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21 June
Rosella Mandala watercolours

The best place to start, is with nothingness. A Masterclass session at The Haymarket Theatre this week with Abi Morgan (playwright and screenwriter: Sex Traffic; The Iron Lady; Shame; Brick Lane) reminded me that the best place to start is with nothingness  – (a) because she said it (!) and (b) because she gave this […]

Amidst the whirrly burly – take time to eat cake

14 June
cake

Beginning a career as an actress is terrifying. The networking, self-promoting, skill development, consideration of next steps, pursuing and exploring opportunities, decision-making, decision re-considering…each week there is something more. Amid the whirrly burly of all the things to do this week, I celebrated my goddaughter Amelia’s first birthday. The party fell on the sunniest day […]

Ah oui, a French film…

07 June
Me and mummy

Well, actually Belgian…this week my mama and I saw “Our Children” directed by Joachim Lafosse. You know this from the start of the film so it is not spoiling it to say – the film tells of a mother who kills her four children. Inspired by a true event but in no way a story […]

Climbing up sometimes feels like falling down

31 May
I Am London Historic England

This week it has felt that not much has happened but on reflection much has. Feelings of crumbling nothingness are actually building blocks reaching to the stars. With that clarification I share some Nina Simone as a reminder of keeping life in perspective and going with the flow – happiness is a state of mind, […]

Ultimate Duels of Death

24 May
Lunge attack!

  I dream of one day dueling to the death, for honour, for valour… Last night I attended an incredibly inspiring Masterclass session hosted by Equity registered fight director Philip D’Orleans. Needless to say, my fighting urges were fueled further but I also learnt much about the creative genius that lies behind making stage combat […]

Student film: Finding Some Peace

27 March

Student film: “Finding Some Peace” feat. me as Fara. This was my first student film and second short film. Written and directed by Nevra Topcu of Westminster University, ‘Finding Some Peace” is a simple story of a young girl who is disillusioned by life but remembers her upbringing in the muslim faith, which she has […]