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Alfie Wickham

Alfie Wickham

Actor and theatre-maker, National Youth Theatre REP Company (2024), co-founder of Kickdrum, starring in Heart Beats Strong at Edinburgh Fringe 2026.

Jul 29, 2026

Stage and Screen with Harvey Morton

Stage and Screen with Harvey Morton

Alfie Wickham on Heart Beats Strong - Queer Identity, Masculinity & Friendship on Stage

Jul 29 · 20m

Harvey Morton
Harvey MortonHOST
0:29
I started by asking Alfie about revisiting those vulnerable moments from his youth and here's what he told me.
Alfie Wickham
Alfie WickhamGUEST
0:35
Well, the story is...
Alfie Wickham
Alfie WickhamGUEST
0:39
Well, my story in particular is a story of feeling like an imposter.
Alfie Wickham
Alfie WickhamGUEST
0:46
And so what was nice was, you know, I could say it's based on my teenage diary entries.
Alfie Wickham
Alfie WickhamGUEST
0:51
We started writing when we were teenagers.
Alfie Wickham
Alfie WickhamGUEST
0:53
So it was also based on, you know, journal entries at that time.
Alfie Wickham
Alfie WickhamGUEST
0:57
And I hadn't moved past those feelings of imposter syndrome in the queer community, in my queerness.
Harvey Morton
Harvey MortonHOST
4:59
How do you think your friendship has influenced the way that you perform together? Well, I think

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