Latest Ice&fire Podcast Episodes
2.6 Tawona Sitholé: My Uncle and Ambition Brought Me Here
I Am An Immigrant - July 25, 2022 04:00 - 25 minutesTawona Sitholé, like a lot of artists, does many things. Better known as Ganyamatope (his ancestral family name), he is a poet, playwright, storyteller and musician. He was born in Zimbabwe just before independence and moved to the UK aged 21. He has research and teaching roles in the school of ...
2.5 Leena Nammari: Unapologetically Palestinian
I Am An Immigrant - July 18, 2022 04:00 - 39 minutesLeena Nammari is a Palestinian artist printmaker based in Scotland. Her work has been part of group and solo exhibitions within Scotland and in Europe more widely. Leena’s installation, It Will Live can be seen on the façade of the Studio venue at the Edinburgh International festival between Aug...
2.4 Madison Nonoa: You Can Choose To Get Back On The Horse
I Am An Immigrant - July 11, 2022 04:00 - 39 minutesMadison Nonoa is an opera singer. She was born and bred in New Zealand and made the big move to the UK in 2017 to complete a degree in opera at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She is based in the UK and performs around the world. Madison will sing in a concert of songs by Brah...
2.3 Mavin Khoo: Just Call Me An Artist
I Am An Immigrant - July 04, 2022 04:00 - 47 minutesMavin Khoo is a dancer and coach. He was born in Malaysia and moved between there and India from the age of 10-17. After a short stint in New York, he landed in the UK aged 18. His career has taken him all over the world. He is currently an Associate and Rehearsal Director at the Akram Kahn Danc...
2.2 Akeim Toussaint Buck: Be the one who is in the room the longest
I Am An Immigrant - June 27, 2022 04:00 - 36 minutesAkeim Toussaint Buck is an interdisciplinary performer and maker, born in Jamaica and raised in England. We talked about the good times, the not so good times, the rocky road to British citizenship and how dance became Akeim’s survival tool. His solo show Windows Of Displacement is a dance t...
2.1. mandla rae: Expressing rage with fruit
I Am An Immigrant - June 20, 2022 07:58 - 29 minutesmandla rae is writer, performer and occasional curator, who was born in Zimbabwe, moved to South Africa aged 2 and came to the UK aged 7. We talked about rage, feeling out of place and talking to strangers in Manchester. Their solo show, as british as a watermelon plays at the Edinburgh Internat...
11. Raph Dilhan: I Want To Win This Thing
I Am An Immigrant - September 09, 2021 06:00 - 32 minutesRaph Dilhan is a textile artist working in the film industry who was born and raised in France and now lives in London. Many of you will know him as a finalist in Season 7 of the Great British Sewing Bee, in which he consistently wowed the judges, despite being the least experienced sewer on the...
1.11. Raph Dilhan: I Want To Win This Thing
I Am An Immigrant - September 09, 2021 06:00 - 32 minutesRaph Dilhan is a textile artist working in the film industry who was born and raised in France and now lives in London. Many of you will know him as a finalist in Season 7 of the Great British Sewing Bee, in which he consistently wowed the judges, despite being the least experienced sewer on the...
10. Lisa Caruccio Came: Citizen of the World
I Am An Immigrant - September 02, 2021 06:00 - 23 minutesLisa is an actor who was born in Hong Kong and has lived in Brazil, Italy, Canada, the United States and the UK. She has worked with my theatre company ice&fire and we live in the same area of Hackney in London. We chatted about being perceived as foreign, what has led Lisa to move from place to...
1.10. Lisa Caruccio Came: Citizen of the World
I Am An Immigrant - September 02, 2021 06:00 - 23 minutesLisa is an actor who was born in Hong Kong and has lived in Brazil, Italy, Canada, the United States and the UK. She has worked with my theatre company ice&fire and we live in the same area of Hackney in London. We chatted about being perceived as foreign, what has led Lisa to move from place to...
