Feature: Wearing Our Hair As Our Crowning Glory
Hair is an important part of our identities and our collective histories. It, alongside head wraps, can bare connotations of wealth, status, and cultural identi...
Isaac Ouro-Gnao
Feature: Attic Theatre Company’s Great Expectations by Charles Dickens will “celebrate the act of imagination”
Picture this. A dimly lit street, leading to a towering Victorian building. Your eyes follow the red bricks ascending to an ash coloured bell tower. And as they...
Feature: Can humour skewer the diversity debate?
“The Academy Awards have a race problem. It’s big. But the four black actors in Room 4 aren’t particularly concerned with that. They have a much bigger problem...
Feature: Hofesh Shechter and up-and-coming choreographers to break down cultural wall
Cultural identity. Displacement. Immigration. These are strong issues at the heart of a new dance venture – East Wall. Tucked away in a quaint chamber in Wak...
Feature: Dawn Walton – “Diversify what’s on stage”
The diversity, or rather inclusivity, debate has been a hot topic in the media and journalistic realm. This year has seen the #OscarSoWhite conversation rise to...
Feature: The Wardrobe Ensemble shines a light on ‘shagging’
Let’s talk about sex. Embarrassment, awkwardness, and fear still shroud the topic. The Wardrobe Ensemble, an award-winning theatre company, is inviting audience...
Isaac Ouro-Gnao
Isaac is a freelance multimedia journalist. When not drowning in words, he stretches his limbs as a hip hop and contemporary dancer.