Making Space

In this special bonus episode of Making Space, we turn the tables and hear from Marcus Davey, Roundhouse CEO and Artistic Director. Roundhouse Alumni Katie Stokes and Cherise Hamilton-Stephenson hear from Marcus about his very first day at the Roundhouse 27 years ago, as we mark an incredible legacy. This episode is a special thank you to Marcus for all the support and inspiration he’s given so ma...

Fresh from the red carpet after getting his second BAFTA, writer, comedian and performer and Roundhouse alum Jack Rooke joins Roundhouse CEO and Artistic Director Marcus Davey on the latest episode of Making Space: Exploring Creativity, Society, and the Roundhouse. Jack shares his personal story, which draws from his lived experience and often involves themes of grief and suicide, in an intimate c...

Multi-award-winning artist, producer, composer, and technologist Imogen Heap joins Roundhouse CEO and Artistic Director Marcus Davey on the latest episode of Making Space: Exploring Creativity, Society, and the Roundhouse.   Heap reflects on creativity, improvisation, neurodiversity, technology, failure, success, flow states, and her two-decade relationship with the Roundhouse. Following her accla...

Internationally renowned dancer and choreographer, Akram Khan, joins Roundhouse CEO and Artistic Director Marcus Davey to explore the power of stories to help us understand the world and uncovers a connection artists seem to find with the world. Akram reveals his personal journey with creativity, starting with his training in Kathak dance and finding community in cross-cultural collaboration, whic...

Poet, novelist, playwright and former Young People's Laureate for London, Cecilia Knapp, joins Roundhouse CEO and Artistic Director Marcus Davey to explore the power of authentic human stories and how not to overthink a poem. Cecilia reveals her personal, transformative journey with creativity, starting with finding community at the Roundhouse Poetry Collective, which she calls "the pivotal moment...

One of the world's greatest living artists and former winner of the Turner Prize, Sir Antony Gormley, joins Roundhouse CEO and Artistic Director Marcus Davey on Making Space ; exploring creativity as a vital social force. Antony talks about the profound significance of clay—a material he believes grounds us and allows us to "think and to feel through making". He reveals how his need to "make a mes...

Oscar-winning actor, writer, producer, and director Daniel Kaluuya is the first guest on Making Space , a new podcast hosted by Roundhouse CEO and Artistic Director Marcus Davey exploring creativity as a vital social force.  Daniel talks openly about growing up in Camden and how tuning into his inner voice became one of his most valuable creative lessons. As the Roundhouse’s Associate Artistic Dir...