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Comedian Cariad Lloyd explains how she unexpectedly became part of the death community and why Half of a Yellow Sun should be part of the curriculum. Cariad is an award-winning comedian, actor and writer. She is the creator and host of the award-winning podcast Griefcast and the smash-hit improv show Austentatious. She has starred in TV shows such as Alan Partridge, Peep Show, Inside No. 9 and featured on Have I Got News For You, Would I Lie to You and QI. Cariad's first book You Are Not Alone was a New Statesman, The Times and Express book of the year in 2023. And her new children's book, The Christmas Wish-Tastrophe, is out now. Cariad is no stranger to book chat, co-hosting a podcast with fellow comedian Sara Pascoe called Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club, where they discuss weird books with their famous friends. Cariad's book choices are: ** Moominland Midwinter by Tove Jansson ** By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart ** Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ** Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel ** The Bay of Noon by Shirley Hazzard Vick Hope, multi-award winning TV and BBC Radio 1 presenter, author and journalist, is the host of season seven of the Women's Prize for Fiction Podcast. Every week, Vick will be joined by another inspirational woman to discuss the work of incredible female authors. The Women's Prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world, and they continue to champion the very best books written by women. Don't want to miss the rest of season seven? Listen and subscribe now! This podcast is sponsored by Baileys and produced by Bird Lime Media. Serious Readers are offering Bookshelfie listeners £100 off any HD light and free UK delivery. To take advantage of our Serious Readers discount code, please visit seriousreaders.com/bookshelfie and use the code SHELFIE. There's a 30 day risk-free trial to return the lamp for free if you're unhappy with it for whatever reason.
Podcast royalty - and phenomenal comedian, actor and writer - Cariad Lloyd joins us to say some of the geekiest things she's ever said on a pod. It all begins with the reveal of a teenage Christmas present, which will have you wishing this was a visual medium. Cariad also confesses the enduring influence of Kristine Kochanski in her life. Moving on to series 5 episode 4, Holoship, we leave no stone unturned. You'll wonder if we've all had a mind patch as we explore misogyny, Brief Encounter, hologram afterlife choices, Jane Horrocks' accent and some serious hairspray. Plus: what are Grant and Naylor trying to tell us about humanity?SO WHAT IS IT?Better Than Life is the pod where comedians talk Red Dwarf, the greatest sci-fi sitcom, one episode at a time. With a fresh guest every ep, we're your perfect podcast companion for a first watch or a rewatch. Be warned: spoilers! Hosted by Fergus (huge fan) and John (lapsed fan). Production, artwork and insights by Alex Watson. FANCY SOME LINKS?Follow @cariadlloyd on Instagram. Check out Cariad's podcast with Sara Pascoe, Weirdos Book Club.Be like Captain Hollister and catch a performance of Austentatious. Make a child's day on 25th December by giving them The Christmas Wish-tastrophe. WHAT DO YOU THINK?Have a word on our socials: X/Instagram/Facebook - @itsBTLpodEMAIL USWe'd love to ask your questions on the pod – and to hear your feedback. Drop us a line: betterthanlifepod@gmail.com ENJOY OUR THEME TUNE?There's more where that came from: https://holygoats.bandcamp.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver, chosen by Rachel Parris DID YE HEAR MAMMY DIED? by Séamas O'Reilly, chosen by Harriett Gilbert BOTH NOT HALF by Jassa Ahluwalia, chosen by Sonali ShahComedian and musician Rachel Parris and broadcaster and presenter Sonali Shah join Harriett Gilbert to read each other's favourite books.Rachel Parris (Late Night Mash, Austentatious) chooses Barbara Kingsolver's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Demon Copperhead, which is based on David Copperfield and boldly takes on America's opioid crisis.Sonali Shah (Escape to the Country, Pilgrimage, Magic FM) picks Both Not Half: A Radical New Approach to Mixed Heritage Identity by the actor Jassa Ahluwalia, who had always described himself as 'half Indian, half English'. So he decided to come up with a new way of thinking about all kinds of individuality.Harriett brings a wonderfully funny and loving memoir by the Irish writer Séamas O'Reilly: Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?Producer: Beth O'Dea for BBC Audio in Bristol Join the conversation @agoodreadbbc Instagram
