An Ipswich-based British Ethiopian multidisciplinary artist, writer, poet and theatre reviewer, Zelly explores culture, performance and the arts across borders.
Opinion
October is well and truly here. The evenings may be getting darker and the temperatures cooler, but Ipswich’s arts calendar is giving us plenty of reasons not to stay at home, writes Ipswich.co.uk Arts Columnist Zelly Lisanework.
Opinion
Arts columnist Zelly Lisanework has a coffee and conversation with Ipswich Book Festival organisers Andrew Marsh and Emma Lightfoot about how a four-person team is growing a festival that reaches far beyond the page.
Opinion
September always feels like a reset. Summer may be winding down, but Ipswich's arts calendar clearly has no intention of doing the same, writes Ipswich.co.uk columnist Zelly Lisanework.
Opinion
As summer edges towards autumn, multidisciplinary artist and Ipswich.co.uk columnist Zelly Lisanework rounds up five very different ways to send it off in style.
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