Series 1, Episode 5: Lara McIvor and Lama Amine

On the fifth episode of the Discover Central podcast, host Scott Bellamy talks with graduates Lara McIvor and Lama Amine about their work with Lebanon and Jordan based non profit organisation Seenaryo.  

We also hear from MA Creative Producing student Viviana Flores-Rayo with her top tip for looking after yourself in lockdown.

This episode was recorded on Wednesday 29 July 2020, before the disaster in Beirut.  We are relieved to share that Lama, Lara, their colleagues at Seenaryo and their participants in Lebanon are all safe.  Our thoughts are with the people of Lebanon at this time.

Lara McIvor is a graduate of Central’s MA Applied Theatre course, and Lama Amine is a graduate of Central’s MFA Movement: Directing and Teaching course.  They live in Jordan and Lebanon respectively, where they work for Seenaryo, a charity which runs a year round programme of high quality arts and education for refugees and the communities that host them.

Together, their team worked with 150 Seenaryo participants in Lebanon and Jordan to create and film a special music video during lockdown, which premiered in June as part of Refugee Week.

You can find out more about the work by visiting Seenaryo’s website.  You can also watch the music video that was created with participants for Little Bird Song. Images provided by Seenaryo.

**You can access a Dyslexia-friendly transcript of this episode.**