1.9. Maryna Sulym: You Can Get Out Of Your Box Here
I Am An Immigrant - August 26, 2021 06:00 - 24 minutesMaryna Sulym is originally from Ukraine and moved to London six years ago. She is completing a Masters in Photojournalism and runs the Local Foreigners project recording stories, images, and experiences of immigrants in the UK. We talked about how to interpret British politeness, the insecurity ...
9. Maryna Sulym: You Can Get Out Of Your Box Here
I Am An Immigrant - August 26, 2021 06:00 - 24 minutesMaryna Sulym is originally from Ukraine and moved to London six years ago. She is completing a Masters in Photojournalism and runs the Local Foreigners project recording stories, images, and experiences of immigrants in the UK. We talked about how to interpret British politeness, the insecurity ...
8. Agnes Harding: I Am Reminded Often That I Am Still An Immigrant
I Am An Immigrant - August 19, 2021 06:00 - 35 minutesAgnes is 23 years old and recently completed a Physics degree at Manchester University. She is from Gambia and has lived in the UK since she was 4. We talk about Gambia’s weird borders, growing up in Dagenham when the British National Party had a big presence there and what happened when, despit...
1.8. Agnes Harding: I Am Reminded Often That I Am Still An Immigrant
I Am An Immigrant - August 19, 2021 06:00 - 35 minutesAgnes is 23 years old and recently completed a Physics degree at Manchester University. She is from Gambia and has lived in the UK since she was 4. We talk about Gambia’s weird borders, growing up in Dagenham when the British National Party had a big presence there and what happened when, despit...
7. Nicolas Hatton: I Felt Like Someone Had Died in the Family
I Am An Immigrant - August 12, 2021 06:00 - 31 minutesNicholas Hatton was born in France and now lives in Bristol. He is the CEO of the 3million – the largest campaign organisation for EU citizens in the UK, which he was instrumental in founding after the 2016 Brexit referendum We talked over zoom during lockdown about getting by in the UK with...
1.7. Nicolas Hatton: I Felt Like Someone Had Died in the Family
I Am An Immigrant - August 12, 2021 06:00 - 31 minutesNicholas Hatton was born in France and now lives in Bristol. He is the CEO of the 3million – the largest campaign organisation for EU citizens in the UK, which he was instrumental in founding after the 2016 Brexit referendum We talked over zoom during lockdown about getting by in the UK with...
1.6. Amber Murrey: So I Sent Out A Tweet
I Am An Immigrant - August 05, 2021 06:00 - 34 minutesDr Amber Murrey is a professor in Human Geography at Oxford University and is originally from the USA. Amber’s wide-ranging and fascinating work focuses largely on resistance and social change in Africa (links below). We spoke about growing up in small town USA, the implications of being in a bi...
6. Amber Murrey: So I Sent Out A Tweet
I Am An Immigrant - August 05, 2021 06:00 - 34 minutesDr Amber Murrey is a professor in Human Geography at Oxford University and is originally from the USA. Amber’s wide-ranging and fascinating work focuses largely on resistance and social change in Africa (links below). We spoke about growing up in small town USA, the implications of being in a bi...
1.5. Babou Ceesay : The Monster and I Are Now One
I Am An Immigrant - July 29, 2021 06:00 - 39 minutesBabou Ceesay is a BAFTA-nominated actor from Gambia. You may have seen him in BBC film Damiola, Our Loved Boy or the Star Wars film Rogue One, or Guerilla, the TV mini-series about British black power movements. He plays the lead in an upcoming Sky drama Wolfe, created by Paul Abbott (Autumn 202...
5. Babou Ceesay : The Monster and I Are Now One
I Am An Immigrant - July 29, 2021 06:00 - 39 minutesBabou Ceesay is a BAFTA-nominated actor from Gambia. You may have seen him in BBC film Damiola, Our Loved Boy or the Star Wars film Rogue One, or Guerilla, the TV mini-series about British black power movements. He plays the lead in an upcoming Sky drama Wolfe, created by Paul Abbott (Autumn 202...
