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Global Voices Podcast

Global Voices Podcast

By Global Voices Theatre

The Global Voices Podcast engages with the global writers behind our popular live events. With a visionary host to guide us, we explore wider social and political contexts, enabling stories to cross borders and bringing people closer together.

Our second series, Global Jewish Voices, is hosted by Victor Esses and edited by Tony Olanipekun. GJV is supported by Arts Council England. Our inaugural series, Global Black Voices, is hosted by Abigail Sewell and edited by Tony Olanipekun. GBV is funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.

The podcast is produced by the Global Voices Theatre team.
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S2E6 Special: Jewish Dramaturgy and Discussion

Global Voices PodcastAug 03, 2022

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S2E6 Special: Jewish Dramaturgy and Discussion

S2E6 Special: Jewish Dramaturgy and Discussion

Bonus material from the in-person event Global Jewish Voices in April 2022, with discussions from key creatives on complexities of representation, thematic choices and engagement with Jewish identity, a rich and insightful panel discussion with invited guests Stephen Bush and Dalia Fleming, and reflections from contemporary Jewish playwrights and theatremakers Nick Cassenbaum, Samantha Ellis, Rachel Mars and Josh Azouz on Jewish dramaturgy.

Aug 03, 202201:02:06
S2E1 Philip Arditti: Extinct
Mar 21, 202244:31
S2E2 L M Feldman: A People
Mar 21, 202237:33
S2E3 Sarah Waisvisz: Heartlines
Mar 21, 202246:06
S2E4 Jessica Benhamou: The Kahena, Berber Queen
Mar 21, 202235:59
S2E5 Hana Vazana-Grunwald: Papa’gina
Mar 21, 202241:19
S1E1 Koleka Putuma: No Easter Sunday for Queers

S1E1 Koleka Putuma: No Easter Sunday for Queers

Koleka Putuma is an award-winning poet, playwright and theatre director. Her theatre works include UHM (2014) Woza Sarafina (2016), and Mbuzeni (2017/18). She is a Forbes Africa Under 30 Honoree, recipient of the Imbewu Trust Scribe Playwriting Award, Mbokodo Rising Light award, CASA playwriting award and 2019 Distell Playwriting Award for her play No Easter Sunday for Queers, published by Junkets in 2020.
Koleka is the Founder and Director of Manyano Media, a multidisciplinary creative company that produces and champions the work and stories of black queer artists and queer life.

Website: https://www.kolekaputuma.com/
Twitter: @KPutuma


Abigail Sewell is a theatre and film director. She is Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Uproot, a socially driven, cross-arts production company with the mission of supporting Black artists.

Abigail’s work is motivated by the transformative power of storytelling, and engages with themes of race, gender, class and sexuality, championing untold narratives from underrepresented voices. She specialises in working with young people, be it in educational settings as a director, or with marginalised community groups as a drama facilitator.

Abigail is an Associate Artist at National Youth Theatre, an Associate Learning Practitioner at Royal Shakespeare Company and a Trustee at Young Vic and Represent Theatre.

Twitter: @absmaria

Apr 19, 202135:52
S1E2 Lisa Langford: How Blood Go
Apr 19, 202134:04
S1E3 Maxwell Odoi-Yeboah: I Love Him BUT...
Apr 19, 202145:34
S1E4 Shayera Dark: The Preacher's Wife

S1E4 Shayera Dark: The Preacher's Wife

Shayera Dark is a writer. Her fiction and non fiction work have appeared in various publications that include Refinery29, Johannesburg Review of Books, Aljazeera, AFREADA and Quartz. Her play, The Preacher's Wife, was one of several selected by Global Voices Theatre in 2019 for a reading at the Roundhouse in London.

Website: www.shayeradark.com


Abigail Sewell is a theatre and film director. She is Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Uproot, a socially driven, cross-arts production company with the mission of supporting Black artists.

Abigail’s work is motivated by the transformative power of storytelling, and engages with themes of race, gender, class and sexuality, championing untold narratives from underrepresented voices. She specialises in working with young people, be it in educational settings as a director, or with marginalised community groups as a drama facilitator.

Abigail is an Associate Artist at National Youth Theatre, an Associate Learning Practitioner at Royal Shakespeare Company and a Trustee at Young Vic and Represent Theatre.

Twitter: @absmaria

Apr 19, 202137:37
S1E5 France-Luce Benson: Deux Femmes on the Edge de la Revolution

S1E5 France-Luce Benson: Deux Femmes on the Edge de la Revolution

Named “Someone to Watch” by American Theatre magazine, France-Luce Benson’s play Talking Peace topped the list of most impactful plays in ATLA’S Together L.A. Festival 2020. Tigress of San Domingue was featured in Atlantic Theatre Company’s African Caribbean Mixfest 2021, and Anjelique is currently running in Juggerknot/Popup Theatre’s Long Distance Affair event. Honours include: Dramatist Guild Fellow, Zoetrope Grand Prize, Samuel French OOB Festival Winner, Bay Area Playwrights Festival finalist. Productions and workshops at Ensemble Studio Theatre New York, Crossroads Theatre, New Black Fest, City Theatre Miami, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and The Playwrights Center. Publications: Samuel French; Routledge Press, DPS.

Website: https://www.francelucebenson.com/

Twitter: @francelucebenso


Abigail Sewell is a theatre and film director. She is Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Uproot, a socially driven, cross-arts production company with the mission of supporting Black artists.

Abigail’s work is motivated by the transformative power of storytelling, and engages with themes of race, gender, class and sexuality, championing untold narratives from underrepresented voices. She specialises in working with young people, be it in educational settings as a director, or with marginalised community groups as a drama facilitator.

Abigail is an Associate Artist at National Youth Theatre, an Associate Learning Practitioner at Royal Shakespeare Company and a Trustee at Young Vic and Represent Theatre.

Twitter: @absmaria

Apr 19, 202144:44
S1E6 Africa Ukoh: 54 Silhouettes

S1E6 Africa Ukoh: 54 Silhouettes

Africa Ukoh is a playwright, screenwriter, and theatre director. He tells stories to global audiences through a uniquely African voice. His play 54 Silhouettes has won multiple awards such as the BBC African Performance prize and the Best International Show award at New York's United Solo Theatre Festival. It has received a showcase performance by Global Voices Theatre at London's Roundhouse and a staged reading at Canada's Belfry Theatre as part of the Spark Theatre Festival. Africa has worked on two of Nigeria's most critically acclaimed films which both received world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Twitter: @Pensage

Instagram: @pensage


Abigail Sewell is a theatre and film director. She is Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Uproot, a socially driven, cross-arts production company with the mission of supporting Black artists.

Abigail’s work is motivated by the transformative power of storytelling, and engages with themes of race, gender, class and sexuality, championing untold narratives from underrepresented voices. She specialises in working with young people, be it in educational settings as a director, or with marginalised community groups as a drama facilitator.

Abigail is an Associate Artist at National Youth Theatre, an Associate Learning Practitioner at Royal Shakespeare Company and a Trustee at Young Vic and Represent Theatre.

Twitter: @absmaria

Apr 19, 202143:23