Episodes

  • S3 Ep7: Katie Stokes x Marcus Davey

    S3 Ep7: Katie Stokes x Marcus Davey
    Jul 9 2024
    Backstage at The Roundhouse is Back!

    Live from The Last Word FM, Katie Stokes interviews Marcus Davey, the Artistic Director of The Roundhouse, who reflects on the last 19 years of the Poetry Slam and 11 years of The Last Word Festival, and what’s next.

    The Last Word FM is an annual live broadcast powered by Transmission Roundhouse with talks, interviews and panels with a number of incredible artists whose work was featured as part of The Last Word Festival.
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    26 mins
  • S3 Ep6: Keyari Page x Jessica Fatoye

    S3 Ep6: Keyari Page x Jessica Fatoye
    Jul 9 2024
    Backstage at The Roundhouse is Back!

    Live from The Last Word FM, Keyari Page interviews playwright Jessica Fatoye about grief and community, poetry and introductions to writing and how work forms identity. Jessica wrote the play “Does Your Heart Have Bone?” which was performed at this year’s Last Word Festival at The Roundhouse.

    The Last Word FM is an annual live broadcast powered by Transmission Roundhouse with talks, interviews and panels with a number of incredible artists whose work was featured as part of The Last Word Festival.
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    27 mins
  • S3 Ep5: Eloïse Bertil x Sondliwe Pamisa

    S3 Ep5: Eloïse Bertil x Sondliwe Pamisa
    Jul 9 2024
    Backstage at The Roundhouse is Back!

    Live from The Last Word FM, Eloïse Bertil interviews artist Sondliwe Pamisa about identity, belonging and perception of culture and how his travels to Zimbabwe influenced his exhibition “stories we could tell”.

    The Last Word FM is an annual live broadcast powered by Transmission Roundhouse with talks, interviews and panels with a number of incredible artists whose work was featured as part of The Last Word Festival.
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    22 mins
  • S3 Ep4: Yaya Clarke x Aniefiok Ekpoudom

    S3 Ep4: Yaya Clarke x Aniefiok Ekpoudom
    Jul 9 2024
    Backstage at The Roundhouse is Back!

    Live from The Last Word FM, Yaya Clarke interviews writer Aniefiok Ekpoudom about his book “Where We Come From: Rap, Home and Hope in Modern Britain”, being a product of your environment, knowing your local history, and passing down Black history and stories.

    The Last Word FM is an annual live broadcast powered by Transmission Roundhouse with talks, interviews and panels with a number of incredible artists whose work was featured as part of The Last Word Festival.
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    35 mins
  • S3 Ep3: Keyari Page x Daze Hingorani and Wuraola Kareem

    S3 Ep3: Keyari Page x Daze Hingorani and Wuraola Kareem
    Jul 9 2024
    Backstage at The Roundhouse is Back!

    Live from The Last Word FM, Keyari Page interviews two poets from The Roundhouse’s Poetry Collective, Daze Hingorani and Wuraola Kareem. They discuss being interdisciplinary artists, working with difficult emotions, the experience of being in a collective and the act of calling yourself a poet.

    The Last Word FM is an annual live broadcast powered by Transmission Roundhouse with talks, interviews and panels with a number of incredible artists whose work was featured as part of The Last Word Festival.
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    41 mins
  • S3 Ep2: Maria Aio x Bradley Taylor and Eliezer Gore

    S3 Ep2: Maria Aio x Bradley Taylor and Eliezer Gore
    Jul 9 2024
    Backstage at The Roundhouse is Back!

    Live from The Last Word FM, Maria Aio interviews Poetry Slam winner Bradley Taylor and runner up Eliezer Gore about how life inspires work and the art of poetry performance.

    The Last Word FM is an annual live broadcast powered by Transmission Roundhouse with talks, interviews and panels with a number of incredible artists whose work was featured as part of The Last Word Festival.
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    44 mins
  • S3 Ep1: Xavier Bailey x Tife Kushiro

    S3 Ep1: Xavier Bailey x Tife Kushiro
    Jul 9 2024
    Backstage at The Roundhouse is Back! In this series, we’re stepping into the action from The Last Word FM, where Transmission Roundhouse hosted talks, interviews and panels with a number of incredible artists whose work was featured as part of The Last Word Festival.

    In this episode, Xavier Bailey interviews Tife Kushiro about introspection and identity, creating space for new voices and perspectives and Tife’s new work, "G".

    Tife is the writer of the play "Last Black Girl on Earth".
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    35 mins
  • S2 Ep1: The Great Escape Festival

    S2 Ep1: The Great Escape Festival
    May 27 2022
    Hear from the Roundhouse Resident Artists as they performed at The Great Escape Festival. Get stories of their journeys so far and hear full-length live recordings from their exceptional performances at the Hope & Ruin in Brighton.

    Marnie Woodmeade chatted backstage with BINA., Kai Bosch, Luca Manning, The Magic, Flâneuse and India Shan before they took to the stage.

    Tracklisting:
    BINA. - Just a Sec
    Kai Bosch - Be Right Back
    Luca Manning - Concrete Kiss
    The Magic - French African Queen
    Flâneuse - London Plain
    India Shan - Sunday

    This podcast may contain some strong language.
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    47 mins