Tea Time with Ali Monjack

My next guest certainly has the Xfactor, Danyl Johnson was in the semi-finals of series 6. Over the last few years, he has been helping support charities and is widely known as ambassador for the People’s Postcode Lottery. We chat about his latest podcasts, Best Thing, and the little help project. Danyl shares his enthusiasm about lifting people’s spirits and his candid view on life. Think the TV Sofa is forever calling! Let's find out more.

Opera Singers are the passion of my next guest Fiona Hamilton who co- founded the charity Opera Prelude over 10 years ago with opera singer Adriana Festeu. Since then the prelude story has grown considerably helping many exceptional opera singers. This Saturday after months without any performance they are holding a showcase concert for young artists at St Mary’s in Henley and have now opened an online Emporium to support opera singers through the pandemic. Let's find out more... #podcast #chatshow #operaprelude

Valuing celebrities. my next guest Jimmy Nash was inspired by an interview with Kanye West and has now created the Celebrity Stock Exchange. The whole idea behind it is to generate more income to be able to fund humanitarian projects such as Find Your Feet in Africa. The Celebrity Stock Exchange will launch this year and let's find out more about buying celebrity ...

The world of Musical theatre is where my next guest Jamie Read started out his career. But starting a family soon encouraged him to make the transition with his wife Helen to founding Read College, the creative arts school that now has an outreach programme across the UK.  Jamie also started a company called The Voice Teacher and last year became a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Let’s find out more…. #podcast #chatshow #CreativeArts

Mind your Mind, is the name of my next guest's new book! Amanda Peet is the founder of Mind Your Mind Techniques and has been a holistic practitioner for many years but her first love is working with words. She practices EFT and founded the Emotional Dowsing Technique and was co-founder of  Hoarding Disorders UK. Through her own life experiences, Amanda has learned the techniques to declutter anyone’s mind lets find out more…...   #podcast #chatshow #MindYourMind #CoreBeliefs

Hip Hop Saves Lives! My next on the tea time sofa Chad Harper is the founder of this organisation that has helped school children across the globe to come together and find common ground through the education of hip hop. His latest project is a documentary called 'I am a Black American' which uncovers African American history from the days of the slave trade. He is an incredibly talented artist in his own right so let's find out more.. #podcast #chatshow #hiphopsaveslives

And all that Jazz!! My next guest on the Tea Time sofa is  Dollie Henry is a well-known Jazz artist, choreographer, and author. She co-founded the Bop Jazz Theatre Company in 1996 with her husband Paul Jenkins,  Jazz Trumpeter, Composer, Music Produce and is an acclaimed educator on all things Jazz in the UK and internationally Together they wrote the Essential guide to Jazz. Dollie has just finished a performance at a dance festival lets find out more!  #podcast #chatshow #Jazz

Spoken-word, Poetry, and rap are an art form And My next guest Simon Mole has been learning his craft for many years and is now a children’s educator. He is a National Poetry Day Ambassador, and an acclaimed children's poet! He has performed on the same stage as  John Cooper-Clarke, Kae Tempest and Simon Armitage. And his next gig is a poetry picnic at Alexandra Palace so lets find out more #podcast #chatshow #poetry

Looking after children's mental health through music and dance & making a difference in the dance world to promote diversity and Inclusion is what my next guest is all about . Stacey Green co-founded the Freedom Factory in 2017, and this year through lockdown started the Tired Movement to bring about change in the world of dance. Let’s find out more 

I do' are the words my next guest hears every time she officiates at a wedding ceremony in Vegas! Joelle Righetti-Jenson has an entertainment career spanning over four decades and has played a huge part in the world-renowned Las Vegas shows from the Rat Pack to top magician shows with Siegfried and Roy as well-known act Lance Burton. She has been a Gypsy Mobile Minister and has lots of love stories to tell! Joelle has fabulous spiritual energy and is destined to come to London next year to perform!  #podcast #chatshow #vegas #entertainment #Weddings