Hannah's in Seattle! And Suzanne's never seen the 2005 Pride and Prejudice. So...let's drink sparkling rosé and watch it I guess? And if this episode sounds like two women hunched around one microphone...that's because that's what we did. Want to give us some dollars? We'll allow it. Link goes to a donation platform on our website. Come say hello on our socials (but be nice): Twitter | InstagramCheck out additional resources on our website.Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Charlie Russell discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known. Charlie Russell she/her. Creative Associate and co-founder at Mischief. Trained at LAMDA. Work with Mischief includes Groan Ups (West End); The Play That Goes Wrong (UK Tour, West End, Broadway); Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Pleasance, West End, BBC1 adaptation, Broadway); The Comedy About A Bank Robbery (West End); The Goes Wrong Show (BBC Sitcom); Improviser, Mischief Movie Night (West End, UK Tour), Austentatious, Yes Queens. Charlie wrote and performed a run of her first solo show, Charlie Russell Aims To Please, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2022. Other acting work includes Kat in Kite Strings (Short Film), Doctors (BBC 1), And Then There Were None (BBC1 & Mammoth Screen) #FindTheGirl (BBC3 Online) and A Twist Of Dahl (BBC Radio 4). Charlie can next be seen starring in Fanny at The Watermill Theatre in May 2024. 500 Acts of Kindness group https://www.facebook.com/groups/2074795452542346/ Fanny Mendelssohn https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/23/arts/music-review-fanny-mendelssohn-was-audacious-too.html The game Worldle https://thinkygames.com/reviews/worldle-a-treasure-trove-for-geography-nerds/ Improv https://www.hooplaimpro.com/improv-comedy-club-london-bridge.html A Short History of Queer Women by Kirsty Loehr. https://www.gscene.com/arts/books/book-review-a-short-history-of-queer-women-by-kirsty-loehr/ Therapy https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/talking-therapies-medicine-treatments/talking-therapies-and-counselling/benefits-of-talking-therapies/ This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm
Best-selling author, critically acclaimed Austentatious improviser, co-host of No Such Thing As A Fish, and all round top egg, Andrew Hunter Murray joins Stevie and Tessa for a special live episode. Coming to you fresh from the London Podcast Festival, the gang discuss how to stay private in a world which increasingly commodifies, celebrates and financially rewards sharing everything you've ever done, with everyone you've ever met. Subscribe to the Nobody Panic Patreon at patreon.com/nobodypanicWant to support Nobody Panic? You can make a one-off donation at https://supporter.acast.com/nobodypanicRecorded by London Podcast Festival and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive.Photos by Marco Vittur, jingle by David Dobson. Be part of the Nobody Panic Patreon gangSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/nobodypanic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Austentatious star Cariad Lloyd takes us through the 1995 BBC Pride & Prejudice classic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week's book guest is Love, Nina by Nina Stibbe with Rachel Parris.Sara and Cariad are joined by comedian, writer, improvisor and fellow Austentatious member Rachel Parris to discuss Camden, the London Review of Books, Alan Bennett and more! Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you! Love, Nina by Nina Stibbe is available to buy here or on Apple Books here.Sara's debut novel Weirdo is published by Faber & Faber and is available to buy here.Cariad's book You Are Not Alone is published by Bloomsbury and is available to buy here.Follow Rachel on Instagram @rachelsvparris and Twitter @rachelparrisYou can book tickets to see Rachel's show Fool's Gold hereFollow Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and Twitter @weirdosbookclub Recorded by ben Williams and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive.Artwork by Welcome Studio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
By George, they finally did it! Today Hannah & Suzanne conclude their first go of their Most Austentatious series by getting into Austen's first published work, Sense and Sensibility. They talk theme. They talk motif. They talk about Colonel Brandon being *gasp* 35-year old man!Want to give us some dollars? We'll allow it. Link goes to a donation platform on our website. Come say hello on our socials (but be nice): Twitter | InstagramCheck out additional resources on our website.Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Featuring RACHEL PARRIS, comedian, improviser and actor. Host of LATE NIGHT MASH and star of smash hit AUSTENTATIOUS - which is in London's West End right now.Every two weeks, Jessica Fostekew shares food with an interesting soul whilst chewing the fat about chewing the fat. By which I mean eating. We do eating and talk about eating. What's not to love?!This podcast is largely funded on PATREON where if you join up you'll have access to masses to exclusive and advance content from guest recipes to live eat-alongs-with Jess.Jess' new show WENCH IS ON TOUR NOW. Come! Come and see me HOOVERING LIVE at the Leicester Comedy Festival, at 3pm Saturday 18th February. I'll also be doing a WORK-IN-PROGRESS there at 6.30pm on Friday 17th.Rachel and I met and put away a Japanese feast in Balham restaurant TARO And we can't not make a podcast note about BRANSTON PICKLE SMALL CHUNKAnd she mentioned Balham's MILK and this is a BLACK RICE HORCHATASupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/hoovering. