China Plate presents Yvette, a one woman show about a stolen childhood and growing up with a secret, touring to Birmingham and London this May…
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Interview with Melanie Wilson, London-based performer, writer and sound artist
Melanie Wilson is a London-based performer, writer and sound artist, her latest show begins at the Toynbee Studios in London this month…
Interview with poet, playwright and performer Inua Ellams
Inua Ellams is a poet, writer, teacher, performer and graphic artist, his new show The Black T-shirt Collection is on at the National Theatre this April, Contrary Life caught up with him to find out more…
Contrary Life chills out with Polarbear as he warms up for his latest show
Polarbear specialises in sparse, straightforward storytelling with a unique sense of poetry, his show Old Me is on at the Roundhouse in London (21st November – 3rd December), find out more by reading our interview…
Why author and traveller Tony Giles is seeing the world his way
Tony Giles has had a lot of obstacles to overcome in his life, his adventures have been published in a book, Seeing the World My Way. Contrary Life tracked him down for a quick chat about his book and his travels…
Slacking off with Brighton author Chris Morton
Contrary Life interviews Brighton-based author Chris Morton to find out more about his debut novel, English Slacker and the importance of being happy…
Interview with the Orange Tree Theatre’s Sam Walters on the fruits of his labour
The Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond is London’s only permanent theatre-in-the-round. This year the theatre celebrates its 40th anniversary, so to find out more Contrary Life caught up with founder and director Sam Walters…
Interview with Jacksons Lane artistic director Adrian Berry
Jacksons Lane has been providing first class arts events, community activities and projects in North London since 1976. We catch up with Adrian Berry to find out more…
Interview with author Alan Hamilton
Two Unknown by Alan Hamilton, a tragedy surrounding a boy and girl in the 1920s. In this interview discover the history behind the book and find out about the author…
Interview with author Shaun Ivory
The Judas Cup is a supernatural thriller written by Shaun Ivory. Contrary Life discovers more the inspiration behind Ivory’s writing…
Interview with author Tony Bayliss
Tony Bayliss has written several books and founded Zeus, a poetry magazine, and Masque, an Arts Magazine. His latest book, Past Continuous comes out this autumn…
Interview with author Carolyn Lewis
Carolyn Lewis was born in Cardiff and has been living in Bristol since 1987. She is married with three daughters and one step-son and has seven grandchildren. Carolyn has been writing since she was eight years old. She has written a guide to writing a novel which hopefully will give budding authors confidence to get […]
Interview with Jan Hedger, author of On Calico Wings
Jan Hedger is the author of a new poetry anthology On Calico Wings which raises money for Gardening Leave, a charity supporting Armed Forces veterans. You have a new poetry anthology out called On Calico Wings; tell us a bit about it: On Calico Wings is a collection of poetry I have written over the […]
Interview with author Amanda Sington-Williams
Amanda Sington-Williams comes from a literary family and writes short stories, poetry and novels. She likes to create characters that are outsiders or different from the norm. Her settings go from the ordinary to the exotic and often the stories reflect historical and political events of the time. Her novel, The Eloquence of Desire, has […]
Interview: musician Francis Dunnery
Francis is probably best known as the drummer and lead singer of the 80’s group It Bites, but since then he has gone on to record ten studio albums and enjoy solo hit singles, including American Life In Summertime. Contrary Life asks him about his plans for his current tour and what he’ll be up […]