S4 Ep4: Bonus Episode

In this special bonus episode, we take you inside the Rehearsal for Life showcase, a celebration of the Roundhouse’s drama-based outreach programme designed for young people from alternative education providers and specialist schools. This episode explores how the project uses creativity to help students aged 11–19, many of whom aren't in mainstream education, develop essential skills for the future. Featuring audio from the live Studio Theatre performance and insights from partners like Blossom House School and Royal Free Hospital School, you will hear directly from staff and the young people themselves as they share their journey of growth, creativity, and confidence. 

This week is National Volunteers' Week and in this special episode, Roundhouse CEO and artist director Marcus Davey, speaks to three long-standing Roundhouse volunteers; Cristina Maso, Sammy McNeil and Simon Gladwin, for a conversation about memories, milestones and what it means to be part of the Roundhouse community over the last 20 years.

In this special bonus episode, we take you inside the Rehearsal for Life showcase, a celebration of the Roundhouse’s drama-based outreach programme designed for young people from alternative education providers and specialist schools. This episode explores how the project uses creativity to help students aged 11–19 many of whom aren't in mainstream education, develop essential skills for the future. Featuring audio from the live Studio Theatre performance and insights from partners like Blossom House School and Royal Free Hospital School, you will hear directly from staff and the young people themselves as they share their journey of growth, creativity, and confidence. 

Transmission Roundhouse host Beattie Green is joined by Caitlin O’Ryan ahead of a special SpitNights showcase, celebrating one of the UK’s fastest-growing platforms for emerging jazz and poetry talent, featuring explosive performances, unexpected collaborations, and a live improvised jazz band alongside standout artists including Harry Baker and Maureen Onwunali.Three Sixty is about pushing boundaries and creating unforgettable moments across the entire Roundhouse site. For one epic month, the festival will serve up a mix of music, spoken word, theatre, visual arts, podcasts, and club nights. With each event amplifying the voices of today’s most vital and unapologetic artists.

Transmission Roundhouse host Mandi Furaji is joined by Julie Adenuga ahead of her live show, Julie’s Top 5, taking place at the Roundhouse Three Sixty Festival in 2026.The music-ranking chaos begins early in this episode, as Julie and Mandi dive into their own Black British anthems and reflect on how far the show has come.Soundtracked by Julie’s house band, The Composers, and featuring special guests Trevor Nelson, Rachael Anson, Sarel, and Chuckie Online, Julie’s Top 5 celebrates and debates all things Black British anthems from Grime and UK Garage to Afro Swing and beyond. This is the ultimate preview of the madness, before the shouting and the side-eyes when egos are still (just about) intactThree Sixty is about pushing boundaries and creating unforgettable moments across the entire Roundhouse site. For one epic month, the festival will serve up a mix of music, spoken word, theatre, visual arts, podcasts, and club nights. With each event amplifying the voices of today’s most vital and unapologetic artists. 

Transmission Roundhouse host Emmeline is joined by Boy Blue ahead of their new show Cycles which they'll perform at the Roundhouse Three Sixty Festival in 2026. Boy Blue‘s latest production is movement at its most fluid, distilled and skilled. Resolute and joyful, it’s a tenacious exploration of hip hop dance in all its forms.Three Sixty is about pushing boundaries and creating unforgettable moments across the entire Roundhouse site. For one epic month, the festival will serve up a mix of music, spoken word, theatre, visual arts, podcasts, and club nights. With each event amplifying the voices of today’s most vital and unapologetic artists. 

Backstage at The Roundhouse is Back!Live from The Last Word FM, Katie Stokes interviews Marcus Davey, the Artistic Director of The Roundhouse, who reflects on the last 19 years of the Poetry Slam and 11 years of The Last Word Festival, and what’s next.The Last Word FM is an annual live broadcast powered by Transmission Roundhouse with talks, interviews and panels with a number of incredible artists whose work was featured as part of The Last Word Festival.

Backstage at The Roundhouse is Back!Live from The Last Word FM, Keyari Page interviews playwright Jessica Fatoye about grief and community, poetry and introductions to writing and how work forms identity. Jessica wrote the play “Does Your Heart Have Bone?” which was performed at this year’s Last Word Festival at The Roundhouse.The Last Word FM is an annual live broadcast powered by Transmission Roundhouse with talks, interviews and panels with a number of incredible artists whose work was featured as part of The Last Word Festival.

Backstage at The Roundhouse is Back!Live from The Last Word FM, Eloïse Bertil interviews artist Sondliwe Pamisa about identity, belonging and perception of culture and how his travels to Zimbabwe influenced his exhibition “stories we could tell”. The Last Word FM is an annual live broadcast powered by Transmission Roundhouse with talks, interviews and panels with a number of incredible artists whose work was featured as part of The Last Word Festival.

Backstage at The Roundhouse is Back!Live from The Last Word FM, Yaya Clarke interviews writer Aniefiok Ekpoudom about his book “Where We Come From: Rap, Home and Hope in Modern Britain”, being a product of your environment, knowing your local history, and passing down Black history and stories.The Last Word FM is an annual live broadcast powered by Transmission Roundhouse with talks, interviews and panels with a number of incredible artists whose work was featured as part of The Last Word Festival.