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Andrew and Miriam discuss what his life might have been like if, a year after graduating from university in Oxford and getting a job in London, he had done a complete 180 and moved back to Oxford to write sketch comedy with a friend. Along the way they invent a fictional sandwich chain, narrowly avoid petty theft and helicopter Philip Larkin into the 2012 olympics. They also laugh A LOT.Andrew Hunter Murray. Andrew is a scriptwriter and fact-hunter for BBC2's QI. He co-hosts the podcast No Such Thing As A Fish, which has toured the UK, Europe and Australia. He also writes jokes and journalism for Private Eye magazine, and hosts the Eye's podcast, Page 94. He is one of the founder members of the award-winning comedy show Austentatious, and spent three years as one of the regular correspondents on BBC2's The Mash Report.He is the author of The Last Day and his new, totally gripping ecological thriller The Sanctuary is out now and available in all good bookshops.Make sure to subscribe to hear the rest of Season 2 – in each episode, Miriam Robinson interviews a guest about a path their life might have taken and together, step by step, they write the stories of their unlived lives. Produced by Neil Mason #MyUnlivedLife Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week it's Rachel Parris. You may know her from her hugely popular segments on The Mash Report. She's also a seasoned improviser and musician, founding the award-winning live improv show Austentatious. In this episode we talk about her early love for performance, her forever unreleased classical music album, and her son's literally violent refusal to follow in her footsteps.Look At What You've Done Is a BBC studios production For UKTVProducer: Bríd Kirby at IAM Executive Producer: Pete Strauss at BBC StudiosSound Designer: Ciaran Clarke Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Look. Fanny Price is rarely mentioned in the top-5 Austen heroines (a feat, seeing as Jane Austen only completed 6 novels) but in this ep we try to give her her due. Witness Hannah & Suzanne as they work hard not to scream "EDMUND BERTRAM CAN GET BENT" every 2-5 minutes. Check out the other books we've covered in the "Most Austentatious" series: Pride and Prejudice || Emma || Northanger Abbey || Persuasion Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Hannah believes that "Persuasion" is the finest of Jane Austen's work. Can Suzanne be ... persuaded ... to also endorse that point of view? They discuss four major successful and attempted persuasions throughout the book and what Jane might be suggesting about the purpose and nature of influence. They also somehow manage to go almost the entire episode before discussing perhaps the most romantic declaration of love in any Austen novel. Love the pod? You can send us some dollars! Love Jane Austen? Be sure to listen to our episodes about Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Northanger Abbey! Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
An episode marked by three things: 1) utter chaos, 2) our fascination with the flirtiest Austen hero in existence, and 3) more chaos. This is what happens when we go into a podcast sans detailed outline. In today's pod, we look at Austen's first written novel (though not her first novel to be published) and discuss the cinematic elements of the book that lend itself well to, what we would consider to be, a delightful film adaptation. Which character(s) do Hannah and Suzanne think kind of sucks? Is Suzanne casting aside Colonel Fitzwilliam for Henry Tilney? And what book has Hannah added to her reading list? Follow us on Instagram for memes, sneak peeks, and behind the scenes snaps. Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
In the second episode of Most Austentatious!, Hannah & Suzanne dive into the novel which is arguably Jane Austen's most sophisticated and features her most complicated heroine: Emma. Is Suzanne a giant Austen hipster? What is a Frank Churchill and why can Hannah & Suzanne take or leave him? Perhaps most importantly, what is the deal with gruel? Also, did y'all know the 2020 Emma has BUTTS in it?! BUTTS! They answer these questions and more as they discuss their 3-ish things: three of Emma's most significant relationships and what those relationships tell us about Emma. Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Our first married couple on the podcast! Rachel Parris is a regular contributor to BBC 2's The Mash Report for which she was nominated for a BAFTA, She has appeared on Live At The Apollo, Mock The Week, QI and Would I Lie To You and she's a member of the improv comedy group Austentatious. Marcus Brigstocke is a comedian, actor and presenter who has appeared on Have I Got News for You and Live At The Apollo, he was the presenter of The Brig Society and I've Never Seen Star Wars on BBC Radio 4 and he appeared in the film Love Actually. Rachel Parris & Marcus Brigstocke are guests on episode 72 of My Time Capsule and chat to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things they'd like to put in a time capsule; four they like to preserve and one they'd like to bury and never have to think about again .Follow Rachel Parris on Twitter: @rachelparris .Follow Marcus Brigstocke on Twitter: @marcusbrigFollow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by Matthew Boxall .Social media support by Harriet Stevens .