Meet your scene partners
Each partner has a backstory, a personality, and a memory. They speak only British English — your tutor handles the coaching in your language.
Oliver has been the porter at your Notting Hill mansion block for fifteen years. He grew up in west London, knows every resident by name, and has a dry, gentle sense of humour.
Aisha is a third-year university student working part-time at a busy independent café in Soho. Her family is from East London and Bangladesh. Fast, efficient, and quick with a joke.
Leroy runs a barbershop on Brixton High Road that his dad opened in the eighties after arriving from Jamaica. He took it over five years ago and kept the old chairs and the sound system. Funny, opinionated, and treats every customer like a regular.
Priya is a software engineer who lives in your block with her husband and two children. She moved to London from Mumbai twelve years ago and introduces you to everyone at the playground.
Daniel has run the Old Bell, a traditional pub off Brick Lane, for eighteen years. He grew up in Hackney and has an opinion on everything — football, the weather, the council.
William works at the same firm as you near Liverpool Street. Measured and articulate, he navigates office politics with dry wit and always suggests a proper pub for after-work drinks.
Amara works at a gastropub near Borough Market. She grew up in south London and studied hospitality at Westminster. Warm and efficient, she walks you through the specials with genuine enthusiasm.