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It is a special gift to be able to recognise your calling at a young age as happened with Kyla Grace Olivia D’Souza, founder and artistic director at The Peas & Carrots Theatre Company. Starting at the tender age of four, when Kyla took part in her first play, a musical called Angelina, she became completely enamoured with acting. The journey has been eventful thus far. Preferring an imaginary world to reality, Kyla has, through school, college and after her graduation with a degree in advertising, been immersed in the world of art; be it in any form – acting, music or dance. She says, ‘Being on stage is something that both challenges and comforts me. It's is all I've ever known and wanted to do.’ There is an endless list of plays and playwrights that Kyla holds in high esteem and that list includes the works of Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, Harold Pinter, Sam Shepard, Eugene O'Neil, Edward Albee, Garcia Lorca and so on. But, she says, ‘If I absolutely had to though, I'