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week we're speaking to Andrew Hunter Murray. Andrew is a writer and comedian and is one of the QI elves, working behind the scenes for the BBC show, QI. He is also one of the co-hosts of the spinoff podcast, No Such Thing as a Fish. The podcast, which involves Andrew and the team, chatting about their favourite facts has been downloaded more than 300 million times since it started in 2014. Andrew also writes for Private Eye magazine and hosts the Eye‘s in-house podcast, Page 94. In his spare time he performs in the Jane Austen–themed improv comedy group Austentatious, which normally plays in London’s West End and around the UK. His debut novel, The Last Day, was published in 2020 and is out in paperback on 18th February. --- First Book: Redwall by Brian Jacques (https://bit.ly/3be6VjF) Last Book: The Custom of The Country by Edith Wharton (https://bit.ly/3u2WUi9) Book That Changed His Life: The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (https://bit.ly/37Fo70P) Book That Everyone Should Read: The Last Day by Andrew Hunter Murray (https://bit.ly/3ar80Wm) Twitter: www.twitter.com/mostlyreading Insta: www.instagram.com/mostlybooks_shop
Has a life of lockdown and isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic found you returning to the comforts of Jane Austen? Well, you're not alone. Hannah & Suzanne begin by discussing the particular comfort Jane Austen and then share 3-ish things in their discussion of the men of "Pride and Prejudice," touching on both the best-written men and those who evoke the strongest feelings. #colonelfitzwilliam5EVER Article: "What Jane Austen can teach us about resilience" by Heloise WoodOver These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
In this episode Gaby chats, laughs and sings with comedians Rachel Parris and Marcus Brigstocke. They chat about their lip-syncing on social media which took the world by storm, even the American chat shows were talking about it! Plus the sweetest story of how they got engaged on Christmas day. Marcus tells of when he worked on an oil rig during the day and as a podium dancer at night! Rachel chats about ‘Austentatious’, an entirely improvised comedy play in the style of Jane Austen and Marcus joins in for an on-the-spot performance. Stay tuned for the finale - a hilarious rendition of Les Misérables. Produced by Cameo Productions (https://www.cameopro.com/) , music by Beth Macari. Join the conversation on Instagram and Twitter @gabyroslin (https://www.instagram.com/gabyroslin/?hl=en) #thatgabyroslinpodcast (https://twitter.com/hashtag/thatgabyroslinpodcast?src=hashtag_click)
Andrew Hunter Murray is the co-host of the hugely successful podcast, No Such Thing As A Fish. He is a QI Elf and a writes for the show and their numerous books. He also writes for Private Eye magazine and hosts their podcast Page 94. He is a regular performer on BBC2's The Mash Report and is a founding member of the Jane Austen-themed improv show Austentatious, which has sold out at the Edinburgh Fringe every year since 2013 and regularly plays in London’s West End. His first novel, The Last Day, was a Sunday Times bestseller in 2020. Andrew Hunter Murray is guest number 57 on My Time Capsule and he chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .You can buy Andrew's novel, The Last Day, here: https://amzn.to/34gCJ4LFollow Andrew Hunter Murray on Twitter: @andrewhunterm .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by Matthew Boxall .Social media support by Harriet Stevens .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Viral sensation Rachel Parris (The Mash Report, Murder in Successville, Austentatious) drops by to confess to not-washing, dodging veg and her fascination with reality TV. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
There will be no Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August. Today I talk about what the Fringe is, my relationship with it and what an August without it will be like…
Part 2 of this week’s book club special is about picking those all-important novels. Stevie and Tessa are joined by best-selling author of The Last Day, QI elf, No Such Thing As A Fish podcaster and Austentatious regular Andrew Hunter Murray with some brilliant recommendations and a left field excel spreadsheet.Follow Andrew Hunter Murray on Twitter: @andrewhuntermAndrew’s book ‘The Last Day’ is out now – buy it here.Andrew’s Recommendations:Ayoade on Ayoade: A Cinematic Odyssey by Richard Ayoade Middlemarch by George EliotThe House of Mirth by Edith WhartonThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonStevie’s Recommendations: Fleishman Is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-AknerThe History of Bees by Maja LundeThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternMy Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteTessa’s Recommendations:Daisy Jones and The Six by Taylor Jenkins ReidA Gentleman in Moscow by Amor TowlesChildren of Time by Adrian TchaikovskyRecorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive Productions.Photos by Marco Vittur, jingle by David Dobson.Follow Nobody Panic on Twitter @NobodyPanicPod See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Back Together at The O2 Micheal Ball and Alfie Boe. I Think We Are Alone, Frantic Assembly at The Theatre Royal Stratford East.Austentatious at The Fortune Theatre and an interview with actress Charlotte Gittins.
