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.”

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.

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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.

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