4. Meltem Avcil : And So I Stood Up
I Am An Immigrant - July 22, 2021 06:00 - 32 minutesMeltem is 28 years old, a social entrepreneur and award-winning campaigner, and she lives in Cambridge with her partner and one year old son. Originally from the Kurdish part Turkey she and her mother fled to seek asylum in Europe when Meltem was very young. They ended up in the UK and waited si...
1.4. Meltem Avcil : And So I Stood Up
I Am An Immigrant - July 22, 2021 06:00 - 32 minutesMeltem is 28 years old, a social entrepreneur and award-winning campaigner, and she lives in Cambridge with her partner and one year old son. Originally from the Kurdish part Turkey she and her mother fled to seek asylum in Europe when Meltem was very young. They ended up in the UK and waited si...
1.3. Francisco Gomez : The Only Immigrant in the Village
I Am An Immigrant - July 15, 2021 06:00 - 30 minutesFrancisco Gomez is a veterinary surgeon from Spain who lives in a small town in Derbyshire. He came to the UK in the early 2000s thinking, like many of us do: I’ll stay six months or so, do a bit of travelling, have a little adventure. But life happened, love happened, jobs were offered, and he ...
3. Francisco Gomez
I Am An Immigrant - July 15, 2021 06:00 - 30 minutesFrancisco Gomez is a veterinary surgeon from Spain who lives in a small town in Derbyshire. He came to the UK in the early 2000s thinking, like many of us do: I’ll stay six months or so, do a bit of travelling, have a little adventure. But life happened, love happened, jobs were offered, and he ...
3. Francisco Gomez : The Only Immigrant in the Village
I Am An Immigrant - July 15, 2021 06:00 - 30 minutesFrancisco Gomez is a veterinary surgeon from Spain who lives in a small town in Derbyshire. He came to the UK in the early 2000s thinking, like many of us do: I’ll stay six months or so, do a bit of travelling, have a little adventure. But life happened, love happened, jobs were offered, and he ...
2. Lucian Msamati
I Am An Immigrant - July 08, 2021 06:00 - 32 minutesLucian Msamati is an actor who grew up in Tanzania and Zimbabwe and has lived in London since his early 20s. He has worked extensively in theatre, TV and film (Game of Thrones, His Dark Materials, Gangs of London). I saw him most recently in an unforgettable portrayal of Salieri in Peter Sc...
1.2. Lucian Msamati : This is London, people. London!
I Am An Immigrant - July 08, 2021 06:00 - 32 minutesLucian Msamati is an actor who grew up in Tanzania and Zimbabwe and has lived in London since his early 20s. He has worked extensively in theatre, TV and film (Game of Thrones, His Dark Materials, Gangs of London). I saw him most recently in an unforgettable portrayal of Salieri in Peter Sc...
2. Lucian Msamati : This is London, people. London!
I Am An Immigrant - July 08, 2021 06:00 - 32 minutesLucian Msamati is an actor who grew up in Tanzania and Zimbabwe and has lived in London since his early 20s. He has worked extensively in theatre, TV and film (Game of Thrones, His Dark Materials, Gangs of London). I saw him most recently in an unforgettable portrayal of Salieri in Peter Sc...
1.1. Siobhán McSweeney : The London-Irish Experience
I Am An Immigrant - July 01, 2021 06:00 - 22 minutesSiobhán McSweeney is an actor from County Cork, Ireland, who now lives in London. She is perhaps best known as Sister Michael in Channel 4’s Derry Girls and more recently as the host on The Great Pottery Throw Down. We had a lovely chat about the London-Irish experience, how Siobhán found he...
1. Siobhán McSweeney : The London-Irish Experience
I Am An Immigrant - July 01, 2021 06:00 - 22 minutesSiobhán McSweeney is an actor from County Cork, Ireland, who now lives in London. She is perhaps best known as Sister Michael in Channel 4’s Derry Girls and more recently as the host on The Great Pottery Throw Down. We had a lovely chat about the London-Irish experience, how Siobhán found he...
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