One of the great acts both on and off stage, Balance feels lucky to know Rachel Parris.We sit down with the comedy star and talk Christmas, how she broke through and how discombobulating going viral time and again can prove.Rachel is on tour in 2020 both solo and as part of Austentatious. Tickets for Rachel's tour can be bought here. And Austentatious here.We are at: podcast@balance.media and sales@balance.media See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Joining Tom Jackson to discuss the postcards from their pasts are actor and comedian and award-winning host of Griefcast, CARIAD LLOYD (Have I Got News For You, QI, Would I Lie to You?, Austentatious, Peep Show, 8 Out of Ten Cats Does Countdown, Murder in Successville) and actor and comedian JUSTIN EDWARDS (The Thick of It, In and Out of The Kitchen, Black Mirror, The Death of Stalin). In this series 3 launch episode we explore the plain weirdness of saucy seaside postcards, revisit some call-centre memories, uncover the extent of Justin’s beermat problem, and learn about Cariad’s undying devotion to David Bowie. Along the way we discover how Worzel Gummidge altered a Hampshire village for ever, what you call a hole in a mountain, and why you should always plan your exit from a pub on a hill. Wish you were here? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Rachel Parris is a multi-talented comedian, musician, improviser and presenter who stars in The Mash Report on BBC Two and is a regular member of the improv theatre group Austentatious.She has made several appearances on BBC Radio 4 and BBC 6 Music, most recently in The Now Show, and on TV, she appeared in the highly anticipated IT Crowd Special on Channel 4, which was nominated in the Bafta Awards. Rachel presented the Game of Thrones fanshow, Thronecast on Sky Atlantic and she has appeared in BBC2's Murder in Successful, Russell Howard's Good News, satirical sketch show Revolting.Rachel is one of the nicest people and very kindly invited us round for a coffee and we started by comparing the price of haircuts and the downsides of multi-option takeaways.Rachel's tells us about her early life growing up in Leicester and enjoying school. We discuss the process of performance and wanting to have some order to things to help rein in the nerves and how a recent period of anxiety became a worry that performing live would be affected by it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Writer and comedian Andrew Hunter Murray takes fellow comedian and Austentatious improv partner Amy Cooke-Hodgson along to Jane Austen’s House Museum in Hampshire, where they get to indulge their mutual passion for one of the world’s most cherished writers. As well as exploring Austen's home, they come face to face with the table on which she created some of her greatest novels, and learn more about the challenges she faced as a woman writer in the 18th century. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Cariad Lloyd, host of the award-winning Griefcast, joins us this week. Cariad is not only a very successful podcaster but an actress (most recently seen on This Time with Alan Partridge) and improv comedy performer - you can catch her in Austentatious, an improvised comedy inspired by Jane Austen (it's hilarious) at London's Fortune Theatre. She popped by to share advice on everything from bereavement to pyjamas, and was thoughtful, warm and very very funny.
Improviser and actor Graham Dickson (The Free Association, Austentatious) joins Fact Up co-hosts Ian T Day, Chris Gau & Shaun Lowthian as they celebrate episode 150 by paying homage to the Sun! Guest Simon Slim is a Flat Sunner. He sets out his 'reasoning' behind this most shocking of revelations Slap on some suncream, and Fact Up! Leave a question on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram @factuppod Leave a voice message on our answering machine at factuppod@gmail.com Leave a rating and review on iTunes Fact Up! is an improvised character comedy podcast supported by The Free Association theatre in London, UK. Visit thefreeassociation.co.uk for more information on shows and classes.
