the dark, ‘distressing’ themes promised.
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Get a Life! – The Studio
Splinters Productions, inspired by Chekhov’s lesser known comic journal ‘Oskolki’, attempts a ‘wacky and off-the-wall’ series of comedic sketches. Having no previous experience with the company I was excited to see what they had to offer.
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EUSC’s The Taming of the Shrew: The Pleasance Theatre
The Taming of the Shrew is a controversial Shakespeare classic. With central themes of power and gender, it is a hard text to tackle. Is it a complicated love story? Or the breaking of a woman within patriarchal society?
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