It all went down in the underworld! From discussing spirituality, placement of your craft as an artist, career trajectory, mindset of being a creative. To the love for the exquisite premium vanilla that is Taylor Swift and everything in between. T’was a joy to share a cuppa with the exuberant soul that is Zachary James.  Topics Breakdown:  Can you Improv though-Warm up games set to 4 timing settings.  Hadestown-  Where do you find the heart/ the empathy point? How do you approach when creating the world of the play and the world of your role and what becomes your boundary? Discussing the culture and the weight around a transfer of a role especially when you have seen the show. Finding your role and placement within an ensemble cast and how to be generous but also own the space and do the work. How was the sitzprobe? Something about the show you haven’t told anyone yet and a thing that didn’t make it form rehearsals or previews into the show now?  Solo debut show on 15th July,24- How do you curate the show and explore what needs to be explored? You’re producing it too? The premise around your life in opera and theatre? Telling more on that.  3 Projects: Akhnaten, RUSALKA and Philip Glass’s “The Perfect American”- How do you sink your teeth into that world and also make that accessible when it’s a medium very much designed to a specific audience? Also those 3 projects a thing you cherish, a thing you could let go of and a thing you found challenging about it?  How much goes into your mindset about the business of being in this industry or a show? You have discussed with such passion about accessibility ( theatre prices)  and inclusion/ diverse at points. What do you feel the current state holds?  Do you think about trajectory, sustainability and strategy? Especially having hit so many milestones and worked with such high calibre collaborators? Does also the pressure of that weigh or does it seamlessly flow?  Discussing Visitability in status within the industry  and culture of accolades.  Kindness and Strength as an individual- Where it comes from? Stem of it? Rapid Response Questions:  A tip on being financial savvy? A pivotal part in your life that stands out when I ask “ the most fruitful lesson you got gifted” what was it And sharing the message in your life? 3 things the creative culture could do with and or without? Sippa Chai or Play with Rai- Segmented Games Round. What the Chai- 30 second rant about anything and everything however you must start or end your rant with the phrase ”What the Chai?” Joyfulness- What’s one thing that makes Zachary joyful and whats one thing he does for others that makes them feel joyful.  You can purchase tickets to Zachary’s solo show at Crazy Coqs HERE and Hadestown HERE.  To subscribe to Patreon and become a Patron/ supporter of Chai with Rai.  Social: Myself: https://www.instagram.com/chaiwithrai_/ & https://twitter.com/chaiwithrai_ & https://www.tiktok.com/@chaiwithrai Guest :https://www.instagram.com/theofficialzacharyjames/?hl=en , https://x.com/_zachary_james_?lang=en-GB  Links: Myself: https://www.raimuitfum.com/chaiwithraihomepage & https://linktr.ee/chaiwithrai_  Guest: https://zacharyjames.komi.io/ & https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3204137/  Hope you all enjoyed it and Thank you for tuning in. To Subscribe, share, follow my work and everything else is listed above.