Migreatives is a podcast from Woven Voices that showcases the experiences of first generation migrant creatives working in the UK. Hosts Nadia, Zachary and Ben talk to artists from theatre, film and television about the challenges and opportunities of breaking into the British culture scene. At a unique time of change and rebuilding, Migreatives seeks to champion the migrant and international voices of the UK’s diverse arts community.
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In today’s episode, we speak with Maria Aberg, a Swedish theatre director with a prestigious career in the UK and abroad, directing shows at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, the Royal Exchange, Donmar Warehouse and the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, to name a few. She is also the founder and Artistic Director of Projekt Utopia, formerly Projekt Europa - an international theatre company based in the UK, making bold, experimental work by migrant theatre makers for local and global audiences.
Maria spoke with us about how central the idea of friction is to her artistic practice, the reasons behind her company’s new name, and what she understands ‘migrant imagination’ to be - as well as the crucial role it plays in our theatre industry and society at large.
Find out more about Maria (https://www.mariaaberg.com/about) and Projekt Utopia (https://www.projektutopia.org/).
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22 May 2026
Soria Hamidi and Christopher Adams-Cohen
In today’s episode, we speak to Soria Hamidi and Christopher Adams-Cohen, whose respective plays - A Burst of Light and All the Beasts of the Earth - were highly commended by the Woven Voices Prize 2025.
Soria is Dutch-Afghan playwright, screenwriter and director based in London. They were selected for the Kiln Theatre Young Writers Programme, the Vineyard Theatre Literary Programme and Kali Theatre Workshops. They were also selected for the London Library Emerging Writers Programme in 2022-23. They recently had their play, The Moderator, shown at Theatre503 as part of the Landwrites project.
Christopher is a Los Angeles-born, London-based playwright of Ashkenazi Jewish heritage. They write and develop plays that subvert and expand classical theatrical forms, platform interdisciplinary and underground performance practices, and centre Queer perspectives, history, spirituality, and pleasure. They are an alumnus of the 24/25 Soho Theatre Writer’s Lab, and hold an MA in Dramaturgy & Writing for Performance from Goldsmiths.
Soria and Christopher spoke with us about reclaiming one’s identity through writing, finding the bravery and support to write bold political work, and carving out space for newness and multiculturalism in what can feel like a risk-averse theatre industry.
Christopher’s play-text for The Mad Gay King is available via Playdead Press. For more information about Soria’s and Christopher’s work, check out the following links:
https://soriahamidi.com (https://soriahamidi.com/)
cadamscohen.com (http://cadamscohen.com/)
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1 May 2026
J Min Wang
In today’s episode, we speak to J Min Wang, a playwright and short story writer born in Nanjing, China. They are an alum of the Soho Theatre Writers Lab and the Royal Court Writers Group, and their work has appeared in various publications, including SICK and Outhouse Magazine. In 2025, their play When She is Air was the runner-up of the Woven Voices Prize. J spoke with us about finding a balance between their own needs and that of their characters, how they draw inspiration from other media and the importance of distance in their creative process.
To find out more about J and their work, check out the following links: SICK Issue 7 (https://sickmagazine.bigcartel.com/product/issue-7), Outhouse Magazine Issue 3 (https://outhouse.bigcartel.com/product/outhouse-magazine-issue-3), Collected & Selected at Tenderbooks (https://tenderbooks.co.uk/products/collected-selected-zine) and Theatre Times review (https://thetheatretimes.com/welcome-to-the-slug-parade-representation-of-asexuality-and-autism-in-the-slug-show/)
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