Hello! Rife Magazine ceased publishing new work in July 2022.

We've kept the magazine online as an archive and hope you'll still continue to enjoy all of its contributions from the last 8 years.

The Rife Team

Bristol Old Vic

How young female director Julia Head makes her plays happen

We talk to the expectation-subverting director on how she got her latest production, Wild Swimming, on stage at 22

Louder is Not Always Clearer: the untold story of being D/deaf in a hearing world

Jonny Cotsen, D/deaf performer and theatre maker talks to Asmaa on the importance of centring deafness in a hearing...
Arts/Culture / / Asmaa Jama

Barber Shop Chronicles: why the barbershop is sacred space

Masculinity, Mandela and motherland: Ellams' bold play pulls back the curtain on barbershops across the world.

Talking Princess & The Hustler: insight, industry and imposter syndrome

Kudzai Sitima and Emily Burnett of Princess & the Hustler offer advice to aspiring young actors

Talking Princess & the Hustler: blackness, beauty and British stories

Kudzai and Emily discuss colourism, activism and the importance of telling black British stories

Top Six Places you should check out to Kickstart your Dance career

Tim takes you through her favourite Bristol organisations to go to that will help make that dance career dream a...
Arts/Culture / / Tim Lo

Getting Through The Exam Period

The dreaded May and June months are usually the most stressful two months anyone in education has to go through.
Upskilling / / Yero Timi-Biu

Theatre: The Tinderbox

Crude jokes to brutal stabbings - Jon Aitken reviews The Tinderbox.