Sophie talks to comedian, writer, actor, improviser, podcaster and downright overachiever Cariad Lloyd. Cariad was nominated for the Edinburgh Best Newcomer award in 2011 and has gone on to appear in numerous radio and TV shows including Have I Got News for You, QI and Peep Show.. She regularly performs in the hugely successful improv show Austentatious and presents the multi-award winning podcast Griefcast.
Queen guitarist Brian May fell in love with 3D photography as a child and has since gone on to establish his own publishing company devoted to sharing stereoscopic work from the Victorian era to the present day. May's latest publication is a book by Professor Roger Taylor about the Scottish photography pioneer George Washington Wilson. May and Taylor discuss why Wilson's 3D photographs of Scottish landscapes and street scenes remain as captivating today as they were during the 3D boom of the 1850s and 60s.As the NHS celebrates its 70th anniversary, three doctors are performing their own stand up shows on the Festival fringe. Adam Kay, Dr Kevin Jones and Kwame Asante talk to Kirsty about using their working lives as material.Star of The Mash Report and Austentatious, Rachel Parris tells us what makes a winning comedy song.And Scottish musician Mairi Campbell shares a lesser-known version of Auld Lang Syne.Presenter : Kirsty Lang Producer : Simon Richardson.
Comedy performer, writer, improviser and multi-award winning podcaster Cariad Lloyd (Griefcast, Austentatious, Murder In Successville, Comedy Store Players) talks to Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris about her love for TV's groundbreaking improvised comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway? as well as discussing how comedy can help cope with personal tragedy, and how the hell improvisation works. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering. If you had a spare few pennies a month I’ve set up on this amazing site called Patreon where I can swap really fun extras and perks with you, in exchange for financial help with continuing and growing this mighty podcast – thank you in advance – have a look This week I’m stuffing a load of VERY YUMMY doughnuts down myself with the majestic Cariad Lloyd – you’ll know her off of the telly, Peep Show and Murder In Successville and QI and that or maybe off of Austentatious, the live improvised full Jane Austen novel on monthly at the Savoy in the West End right now. ANYWAY – here we get pretty serious about jam. There are some shout outs to Cariad’s very own 1950s wife Ben and hell hath no fury compared to her absolute distain for avocados. She gives us so many hot tips. And listen to the end for some bonus cameos from my housemates. Honourable Mentions Doughnut Time UK is where the beasts were from. And Cariad’s favourite jam is Single Variety. She also mentions Victoria Bakery in High Barnet. The pub she talks about, I believe as the Scotsman in Whitstable is this place, The Sportmen. Lastly, here’s a link to London’s Dominique Ansel with those filthy sounding croughnuts. Outside Doughnut Time ALL FOUR BEASTS The Sweaty Aftermath Vegan Choccy Treats See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Our guest for this ep is the fab Cariad Lloyd - comedian, mum, and host of the brilliant Griefcast podcast.We talk about her experience of losing her Dad when she was 15, and why she started Griefcast. We get some practical tips about what to say to someone who's grieving, and suggestions for things you can do to help them through. It's all funnier than it sounds, honest.There's also some chat about Cariad's comedy career, which has included appearances in QI and Peep Show, plus what it's like to be the first in your group of friends to have kids. We play a new game, Dead or Alive, and round off with some Scummy Mummy Confessions.You can follow Cariad on Twitter @ladycariad,on Instagram @cariadlloyd, or visit her website at cariadlloyd.com. Cariad's podcast, Griefcast is free to listen to from http://acast.com/griefcast following on Twitter and Instagram @thegriefcast. Cariad stars in Austentatious which is currently performing once a month at the Savoy Theatre till July, in Edinburgh during the festival and touring the whole UK in autumn - tickets here:http://www.austentatiousimpro.com/shows/The Scummy Mummies book is OUT NOW! We hope you like it, and if you do, we'd love an Amazon review!**SEE US LIVE** Come to our live comedy show! We are on our way to London's Underbelly festival, Leamington Spa, Twickenham, Cardiff, Norwich, Hertford, Cambridge, Brighton, Leatherhead, Milton Keynes, and more... To buy tickets, and for more dates, visit ScummyMummies.com.We're on Twitter (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. Please send your confessions to scummymummiespodcast@gmail.com and visit us at ScummyMummies.com. If you like the podcast, rate, review and subscribe!Thank you for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Cassie, Beth and somewhat Chase discuss the literary classic Sense and Sensibility.
