Shows
Come Together - A LIPA PodcastJennifer Baranick on stop motion love, music and passion projectsGuest interviewer Mads Cole chats to music grad and now LIPA staff member Jennifer Baranick. Jen takes us on a whistle-stop tour of independent music publishing, art in music and creating your own worlds.
2025-08-2932 min
Come Together - A LIPA PodcastNavigating gender identity with Gabe AghaCherise meets acting student Gabe Agha and talks navigating gender identity, the power of acceptance and the work the Student Voice team do for our students.
2025-07-2923 min
Come Together - A LIPA PodcastRepresentation with Brodie ArthurCherise meets actress, director, producer, writer and the Race Equality Hub's Brodie Arthur. Brodie gives insight into their career and experience from empowering women to how the hub commissions and works with partners to produce tangible outcomes for the communities they support.
2025-06-2829 min
Come Together - A LIPA PodcastMake some noise! With Paislie Reid and Jernice EasthopeActress, director, writer and co-founder of the Black Actors’ Collective Paislie Reid joins Cherise and award-winning documentary and TV producer Jernice Easthope for an important conversation about the power of community connection and everyday heroes. Touching upon systemic racism, humanisation of Black stories and how to go about reclaiming the narrative of what a scouser looks like, this episode explores why everybody deserves to be creative.
2025-02-1846 min
Come Together - A LIPA PodcastWicked, Cats and teaching tap to Jude Law. It's Carl Parris!Carl Parris dances us through his extraordinary forty year career; working with celebrities, songwriting and remembering that every opportunity is a gift. After learning the secret to a perfect roti, Fosse inspiration and performing in Wicked (Parts 1&2), Carl also gives us a glimpse into life as a Black, gay, male performer and how to make sure that people want to work with you "Be a nice person!".
2024-12-0629 min
Come Together - A LIPA PodcastMental Health Support for MalesSensitive content: this conversation contains reference to suicide.
Dan Scott, HE Admin at LIPA, guest presents a powerful, essential episode on male mental health, and the importance of finding a reason to get out of bed. Dan is joined by Debbie of Sean’s Place and Anthony from Andy’s Man Club. If this conversation resonates with you, please, please talk to somebody or visit www.andysmanclub.co.uk or www.seansplace.org.uk
2024-11-1925 min
Come Together - A LIPA PodcastVogue, HipHop and Male DanceCherise and Darren Suarez talk all things House of Suarez, dance training as a male, mature student and transitioning from vogueing in Liverpool’s gay scene to hip hop and then bringing that early experience full circle with the launch of the joyous Vogue Ball community in the North West.
2024-11-1923 min
Come Together - A LIPA PodcastOne Fell Swoop's Dave McTague on Africa Oyé and the LIPA linkCherise meets Dave McTague, promoter, music and event marketing master and record label owner. They cover synergy between art forms, how Dave has grown up with the Africa Oyé festival community and the importance of taking a chance.
2024-06-1324 min
Come Together - A LIPA PodcastSiobhán explores different ways of doingFrom astrophysics to the West End with a quick stop at a coffin manufacturers. Siobhán Roxburgh talks us through her life before and during LIPA, the beauty of difference, importance of cultural currency and championing access for people with disabilities.
2024-05-2247 min
Come Together - A LIPA PodcastLeon Lopez on limitations, career change and Kylie.Join us for a jam-packed episode with musician,
actor, director (Coronation Street, Hollyoaks, Emmerdale, Death in Paradise, Midsomer Murders) and LIPA Black Ball supporter Leon Lopez. Leon talks channeling Kylie, distributing shorts on Netflix and Amazon Prime, learning by doing for a career pivot and how focussing on your limitations can actually make you a better actor.
2024-04-3040 min
Come Together - A LIPA PodcastCherise meets The SkylarksJo and Ava, also known as The Skylarks, join Cherise to talk about their emotional roller-coaster of a journey on The Voice, the value of pouring passion into playing, and juggling being an artist with running a business and raising children.
2024-04-2336 min
Come Together - A LIPA PodcastCelebrating Black Art, Community Love and Joyful Expression with Tovah ZafrinJoin us and delve into the world of one of our final-year Acting students, Tovah Zafrin, who is also one of the organisers of this year’s Black Ball Showcases which are inspiring celebrations of Black art, Black people, and Black culture.
Tovah chats to Cherise about taking the leap into international study, being Black in LIPA and Liverpool, and the joy and importance of organising “the block party of the season”. There’s also a lesson of love for each other and growing into a
‘take a chance’ mindset.
2023-11-2820 min
Come Together - A LIPA PodcastMusic, Identity and Acknowledging the Past with Eva PetersenCherise is joined by artist, PhD candidate and MA Music Industry Management and BA Music lecturer Eva Petersen, who reflects on the importance of EDI when teaching Music. Recorded during Black history month, find out about the debt owed to Black musicians who pioneered and inspired moves and music still recognisable today, from Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s influence on Keith Richards and Elvis through to the movement styles of Tina Turner and Mick Jagger. Eva also talks about the perils and pleasure of PhD by practice as research and tells us why it’s OK to fail, as long as y...
2023-11-2817 min
Come Together - A LIPA PodcastArtistic Director of Africa Oyé talks to Cherise about international collaboration and how to get involved with this year's event.Cherise discovers how Paul Duhaney fell in love with Liverpool’s club scene and his journey to director of Africa Oyé. Paul talks about the importance of knowing your audience, the benefits of international collaboration and how you can get involved with the biggest live celebration of African music in the UK.
Africa Oyé takes place on 17/18 June this year. Full line-up and more details at https://africaoye.com/
2023-06-0629 min
Come Together - A LIPA PodcastCherise meets Seun Kuti to talk identity, independence and struggle in art.Seun Kuti, afrobeat ace, LIPA alum and this year’s Africa Oyé headline act, invites us to explore identity and the joys of finding independence and ourselves. In his powerful advice to artists and people going into the music industry he encourages artists to embrace the struggle involved in making art. He also tells us why we are not the centre of the world.
More about Seun at https://www.seunkuti.net/
2023-06-0620 min