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My new song is out!

Queen: Eva Lis, Cover art: Zuza Tehanu

OBELISQUE QUEEN by my band Yavenirie Amok is out on all platforms!!!!

You can find it here:

Yaveniriemusic.wordpress.com

Released on the 21st of December, the Winter Solstice day, it’s here to stream or download.

You can find it on BandCamp:

https://yavenirieamok.bandcamp.com/track/obelisque-queen

YouTube:

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=enbQ6pbo2FA&si=g5wet2jCgzR2D0a6

Spotify:

Apple Music

Amazon Music:

Also on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok as music for your posts and stories! 

Feel free to let me know what you think!!!

I am here for all the feedback!!!

Also please give my band Yavenirie Amok a follow on all the platforms you can – it will help us get a momentum and let as many people as we can know about the new song:

Yaveniriemusic.wordpress.com

Facebook.com/Yaveniriemusic

Instagram.com/yavenirieamok

If you’d like to write a review of Obelisque Queen song or play it on your playlist or radio show – please get in touch!!!!

Just remember that:

Obelisque Queen song snarls at the decay of modern society. In a blasΓ©, gold-plated, wallowing in a pomp and splendour court rotting from the inside out, truth is the one thing nobody wants to hear. Only the artist dares to spit it back in their faces – a debased royal jester, beaten down for every word yet growing louder, sharper, unstoppable. A rebel voice rising from the gutter to shake the kingdom awake.

And Yavenirie Amok is here to jolt people out of their sleepwalk, to rattle the stiff cages of social norms, to lure you out of your comfort zone and into something strange, raw, and unforgettable. We make music which crawls under your skin and rearranges your soul.

IF THAT IS YOUR THING – GO GIVE IT A LISTEN!!!!!

πŸ’šπŸ’šπŸ’š

All the best for the New Year everyone, have a blast!

Zuza

Fight reel

Fight and movement reel

Sword fighting with vikings, punching faces, getting punched, kicking demons, spitting and eating fire , shooting arrows at lost hikers and breaking bones while dancing nicely on the graves of my enemies – that’s me in my full potential 🀣
Enjoy some action scenes from my recent films!

In my reel I cut the scenes from Viking Revenge, Cannibal Troll, Defenders Eternal, and Salty Fist features, from We Bring The Breed dance show, Something Is Coming and Blight music videos, Gold dance show and from some pro clips of performing my fire show.

Let me know what you think!

Playing and dancing in Resonant Bloom

I am so happy to announce that I have been cast as Aaliyah in the film Resonant Bloom by Qinwei Hu and Jingjing Li.

Filming is underway in some beautiful locations like the Rose Theatre in Kingston where I get to live my dream of dancing on a big theatre stage. The film should be out later this year.

Big thanks to the producer, director, all the crew and my dancing partner Ruby.

Also another announcement – I am playing with my band Yavenirie Amok our last gig this summer in Biddle Bros in Hackney on the 18th of July. It’s a free entry so please come along if you fancy some original mystery rock music.

Hope to see you there!

News news news!!!

I am changing acting representation!!!

My agent is sadly closing doors of her agency so I had to jump ship pretty quickly πŸ‘€.

In this industry you never know what will happen tomorrow. You think you have a solid agent one day and the next they have to close business because it’s so tough out there and you have 2 weeks to find a new agent….

I am very grateful to Mel from Chaos Acting Management for all her hard work and her coaching and support. That’s what happens quite often in this industry – a change. We need to be ready for it.

But this time also the situation is teaching me something new. Last time when I left my agent in very different circumstances I was in a state of panic, I felt like a failure and from this space of mind I sent almost 100 emails looking for a new representation and I had NO positive response. Mel responded to my pity-post on Twitter πŸ™‚ and took me in. I was so grateful because she was the only one who decided to give me a chance in that moment and it helped me just feel better about myself and the industry as a whole.