The writer and psychoanalyst Adam Phillips is the author of 'On Kindness', and 'On Kissing, Tickling and Being Bored' amongst other works of non-fiction. He is also a regular contributor to the London Review of Books. Adam invited The Verb into his west-London consulting room to discuss the rules and significance of Freud's concept of 'free association', the importance of inconclusive conclusions and what he sees as the lopsided relationship between poetry and psychoanalysis - something he explores in his new book 'In Writing: Essays on Literature' (Hamish Hamilton). AL Kennedy is a writer and stand-up comedian - for The Verb she explores the importance of 'no' in conversation and in writing, the illusion of spontaneity in comedy and the reasons why Meg, one of the characters in her latest novel 'Serious Sweet' (Vintage), is sceptical of 'talking cures'. AL Kennedy won the Costa Book of the Year award in 2007 for 'Day'. Rachel Parris and Amy Cooke-Hodgson are part of 'Austentatious', the cult Edinburgh fringe performance group. Austentatious improvise plays in the style of Jane Austen using only audience suggestions. You can hear more from Austentatious in their own BBC Radio 4 show http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08tvyw0 The poet Kathryn Maris is the author of the collections 'God Loves You' (Seren) and 'The Book of Jobs' (Four Way Books). Kathryn explores the influence of psychoanalysis on the work of American poets, and argues that younger poets in Britain are also finding it a rich source of inspiration. Kathryn's work will be appearing alongside Sam Riviere and Frederick Seidel in 'Penguin Modern Poets 5: Occasional Wild Parties'. Producer: Faith Lawrence Photo credit: Toby Glanville.
Join John Wilson for a Christmas party including games and performances from all our guests.Impressionist Jon Culshaw delivers ten Christmas messages, but can you guess all the voices?Poet Patience Agbabi performs her Christmas poem, I Go To the Supervillains Christmas Ball As The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come, written especially for Front Row. Cariad Lloyd and Charlotte Gittins from comedy improv group Austentatious perform an excerpt from a previously unknown Jane Austen work suggested by our party guests.Playwright Inua Ellams reads his poem, Swallow Twice, about family and feasting.Actress Josie Lawrence improvises a Christmas song based on a random object, with Steve Edis on piano providing musical accompaniment throughout.Presenter: John Wilson Producer: Hannah Robins.
RHLSTP #153: Rachel Parris - Oh Jesus I have Promised. Rich is confused and amazed by horses and apparently alone in being troubled by the lyrics to the new Stereophonics song, but he has a more skilled musician, improviser and ex-Christian rocker on hand to dig him out of his exhausted new-parent hole, it's Rachel Parris. They chat about obscure advertising jingles, how to improvise entire Jane Austen stories, the excitement of sitting on a 'celebrity's' toilet, usurping elderly organists, emailing the Samaritans, who's who (or anyone) in Game Of Thrones, poo wrangling and funky hymns. Check out Parris and Austentatious tour dates: here http://rachelparris.weebly.com/live.html Her YouTube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGfPSEIP41Lcv4bd9gzILzQ Buy the Emergency Questions book here: http://www.gofasterstripe.com/eq Download the FREE Emergency Questions app for Apple devices here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/emergency-questions-rhlstp/id1276761982 And for Android here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gofasterstripe.rhlstp.emergencyquestions And for Alexa here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B075YGLLYZ/comedyguide-21/SUPPORT THE SHOW!Check out our website and become a badger and see extra content http://rhlstp.co.ukSee details of the RHLSTP tour dates http://richardherring.com/gigsBuy DVDs and Books at http://gofasterstripe.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
A slightly intoxicated Sammi and Beau are joined by returning guest Karolinn and first-time guest Brian to discuss the 2015 Straight outta Salt Lake City series Austentatious, which asks "what would happen if the Dashwood sisters, Emma Woodhouse, and Elizabeth Bennet were all single career gals who lived on a series of sound stages? There is little here to recommend the series, from creepy, miscast, and poorly adapted characters to cheap sets and some rampant misogyny. If you were considering watching this, our advice would be "don't." Warning to listeners, this might be our most profanity-riddled episode yet.
