Lemon Lounge is a new six-part series of curated talks presented by Lemon House Theatre’s Co-Artistic Directors Jennifer Cerys and Samia Djilli.<br /><br />Whilst doors are closed, Jennifer and Samia are taking a more indepth look at the UK theatre industry, on stage and off. In these conversations, they’ll be chatting to Queer artists and artists from the MENA diaspora about their experiences, and the ways in which the theatre industry needs to change so that, when doors re-open, there’s still a space for our stories.<br /><br />The first part of the series will cover topics such as the future of queer theatre and why queer characters are often experiencing trauma. <br /><br />The second part of the series will explore areas including the visibility of MENA artists on stages in the UK. <br /><br />These talks are taking place as part of St. Margaret’s House’s REACH Online project to support the development of Lemon House Theatre’s plays Willow and an upcoming Untitled project. Alongside these talks, you’ll hear extracts from these works-in-progress, which are responding to the kind of questions raised by the artists in each episode.<br /><br />Get in touch with us at <a href="mailto:lemonhousetheatre@gmail.com">lemonhousetheatre@gmail.com</a> or @lemonhousetc on Twitter.
Lemon Lounge
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Lemon Lounge is a new six-part series of curated talks presented by Lemon House Theatre’s Co-Artistic Directors Jennifer Cerys and Samia Djilli.<br /><br />Whilst doors are closed, Jennifer and Samia are taking a more indepth look at the UK theatre industry, on stage and off. In these conversations, they’ll be chatting to Queer artists and artists from the MENA diaspora about their experiences, and the ways in which the theatre industry needs to change so that, when doors re-open, there’s still a space for our stories.<br /><br />The first part of the series will cover topics such as the future of queer theatre and why queer characters are often experiencing trauma. <br /><br />The second part of the series will explore areas including the visibility of MENA artists on stages in the UK. <br /><br />These talks are taking place as part of St. Margaret’s House’s REACH Online project to support the development of Lemon House Theatre’s plays Willow and an upcoming Untitled project. Alongside these talks, you’ll hear extracts from these works-in-progress, which are responding to the kind of questions raised by the artists in each episode.<br /><br />Get in touch with us at <a href="mailto:lemonhousetheatre@gmail.com">lemonhousetheatre@gmail.com</a> or @lemonhousetc on Twitter.
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Recent Episodes
August 27, 2020
Building a career as a MENA artist with Hannah Khalil
"I'm Palestinian-Irish and I'm not quiet about that and that reflects in the things I write."<br /><br />In this week’s episode, Samia Djilli, one of the Artistic Directors of Lemon House Theatre, chats to writer Hannah Khalil about her experiences of working in the industry as an MENA artist. Hannah shares advice to aspiring creatives, and speaks on the value of building a community in the theatre industry. <br /><br />--<br /><br />The extracts from Different Sand in this episode were directed by Janisè Sadik, with Iman Boujel playing Linda. The episode was edited by Brigitte Adela.<br /><br />The music was composed by HALI.<br /><br />Find out more about Lemon Lounge here: lemonhousetheatre.com/lemon-lounge
August 20, 2020
Taking up space as a MENA artist with Layla Madanat and Janisè Sadik
"I've had this sense that if you make it in as a brown woman, you have to defend your spot – there's only space for one of us... That's just how deeply we've been conditioned."<br /><br />In this week’s episode, Samia Djilli, one of the Artistic Directors of Lemon House Theatre, chats to directors Layla Madanat and Janisè Sadik about MENA artists being able to ‘take up space’ in the UK theatre industry. They discuss how far the industry has come and what more it could do to support MENA stories being told on stage, as well as MENA artists being supported off stage. They also chat about the complexities of Arab heritage and how that plays a part in how they as Arab artists tell our stories.<br /><br />--<br /><br />The extracts from Different Sand in this episode were directed by Janisè Sadik, with Iman Boujel playing Linda. The episode was edited by Brigitte Adela.<br /><br />The music was composed by HALI.<br /><br />Find out more about Lemon Lounge here: lemonhousetheatre.com/lemon-lounge
August 13, 2020
Visibility of North African artists on stage with Iman Boujel and Roann McCloskey
"Make space for young, emerging MENA artists. I don't think it's hard. I think they just need to want to help.”<br /><br />In this week’s episode, Samia Djilli, one of the Artistic Directors of Lemon House Theatre, chats to artists Iman Boujel and Roann McCloskey about the visibility of the North African artist on UK stages, with a focus on second generation Algerians. They talk about what it means to be a creative whilst embracing their Algerian identity and what compromises have been made whilst doing so. They also discuss the lack of visibility of Algerian and North African artists/stories on UK stages. Finally they share their experiences of being part of the Algerian diaspora in the UK. <br /><br />--<br /><br />The extracts from Different Sand in this episode were directed by Janisè Sadik, with Iman Boujel playing Linda. The episode was edited by Brigitte Adela. The music was composed by HALI.<br /><br />Find out more about Lemon Lounge here: lemonhousetheatre.com/lemon-lounge
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