Coffee Matters

Alexandra Barker - The Fashionista

Alexandra grew up in the outskirts North-West London, educated in an all girls school and attended Chelsea Art School - where her love for art, creativity, fashion finally exploded. Followed by attending Manchester Metropolitan University studying Womenswear design, then London College of Fashion for her Masters in menswear design.  Internships on Savile Row - infamous tailoring street in London - British Designer Jasper Conran - assisting his womenswear designer.  With stints at Liberty of London and Inditex in Barcelona after completing her Masters, went to work for Burberry in London - which she describes as her great education inside the fashion industry. She now resides with her partner in Amsterdam and started her own brand almost 4 years ago, Alexandra Barker, and has been featured in editorials in Vogue Living, Harper’s Bazaar, Jane by the Grey Attic, Schon magazine, Jan magazine and Grazia.   This is the story of her amazing journey ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Agnesz Anna - The Singer/Songwriter

Agnesz Anna was born on the 5th of January. Since a child she has been singing, dancing and acting. She began her acting career in the youth theatre in Groningen and later joined the Dutch theatre group, De Noordelingen. She studied dance before moving to Spain. At 22, she was accepted to the prestigious Lee Strasberg school of Acting in New York. In 2010 she returned to the Netherlands to continue her acting career and also make a career as a singer songwriter. Her debut self titled album, Agnesz Anna was released on November 20th this year and is a musical portrait of the last decade of her life, ....this is her story   ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Chris Westendorp - Writer/Director Filmmaker

Chris Westendorp is a prize winning Amsterdam based screenwriter and documentary maker. If you watch Dutch television, you will most likely have seen one of Chris’s shows. She was head writer for many popular tv-series, such as Penoza, a series with five remakes in different countries, Seven Little Criminals and Santos. For Seven Little Criminals and Santos she won the Golden Calf, the Dutch prize for best tv-series of the year. She wrote a number of features, such as Confetti Harvest, Boys, Hemelrijken and Beraber. Her film Boys (co-written with Jaap Peter Enderlé) famously is now one of the 50 must see gay films. Next to writing, Chris is also passionate about documentaries. She worked on the acclaimed documentary-series Debt Society and Class Rooms. She directed the documentary-series Hidden about unseen warfare between states and was selected for CannesSeriés 2024. Chris has just finished another documentary called Queerkamp as co-director.   At the moment Chris is working on two features for the big screen and in January 2026 we will see the premier of her episode of the high action series, Alpha. ...this is her story ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Mayken Jonkman - The Curator, Rijksmuseum

A fascinating chat with Mayken Jonkman, curator of priceless 19th century art at the Rijksmuseum [https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/visit]. She talks about her journey from childhood to her first experiences with galleries and museums and how she ended up curating art at the world renowned Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Lora Mander - The Theatre Director & Coach

Lora Mander is a theatre director and English fluidity coach. She holds a Master’s in theatre directing from St. Mary’s College and has staged plays and operas in the USA, UK and Netherlands. After starting Orange Tea Theatre (now Orange Theatre Company) in 2011, she has settled into a coaching career in the Netherlands and works with a variety of actors, singers and professionals to help their performance and delivery in American English. ...this is her story ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.