June 15, 2023

The Power Of Laughing With Your Tribe

1 hour 6 minutes

Siara Illing-Ahmed is a Specialist in Performing Arts; writer, community arts engagement worker, acting coach, creative mentor, lecturer, PhD researcher and mother. Siara has worked in the arts sector for 22 years and now encourages social activism through artistry.

Siara and I discuss all sorts!

Being walking contradictions

The power of contentment

I learn the meaning of the word diasporic and Siara describes herself as inappropriate.

Vulnerability and armouring up

Needing to misbehave more in midlife

Siara's experiences of racism

Diet culture and anti fat bias

How women and their bodies are represented in theatre

The musical we discuss is "SIX", more info here: https://www.sixthemusical.com/

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