Join three of the ladies of Austentatious - Amy Cooke-Hodgeson, Charlotte Gittins and Rachel Parris - as we talk about everything improv! From kissing rehearsals to performing in full regency gowns it's everything you wanted to know about the award-winning, Edinburgh Fringe sell-out troupe (plus a little bit more!)
Comedian, singer, musician and key member of improvisational powerhouse "Austentatious", Rachel Parris revels in undercutting her nice girl image with some tough material. We talk about how audiences listen differently to talking and singing; how to survive the sinking feeling of a tough festival; and her experience spinning a chat with the Samaritans into comedy gold...Get ad-free new episodes, bonus content from interviews and much more by joining the Insiders Club at www.comedianscomedian.com/insidersGet tickets for Stu Goldsmith's stand-up tour at www.comedianscomedian.com/tour You can email Samaritans at any time – jo@samaritans.orgWhatever you're going through, call Samaritans free any time, from any phone in the UK on 116 123.Samaritans are all volunteers, all there round the clock, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. If you need a response immediately, it's best to call on the phone. The number is FREE to call. You don't have to be suicidal to call.@comcompod | www.comedianscomedian.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
"The heroine of many a modern novel writhes and reels her way through the story, chews and flings away fifty half-smoked cigarettes...goading every mood to the verge of madness...dashing to the druggist and then collapsing on the doorstep of the psycho-analyst; and all the time congratulating herself on her rational superiority to the weak sensibility of Jane Austen."~G.K. ChestertonHonor and sacrifice, wisdom and emotion, modernity and gender roles in Sense and Sensibility, a 90's adaptation of Jane Austen's novel, featuring a sparkling cast which includes Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, and Kate Winslet. Also: dating advice from Jane Austen - and a Christian approach to emotion and reason.
RHLSTP #99: Cariad Lloyd - I Fucked Jane Austen's Corpse. Richard is exhausted again because of his stupid, idiot daughter, but at least she's given him the excuse to finally get to have a go at soft play. He's got 99 problems, but his 99th guest isn't one, it's the multi-talented actor and improviser, Cariad Lloyd. There's another dissection of the short film Hallo Panda which Richard once again promises to watch, even though he clearly won't, plus find out what it's like to be a fan working on Peep Show, the abrasive character of genius improviser Ken Campbell, how George Osborne comes to Fringe shows in the hope of getting pencils, how Cariad very nearly destroyed the marriage of David Bowie, and what connects Taylor Swift and the tax on tampons. Plus there's some more serious chat about whether the BBC can survive (don't worry, they're not watching) and some less serious chat about how much it would cost to employ a successful comedy actor as a Christmas elf (as well as the danger of working with Santas who've been in James Bond films). Check out Austentatious if you get the chance: austentatiousimpro.com - It is totally brilliant.SUPPORT THE SHOW!Check out our website and become a badger and see extra content http://rhlstp.co.ukSee details of the RHLSTP tour dates http://richardherring.com/gigsBuy DVDs and Books at http://gofasterstripe.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The third podcast of extracts from the live Stand Up Tragedy that happened at The Leicester Square Theatre on Monday 2nd April 2012. The next episode of this podcast will come out next Friday. Our next night of live tragedy is on Monday 7th May 2012. Tickets are available here: http://leicestersquaretheatre.ticketsolve.com/shows/126520120/events For all SUT related things look here: http://standuptragedy.co.uk/ You can buy our merch here: http://standuptragedy.spreadshirt.co.uk/ This episode of SUT features... Musical comedy from Rachel Parris Rachel's next few gigs are: 26th April ’12 Strictly Comedy 8.00pm, Brighton Ballroom, Brighton 29th April ’12 Austentatious 8.00pm, The Wilmington Arms, London (http://austentatiousimpro.com/) 30th April ’12 Theatre Royal Comedy Night 8.00pm, Theatre Royal, Stratford East, London And Liars' League presents: http://www.liarsleague.com/ A short story by Sam Carter performed by Elizabeth Bower (http://www.twitter.com/elizabethbower) All Liars' League events are held at 7.30pm (doors at 7pm) on the second Tuesday of each month downstairs at The Phoenix W1G 0PP Tickets are £5 on the door Tuesday 8 May 2012 - TIME & SPACE
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More NYMF coverage with interviews, songs and live performances from the new musicals, "I See London, I See France", "Such Good Friends", "Austentatious", "Freshly Tossed", and "Cousins Grimm".