Come Together - A LIPA Podcast

In this episode, host Cherice Weaver sits down with sisters Claire and Faye, the dynamic duo behind Liverpool Locations. They share insights into their careers as location managers, detailing how a passion for the creative industry led them to launch their own successful niche business in 2012.

This episode of Come Together features host Cherise Weaver in conversation with students Alexia Dobrica (Lexi) and Daniel Aayash. Lexi, a Management Masters student and featured artist with Romanian band BUG Mafia, discusses her upcoming 2026 pop-rock music release. Dan, an Applied Theatre and Community Drama student, shares his work using improvised theater to boost mental health, and his upcoming transition to Student Voice President.

In this episode of the LIPA Come Together podcast,Student Voice President Sally Britton catches up with theatre director and former LIPA movement teacher Elinor Randle. As the Artistic Director of both the Unity Theatre and Tmesis Theatre, Randle discusses her career in the arts, the challenges of local theatre, and LIPA’s unique relationship with Unity Theatre.

This episode of Come Together features a discussion with returning guest host Sally Britton and Dan Ayache, the Student Voice Activities and Engagement Officer here at LIPA. Dan is a third-year Applied Theatre and Community Drama student, and he speaks with Sally about his experience on hiscourse, how his career path changed after starting at LIPA, and his work with the Student Voice team. Dan also discusses running the Improv Society and overseeing the other LIPA societies.

This episode of Come Together podcast features an interviewwith our guest host, Student Voice President Sally Britton, who this week is speaking to Ben Lane, the Student Voice Community and Environment Officer here at LIPA. Ben discusses his role, which includes focusing on the environment, sustainability, and community as part of LIPA’s Green Team. He shares his excitement about the Environment Society he is working to start, with plans to build a hotel for bugs, and his film studies at LIPA, including his currentscriptwriting project. Ben also talks about his experience coming to study here, the city of Liverpool, and his favourite comfort food.

In this unique edition of Come Together, your usual host Cherise Weaver is in the hot seat, as previous guest Siobhán Roxburgh turns interviewer in a conversation about Cherise’s role as Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at LIPA, her career to date, and the magic of working in the arts sector in this special episode.

Guest interviewer Mads Cole chats to music grad and now LIPA staff member Jennifer Baranick. Jen takes us on a whistle-stop tour of independent music publishing, art in music and creating your own worlds.

Cherise meets acting student Gabe Agha and talks navigating gender identity, the power of acceptance and the work the Student Voice team do for our students.

Cherise meets actress, director, producer, writer and the Race Equality Hub's Brodie Arthur. Brodie gives insight into their career and experience from empowering women to how the hub commissions and works with partners to produce tangible outcomes for the communities they support.

Actress, director, writer and co-founder of the Black Actors’ Collective Paislie Reid joins Cherise and award-winning documentary and TV producer Jernice Easthope for an important conversation about the power of community connection and everyday heroes. Touching upon systemic racism, humanisation of Black stories and how to go about reclaiming the narrative of what a scouser looks like, this episode explores why everybody deserves to be creative.