In a series of special showcases for Three Sixty festival, our Roundhouse Resident Artists will take centre stage. 

This scratch night will showcase work being developed by an exceptional group of emerging writers and performers. Join us for an unforgettable evening from the next generation of theatre makers.

‘LongLiveTheMandem’ by MyselfBlaize

LongLiveTheMandem (LLTM) is a manuscript that explores memory, brotherhood and Black British interior life. Rooted in personal and collective experience, the work moves through various moments of the collective consciousness – documenting emotional language codes and cultural rituals that shape those who grew up in the ends.

It blends poetry and archival elements and exists as an offering of remembrance and recognition.

MYSELFBLAIZE is a North London-based poet, performer, and storyteller. Crafting poetry that feels like memory and moves like music, their poetry has taken them from the Houses of Parliament to Los Angeles, with commissions and performances rooted in truth, legacy, and emotional clarity. 

‘Last Orders’ by Eliezer Gore

Abi is a dead youtuber. 

He has unfinished business. 

Before he can pass on he must learn transparency.

As a ghost, can he finally allow those he loves to see him?

ELIEZER GORE is a Zimbabwean-born artist who was raised in Lewisham. A poet, theatremaker and facilitator, he is the 2024 Roundhouse Poetry slam runner up, and his work uses magical realism to transform concrete reality and deliver joyous, affirming narratives. 

‘Nuisance’ by Rosie Robertson

Post-raid, post-arrest, post-exhausted journey back home to a room no longer my own, post-weekend spent in bed, I spent my savings on a new notebook. Name and address inked proudly in the front. I have nothing to hide: I have not done anything wrong.

ROSIE ROBERTSON is a cheeky yet considered writer and performer currently living and working in London. She’s interested in the intersection between dance movement and spoken performance and her work is informed by her upbringing in Scotland: its natural and wild beauty; traditional word, dance and song; unique social and cultural landscape; and its deeply complex political positioning.

‘If I were to say it in English’ by Thea Lungu 

Frică, tristețe, mândrie, fericire, iubire, furie, dor. Fear, sadness, pride, joy, love, anger… dor?

When translating every single emotion into English fails, Nathalie starts recounting her experience as an immigrant to untangle her sometimes all too contradicting feelings towards her country. Through a blend of spoken word and dark comedy, words are interlocking to patch up doily-like wounds of where the strongest emotions should sit. Where do you feel love? Where do you feel rage? Where do you feel dor? 

Writer: Thea Lungu

Director: Diana Arushanian

THEA LUNGU is a Romanian emerging artist currently based in London, driven by an innate craving for non-conformity, child-like wonder, and a strong sense of justice. Thea is known for her dynamic and distinctly personal spoken word style and has made herself known in the London poetry scene by performing thought-provoking, emotional pieces and placing in some of the most important slams across the city.

‘time gets tricky’ by Santi Tonauac Castro

Language fractures and loosens, words shift into a somatic ritual- poems becoming codes that open a cosmic portal into time, decolonization, and Indigenous Mexican myth. What starts as a familiar literary form transforms into an embodied, intuitive space, subverting audience expectations and dismantling borders between reading, ritual, and performance.

SANTI TONAUAC CASTRO is an Indigenous Mexican-Cuban 2spirit artist. His practice explores anti-disciplinary modes of embodiment and cosmic source translations. He’s a decolonial border challenger, a traditional Aztec danzante & a tattooed sweetheart.

Join us in discovering these remarkable artists as they share their passion, creativity, and vision on the Roundhouse stage.

The Roundhouse Resident Artist programme is supported by Chilly’s. 

Additional support from the Fenton Arts Trust and Samuel Gardner Memorial Trust.