This time was completely different. From the moment I heard the agency is closing I felt that it’s gonna be alright πŸ’š. I sent around 10 emails and although no one responded I still felt it’s fine and it will resolve itself somehow. Then the day before agency closing came and my dear friend (thank you πŸ’œ) when heard I m still without new representation offered to contact his agent. The next day I got signed, it took a 1-minute phone call :-). So I didn’t even miss a day.

Different mindset πŸ‘‰different results.

I am now represented by Imperial Artists Agency, very honoured to be part of the team and to have Robert as my agent πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯°.

Feeling also very grateful for this smooth transition and looking forward to new adventures πŸ™πŸ’šπŸ’œπŸ–€

Press mention in Rachmaninov Variations article

Yesterday I was sent a great article – interview with Teodor Dore, the composer of Rachmaninov Variations album on which I read a letter from an Ukrainian refugee.

https://www.classical-music.uk/features/article/teodor-dore-reimagining-rachmaninoff-in-the-context-of-modern-migration

I am so grateful for the mention and for Teodore’s kind words, this project is very special and close to my heart because of the w*r and the obvious social and political consequences of it all.

Please listen to the whole album if you get a chance:

https://fanlink.tv/rachvariations

The article came just before the World Theatre Day which is also a very special day for me as it took me a long time to call myself an actress and see myself as part of the performance industry. So it’s a good reminder where I got in my journey.

Sending you all warm wishes with a bit of a holiday vibe going on πŸ’š

I won a Best Actress award!!

It came this morning as a complete surprise!

I was awarded BEST ACTRESS on Bridge Film Festival in Vancouver in Canada for our film WE GO AGAIN!

Our movie also won Best Feature and Best Screenplay and my acting partner Charlotte Chiew and Annabelle Lanyon won awards for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress!

I am very happy and proud to be part of this production, well done to all involved and big love to my fellow actresses, actors , our writer and Producer Tom and director Oliver from Jolliffe Productions for making it happen!

First Festival selection for We Go Again movie

Our film WE GO AGAIN started a festival run with a selection for Direct Monthly Online Film Festival this month 😍 Big thanks to the organisers and well done to all cast and crew πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ More festivals coming next year!!!

Poster for We Go Again feature just dropped!

Take a look at our beautiful poster for WE GO AGAIN drama feature. The music score and the whole post production is now in the works getting ready for 2025 festivals so watch this space for updates!
Written by Tom Jolliffe, Directed by Oliver Jolliffe
of Jolliffe Productions
With Charlotte Chiew, Annabelle Lanyon, Amy Jim and Nathan Shepka.

That’s a wrap on We Go Again

We wrapped the filming on We Go Again drama! Our feature is now going into post production slowly taking its final shape.

It was an amazing experience working with Tom and Oliver Jolliffe @jolliffeproductions and with amazing actresses Charlotte Chiew @charlottechiewvoiceover Annabelle Lanyon @annabellelanyon and Amy Jim @amy.jim.actress .

I feel we really made something special, a story about a relationship but also about a neurodivergent people struggling with life and with each other. Watch this space for more updates.

Our feature got press!!!

Here is an interview with Tom Jolliffe, the writer and producer of our feature WE GO AGAIN in which I play MARIE.

I was waiting to work with Tom for a good few years and I’m happy that it finally came to fruition in such an incredible project!

Tom is also talking about his other projects Cinderella Revenge that is having a global release around the world right now and Baby in The Basket which is entering festival stage.

Check the whole article here πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡

http://www.searchmytrash.com/articles/tomjolliffe(6-24).shtml

Cast as MARIE in WE GO AGAIN drama

I am very happy to finally share that I have been cast in the lead role of MARIE in β€œWE GO AGAIN” lgbt drama feature written and produced by Tom Jolliffe and directed by Oliver Jolliffe along my wonderful colleagues Charlotte Chiew, Annabelle Lanyon (Legend by Ridley Scott πŸ‘€), Amy Jim and Nathan Shepka.

Filming is underway and should be finished by the end of summer. Truly grateful for this opportunity as I feel we are creating a beautiful and profound story.

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