Room 6

I am the founder of Kite Studios (est. in 2005), a creative oasis in Shepherds Bush which offers inclusive art, drawing, pottery and printmaking workshops to children and adults of all ages, abilities and needs.

I will be offering drawing sessions for families and individuals of all abilities, aimed at developing a mindful approach, which helps to build confidence. Also on offer: pottery with my brother & gardening with my father.

Saul Boyer is an actor, comedian and award-winning writer (RSC-Marlowe Other Prize 2014), who trained at ArtsEd and Cambridge University. He has written for stage, audio and is in the process of developing a screenplay with a prominent film production company.

Saul is also a tutor of nine years’ experience and has a degree in English Literature from Cambridge University.

Saul is offering sessions on playwriting, screenwriting and how to write narrative and sketch comedy, as well as home tutoring sessions for kids and adults. He is also offering voice and performance coaching.

Lee is a yoga teacher and physical theatre performer. Since training as a Sivenanda yoga teacher in 2005, she has been teaching private clients, companies and institutions including the BBC, The London School of Economics and Wandsworth Prison. As a physical theatre performer she has performed with Ockham’s Razor and Tilted. Lee also works alongside the charities Aching Arms and Sands, creating physical theatre and storytelling workshops that give voice to those who have experienced miscarriages or stillbirths.

Lee is offering yoga classes for all ages and abilities, and movement classes to individuals and groups.

I’m an Italian and I grew up in Naples, where my family owned a renowned pasticceria (cake shop). As a child I would race back from school to watch the pastry chefs making and decorating the cakes, which I would then try to recreate at home.

I will be offering Italian inspired cookery sessions & classes for adults & kids.

Maddy has been running the hugely popular Music with Maddy classes for the children of Hackney for the past 13 years. These sessions include singing, dancing, instruments, puppets and lots of creative fun and games for children and babies age 0-5 and their carers.

Maddy will be offering online music sessions with a combination of classic and original kids songs that support children’s learning and development while having lots of fun with props and small instruments.

I am a singer and actor with many years professional experience in West End and regional theatres (inc. Much Ado About Nothing/Love's Labours Lost - RSC, Theatre Royal Haymarket, Malory Towers - Emma Rice, Wise Children, Precious Little Talent - Orange Tree Theatre). I am also part of the Nannying agency, Bea & Co. I’ve had extensive experience as a tutor as well as a child entertainer.

Rebecca is offering: tutoring, coaching & entertainment for kids + tuition in acting or singing

Simon is a theatre and screen actor, most recently seen as General Quinn in Star Wars 9 and Douglas Carswell in Brexit An Uncivil War. On stage his many roles include Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare’s Globe), Malvolio in 12th Night (National) and The Once-ler in Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax (Old Vic), which was described by the Guardian as ‘the best family show since Mathilda’.

Simon and his son Theo will be reading Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax.

After a ten year career as a music journalist for a German pop magazine, Hattie became the first in-house writer at Comic Relief, working in a team on comedy projects with Richard Curtis, as well as transcribing the stories of project users including Rwandan widows, women experiencing domestic violence and people living with dementia. Her two novels were both published by RedDoor. Cinema Lumiere topped the Amazon fiction charts and her second novel The Spectacular Vision of Oskar Dunkelblick was described as “a beautifully crafted tale about a young man’s spiritual transformation.”

Hattie is offering sessions on: ‘Writing for Wellbeing’ and ‘Accessing your Intuition through Creative Writing.’

Nathan is a poet and performer. His first poetry collection, Threads, was longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize 2017 and his work has been presented at major venues including Royal Court Theatre, Southbank Centre and Latitude Festival as well as on Channel 4. He is also a puppeteer and puppet-maker and has created puppets for Soho Theatre and run puppet-making workshops for Little Angel Theatre.

Nathan is offering puppet-making sessions for children and adults and he is curating personalised poetry readings for our Supper Sessions.

Ailon Freedman is an artist, comedian, clown and storyteller (secretly disguised as a yoga teacher). He has taught clowning internationally after developing his own humour-based workshops known as ‘Clown Healing’.

Ailon is offering Clowning, Games and Playfulness sessions (for kids of 7 +) as well as Clowning for Beginners for individuals and groups.

Peter Keserue is an experienced multi-instrumentalist who applies his musical skills to work in care settings, both with children in SEND schools and in homes working with residents with dementia. He runs projects using iPads which allows individuals and groups with little or no musical training, and with very diverse abilities, to create and perform high quality, meaningful music in a single workshop.

Peter is offering one-to-one sessions and training to teachers and music specialists.

I am an organic gardener and ecology teacher in an inner city London garden called Meanwhile Gardens Association near Westbourne Park along the canal.

I will be offering sessions to show and share my knowledge about growing food on window sills, in pots on the patio and back yards, as well as teaching children how to grow healthy food they will like.

I have been working as a mindfulness teacher and mentor with adults, children and teens for 11 years privately, and in the workplace, schools and colleges for 15 years. My mental and emotional wellbeing sessions include practical techniques to manage anxiety and stress, and simple strategies for self-care and self-compassion. Over the years, companies and corporations that I have given talks and workshops to include: Citibank, Rabobank, Deutsche Bank, The Mirror Group, Reuters and the Royal College of Nursing.

Mary Louise will be offering mindfulness sessions for adults, teens, children and families. These sessions include storytelling, creativity and movement.

Rod has 17 years’ experience, as a full-time primary school teacher (5 – 11-year olds) in state and independent schools. He now works as an education facilitator for the environmental and education charity Global Generation.

Rod will be running Universe workshops to help children develop understanding about themselves, others, the world and the Universe in which they live.

Romy is 11 and goes to ArtsEd school in Chiswick, London. She’s been doing ballet since she was 2 and her favourite dance classes are classic, contemporary and jazz. Her heroes in the dance world are Margot Fonteyn, Darcey Bussell and Carlos da Costa and her favourite musical is ‘Everybody’s talking about Jamie’.

Romy is offering 20 minute dance routines, which she would love you to join in with.

Hi, my name is Afi. I’m 12 years old and I’ve been experimenting with makeup since I was about 2! When I first started doing makeup I would wear a lot of different bright colours but I’ve learned to tone it down and work with just a couple of colours for a more natural look.

Food Reviews. Hello my name is Astrid Ladenburg and I am the youngest member of my family and get fed quite advanced food for a 9 year old. What I look for when I eat a meal are two things, taste and texture.

Through my book reviews on this site, I hope to share some of the pleasures I have experienced throughout my life, and continue to experience, guided by the gentle hand of literature.