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Arcola Conversations - Is COVID Taking Women Back to the 1950s?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2022 65:58


Seven in ten workers on the frontline of the pandemic are female. In the last year, more women have lost jobs, been furloughed and taken on unpaid care than men. Have women faced a disproportionate emotional and mental burden during the pandemic? Have we lost some of the gains made towards women's liberation? Hear from Titilola Dawudu (Company Director for Sour Lemons), Eliane Glaser (Author of Motherhood: A Manifesto), and Resham Kotecha (Head of Engagement for Women2Win), led in discussion by our Chair Dr Hannah Barham-Brown (Deputy Leader for Women's Equality Party). Arcola's series of free, online discussions, #ArcolaConversations, provide a chance to reconnect with the community, explore big ideas and imagine the future together at this time of historic upheaval. This discussion took place on Tuesday 22 June 2021.

Arcola Conversations - Black Lives Matter: Have Actions Matched Words?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2022 46:10


This discussion took place on 25th May 2021, the anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. A year after individuals and organisations stood in solidarity against state violence, how much progress has really been made? What actions must now be taken to oppose racism and white supremacy in our communities, society and around the world? Hear from Diane Abbott (Member of Parliament for Hackney North and Stoke Newington) and George Shire (cultural theorist), led in discussion by our Chair Bea Udeh (creative entrepreneur and author). Arcola's series of free, online discussions, #ArcolaConversations, provide a chance to reconnect with the community, explore big ideas and imagine the future together at this time of historic upheaval. This discussion took place on Tuesday 25 May 2021.

Arcola Conversations - A Fair Share?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2022 40:45


The pandemic has exacerbated inequalities that were already severe. From the free school meals scandal to a proposed return to austerity policies, how can we understand the implications, and rebuild a fairer society? Hear from Mark Thomas (writer and performer, Mark Thomas: Check-Up at Arcola Theatre in 2018) and Wanda Wyporska (Executive Director of The Equality Trust). Arcola's series of free, online discussions, #ArcolaConversations, provide a chance to reconnect with the community, explore big ideas and imagine the future together at this time of historic upheaval. This discussion took place on Thursday 13 May 2021.

10 Minutes With... Robin Hooper, writer of Broken Lad

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2021 8:46


Richard Speir interviews Robin Hooper about Broken Lad, coming soon to Arcola Outside. Above a pub in North London, Phil waits to go on stage. As he laments his dwindling career, his son Josh arrives believing that his dad harbours a damaging secret. With the gig hour nearing, past misdemeanours catch up with the family. Tonight, Phil's career might not be the only thing in tatters. Robin Hooper is a prolific and lauded playwright (Queer Fish, Battersea Arts Centre - Critics Choice, Time Out, Whats On), who returns to Arcola following Not the Love I Cry For (2006). This world premiere is directed by Richard Speir whose previous work at Arcola includes Gentlemen (2020) and Spun (2018). Broken Lad opens on 13 October, part of Today I'm Wiser → https://www.arcolatheatre.com/whats-on/broken-lad/

Arcola Conversations - The Great British Break-Up

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 38:32


On 1 May 1707, the kingdoms of England and Scotland were “United into One Kingdom by the Name of Great Britain”. 314 years on, has Brexit and Covid laid the grounds for divorce? If the union were to break up, what would it mean, and how would we feel about it? Hear from Dr Martin Farr, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History at Newcastle University; Caitlin Skinner, Artistic Director of Stellar Quines Theatre Company, an award-winning Scottish theatre company that celebrates the value and diversity of women and girls; and Brian Logan, Scottish Artistic Director of Camden People’s Theatre.

Arcola Conversations - Letters to the Earth

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 12:59


A week before Earth Day, theatre-maker and activist Kay Michael leads a discussion on the climate emergency and the Letters to the Earth project. How can we address our planet and the crisis it faces? You can buy the Letters to the Earth book now, which brings together over 100 letters from people around the world. https://uk.bookshop.org/books/letters-to-the-earth-writing-to-a-planet-in-crisis/9780008374471

Arcola Conversations - Young People And Children: Our Future, Our Hands

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 51:52


On the last day of the spring term, we consider the outlook for children and young people. What have been the impacts of the pandemic on their education and life chances? To protect their futures, what needs to happen now? Hear from Assistant Headteacher Sarah Drummond, Immediate Theatre's Projects Manager Nadya Bettioui, and multiple Youth Theatre members. Arcola’s series of free, online discussions, #ArcolaConversations, provide a chance to reconnect with the community, explore big ideas and imagine the future together at this time of historic upheaval. Each hour-long conversation grapples with a big and vital issue with one or more visiting speakers.

Arcola Conversations - The Future Of The Arts

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 47:43


Arcola’s series of free, online discussions, #ArcolaConversations, provide a chance to reconnect with the community, explore big ideas and imagine the future together at this time of historic upheaval. Each hour-long conversation grapples with a big and vital issue with one or more visiting speakers.

Arcola Conversations - LGBT Activism Then And Now

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2021 38:51


Arcola’s series of free, online discussions, #ArcolaConversations, provide a chance to reconnect with the community, explore big ideas and imagine the future together at this time of historic upheaval. Each hour-long conversation grapples with a big and vital issue with one or more visiting speakers.

Dr Ben Todd discusses COVID-19's impact on Arcola, on BBC London with Robert Elms

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2020 6:08


Arcola's future is at risk. Will you help us survive? http://arco.la/covid19

Dr Ben Todd discusses COVID-19's impact on theatre, on LBC with Nick Ferrari

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2020 2:52


Arcola's future is at risk. Will you help us survive? http://arco.la/covid19

#3 Robin Norton-Hale

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2017 21:24


Robin Norton-Hale on updating Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, staging opera up close and championing the arts in an age of austerity.

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#2 Daniel Goldman, Henry Naylor, Bec Martin-Williams, Lora Krasteva

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2017 48:07


Daniel Goldman on Thebes Land and Latin American theatre. Henry Naylor on Angel and the politics of Middle East. Bec Martin-Williams and Lora Krasteva on Arcola's new commission for BAMER playwrights. Plus a joke of the month from Laura. SUBSCRIBE in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/…/podc…/arcola-podcast/id1073373062

Special - Then and Now: Witches, Women And Outsiders

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2016 58:14


Why did the witch craze happen? Why were so many women victimised? Are the same factors at play in today’s world? On this special edition of the Arcola Podcast, Maeve McKeown chairs a panel discussion with broadcaster and historian Suzannah Lipscomb, artist and curator Deanna Petherbridge, and Sian McGee of the Women’s Equality Party.

#1 Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Alex Chisholm, Lladel Bryant, Feimatta Conteh

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2016 40:15


Rebecca Lenkiewicz on witches, politics and being a writer. Alex Chisholm and Lladel Bryant on their production of Nine Lives. Feimatta Conteh on the completion of Carbon Neutral Arcola. Plus a joke of the month from Penny. SUBSCRIBE in iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/…/podc…/arcola-podcast/id1073373062

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