What if food could heal the soul, reconnect you with your past, and create a whole new community in a strange land? 🍲✨ In this episode of The Martin Talk Show, I, Martin Colton, sit down with my incredible guests — the brilliant actress Isabella Nefar and the original author Atoosa Sepehr — to explore the remarkable journey that inspired the hit play My English Persian Kitchen. Written by award-winning Hannah Khalil, directed by Chris White, and brought to life on stage by Isabella, this story is rooted in Atoosa’s own life and her search for belonging after losing everything. 🌍💫This is not just theatre, it’s life transformed into art. A woman forced to flee her home, silenced by violence, finds strength in the kitchen — recreating the tastes and aromas of her childhood while cooking live on stage. Through these dishes, she forges new connections, inviting audiences to share in her memories as if they were guests in her own home. 🥘💐 The result is a feast of theatre that blends the sensory with the emotional, showing us how creativity, resilience, and community can rise even from the most painful experiences.Join me, Isabella, and Atoosa as we unpack the heart of this production, the role of food as memory, and what it means to create identity and belonging when the world has stripped everything else away. This conversation goes beyond art — it’s about survival, resilience, and the universal human need to connect. ❤️🔥

With Thanks to The Soho Theatre: https://sohotheatre.com

Isabella Nefar: https://www.instagram.com/isabellanefar

Atoosa Sepehr: https://www.atoosasepehr.com

As always, connect with Martin via: www.themartintalkshow.com

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🎧 Dive in and discover what happens when creativity, courage and conversation collide. In this episode of The Martin Talk Show, you’ll be inspired, challenged and moved by the stories of an artist who dares to push boundaries beyond the familiar.I’m your host, Martin Colton, and on this special edition recorded as part of the Amplifier Harlow series at Harlow Rock School, we go deeper than ever into the life, struggles, triumphs and ongoing journey of a creative force in music/arts. We don’t just “chat” — we explore craft, mindset, purpose, and how art can transform both creator and listener. 🌟Harlow Rock School is a youth music project based in Essex, designed to give young people aged 11–18 access to performing, learning, composing and recording in both live and studio environments — all free of charge. HARLOW ROCK SCHOOL It’s run by the Friends of Rock School and plays a vital role in nurturing musical talent in the local community. HARLOW ROCK SCHOOL In recording this episode there, the walls themselves — built to shelter artistic experiment — become part of our conversation.Harlow itself is no stranger to the arts. Known as “Harlow Sculpture Town,” it hosts over 100 public artworks across its streets and parks, a legacy of architect Frederick Gibberd’s vision to integrate art into everyday life. Wikipedia The very ambiance of Harlow, with its sculptures, green spaces and cultural heartbeat, permeates this conversation.Expect moments of vulnerability, unfiltered reflection, and powerful insights as we examine not just what art means, but how to live through it, and why we must. Whether you’re a creator, an enthusiast or someone yearning to break open your own latent potential, this episode is built for you. 🎨🎶

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✨ Discover the power of creativity, vulnerability and humour in this inspiring episode of The Martin Talk Show. Hosted by Martin Colton, this series takes you beyond conversation and into deep explorations of art, creativity, and the stories that shape extraordinary lives. 🎭🎶🎬

In this episode, Martin is joined by the incredible Ruth — an English actor, writer and theatre-maker whose work blends poetry, physical theatre, comedy and music into performances that are rich with authenticity and humanity. Leeds born and bred, with roots from a Jewish father and a Herefordshire farmer’s daughter mother, Ruth creates theatre that embraces vulnerability, comforts those who struggle, and makes audiences laugh, reflect and feel. 🌿✨

We talk about her much-celebrated show The Beauty of Being Herd before it heads to the Women in Comedy Festival in Manchester and Leeds. With original songs, sheep facts, rave energy and an emotional rollercoaster of belonging, Ruth invites us all to Hannah's BIG GOODBYE PARTY! (please, no presents). 🐑🎉

This smash-hit production has already SOLD OUT at Camden People’s Theatre, Brighton Fringe, Glasgow Comedy Festival, Buxton Fringe and across Yorkshire, and has been nominated for BEST NEW SHOW and BEST NEW WRITING at major festivals. Ruth shares her artistic journey, her search for belonging, and her joy in creating theatre that is as hilarious as it is heartfelt. 💫

Along the way, we also discover her many other lives — from massage therapist and cycle instructor to obsessive wild swimmer and doting auntie who’s pretty handy with an axe. 🌊💪

Recorded via Riverside video chat, this episode promises to spark your creativity, warm your heart, and inspire you to embrace your own unique journey. ❤️

As always, connect with Martin via: www.themartintalkshow.com

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