Tea Time with Ali Monjack

FFS Forgiven Forgotten Sooo Is what my next guest says in the face of domestic and mental abuse. Gi Dhanoa who is an ambassador for Aanchal Women's Aid talks about her new book drawing from her own experience of abuse and what she can do to help children understand.

We chat about social media playing a huge part in young people’s lives and what is often perceived as acceptable is actually not. Let’s find out more.

Sexual innuendos were part of one of the roles that my next guest on the Tea Time sofa Julie Kirk Thomas played in The Benny Hill Show. Known as the Benny Defender on Twitter after her appearance on Good Morning Britain we chat about sexual content on TV because Benny is back on That's TV Christmas. We also chat about Julie’s career, her parts in Beadle’s About and Indiana Jones. so Let’s find out more  🤩😂 #podcast #chatshow 

My next guest on the Tea Time sofa is Olivier Award-winning playwright and screenwriter Morgan Lloyd Matthew. She is well-known for Emilia her play that was commissioned by The Globe and has now been optioned as a film. Her latest play ‘The Long Trick’s Over’ has been created in collaboration with the New Woseley theatre and is scheduled to tour the East of England in Spring 2022. The play looks at the various stages of grief, against the backdrop of a 53 mile swim from Dover to Calais. Produced by High Tide Theatre the production promises to be thought provoking and a testament to the fortitude of the human spirit. The play is at the New Wolseley from the 11th-15th February and thereafter is touring across 10 venues. Let’s find out more.

My next guest on the Tea Time sofa is guernsey based thrive coach Korrine Le Page. She is the co-founder of Social Enterprise success running conferences every year to help social entrepreneurs connect. Korinne became a coach after she overcame the fear of public speaking and over the years has worked with people to find their why and empower them to be the best version of themselves. Through her own harrowing life experiences, she is a master at her craft of helping people thrive so let's find out more

My next guest on the Tea Time sofa is Frazer Flintham playwright and screenwriter. His latest play is based on the book Penlee: The Loss of a Lifeboat by Michael Sagar-Fenton which is being performed on the 18th of December. It is an Original Theatre Company production and promises to capture the bravery of the RNLI volunteers on Solomon Browne who went out to rescue Union Star on that fateful night 40 years ago in southeast Cornwall. Frazer has written several entertaining plays and received a screenwriter's award in 2015 but never one quite as humbling as Into The Night the adaptation of Penlee. Let’s find out more...   #podcast #chatshow #playwright #screenwriter #Penlee #rnlife

Are you on the right path? UK’s Leading holistic health advisor Janice Naiken is my next guest on the Tea Time sofa and talks about what led her to a career in Naturopathy. A global speaker on health Janice shares how she was set on her path of intelligent health and how we should all be listening to our bodies. Let’s find out more….

Sophie Harker is part of This is Engineering Day on 3 November 2021, a day created by the Royal Academy of Engineering to celebrate the role of engineers and engineering in improving sustainability. The Day is delivered in partnership withEngineeringUK who lead on Tomorrow's Engineers Week (8-12 November), which will highlight to young people that engineering is an exciting career that improves the world and is contributing to net zero.  For further information visit www.thisisengineering.org.uk.

Being interested might not make you a scientist but it certainly leads you to discover more about the universe! My next guest is Robin Ince who has released his latest book this month ‘The Importance of Being Interested’. The foreword is written by Professor Brian Cox his partner on BBC Radio 4 show 'The Infinite Monkey Cage'.💥🐵 And he is currently on tour in independent bookshops across the UK. As usual, Robin brings a level of humour whilst pondering questions of the universe so let's find out more!  #podcast #chatshow #ImportanceOfBeingInterested #QuestionsOfTheUniverse #science

Cat on a hot tin roof' is the work of my next guests on the tea time sofa BAFTA-nominated actress Siena Kelly and Oliver Johnstone who play Maggie and Brick Pollit and are currently touring the country! The production is a collaboration between The Curve Leicester the Liverpool everyman and playhouse and the English Touring Theatre. Siena is well known for her part in Adult Material and Oliver has a CV full of roles from James Bond to Shakespeare. Award-winning Anthony Almeida is the Director and the chemistry between Siena and Oliver promises an electric performance.

A barrel of laughs describes my next guest Kev Orkian, comedian, entrepreneur and owner of Jongleurs the best place to watch all the latest comedy! This week The comedy club is back live across several venues in London and the master of comedy Kev is flying in top form. Having acquired Jongleurs just before the pandemic he is raring to put the laugh back in everyone’s belly and has developed a kids club as well as establishing a full lineup of comedians. Kev started out his theatrical life in musicals and as they say like a good bottle of wine he has matured over time!   #podcast #chatshow #Jongleurs #TheWaterRatsPub, #TheEstablishment #HomeGrownClub #PinkZebra.