Praise for Karen Johal and The Who and the What

‘‘A Brilliant performance! Calmly and patiently, Karen Johal puts on her Zarina’. - Theater Time

‘Karen Johal is convincing in the role of Zarina who – torn between loyalty towards her father on the one hand and her fight for independence on the other – finally decides to go her own way’. - Die Austige

‘Karen Johal plays Zarina as a confident and modern young woman. She shows feelings, but is guided by her razor-sharp mind. Clifford Dean's precise staging stimulates discussion, creates enormous tension and presents a brilliant cast of actors’. - Hamburger Abendblatt

Praise for Karen Johal in Blackbird

‘A rising star, [Karen Johal] broke our hearts during her monologue confronting Ray. The level of vulnerability she is able to portray on stage is something we rarely see, she had us at every word’. - Theatre & Other Things LDN

Praise for Karen in Camel

‘Ezme played by the amazing Karen Johal’ - The Huffington Post

‘Karen Johal is, like her character, an expert in throwing back whatever is thrown at her’. - Popdust

‘ A lot of the appeal lies in the well-cast actors. Karen Johal effectively  captures Ezme's emotional turns and gives an engaging performance, stealing every scene she is in’ - Theater is Easy

'Newly returned from California where ‘she couldn’t make it work’, Ezme - Karen Johal with Garafalo sharp-delivery, her capable pragmatism consistently contains an undertone of warmth, transforming what could have come across as shrill into the concern of a loved one’.  - New York Theatre Review

Interviews

Asian Women’s Festival

In a commisioned article for AWF Karen Johal writes about overcoming struggles with a scarcity mindset as a south Asian actor in the entertainment industry.

British Asian Women’s Magazine

In this feature south Asian actor Karen Johal shares in her own words, her struggle, her lessons, her life today and what it means to follow your purpose as an artist.

THeatre Art Life

Karen Johal tells Journalist Michelle Sciarotta about her work as an actor on stage and screen. She details her commitment to the journey.

Birmingham Live

Karen Johal, known for her role in the BBC’s Phoenix Rise lifts the lid on life as an actor. In an exclusive interview with Jamie Brassington for Birmingham Live.

Express & Star

From leading roles on stage to starring in the critically acclaimed Apple TV+ series ‘Ted Lasso’. Karen Johal goes from strength to strength as written by journalist Heather Large.

New York Glamour

Karen Johal tells Glamour ‘Half the battle is inside your mind, but if it’s meant to be… it will work out’. Detailing her life as an artist.

Hamburger Abendblatt

Making her stage debut in Hamburg, Germany. Karen Johal stars in Ayad Akhtar’s ‘The Who and the What’ at The English Theatre of Hamburg.