In today’s episode, we speak to Jose Socrates Delos Reyes, a Filipino educator, playwright and dramaturg whose works have been staged in the Philippines and the UK. In 2025, he won the Woven Voices Prize with his play In the Remains. Soc spoke with us about the conflict at the heart of his play, writing in a language that isn’t your mother tongue and what it means to be “unapologetically Filipino” in the UK theatre industry. 

Roots, his new play about Filipino migration, is part of the Peckham Fringe 2026, performing on May 11th and 12th at Theatre Peckham's Studio 1. If you would like to support the production, you can donate via this crowdfunder and book your tickets here.

Find out more about Kanlungan and Migrante UK, the organisations Soc mentions in this episode.

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