Podcasts about Graeae

This week on MYTH, we're going to cover one of the most famous stories from Greek mythology - Perseus and Medusa. You'll discover that a wooden chest makes a dangerous boat, that heroing is all about the right accessories, and that prophecies are tricky. Then, in Gods and Monsters, no really, prophecy is very, very tricky. Source: Greek Mythology

Niamh longford is a young VI actor moving from professional screen roles to her first professional stage role in 'Romeo and Juliet'. Amelia learned more about her career so far and taking on the legendary role. Learn more about Niamh on her website - @niamhlongford - ContactInBio Follow her on Tiktok, Instagram and X (twitter) under @niamhlongford Image shows RNIB Connect Radio logo. RNIB is written in bold black capital letters and underlined with a bold pink line. Underneath, 'Connect Radio' written in smaller black letters. 

Graeae are taking on a Shakespearean classic with an all D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent cast. How are they making the play accessible for disabled audience members and Shakespeare beginners? Amelia spoke to Graeae's Artistic Director, Jenny Sealey OBE, to learn more. You can watch the production at Shakespeare North Playhouse on 13 Sept – 5 Oct and Theatre by the Lake on 12 – 26 Oct. Learn more about the production and Graeae on their website - https://graeae.org/event/romeo-and-juliet/ Image shows RNIB Connect Radio logo. RNIB is written in bold black capital letters and underlined with a bold pink line. Underneath, 'Connect Radio' written in smaller black letters. 

Jenny Sealey has been the artistic director of Graeae Theatre Company since 1997: Graeae is a deaf and disabled-led company and a leader and innovator in accessible theatre. Jenny has directed opera as well as plays, and was the co-director of the 2012 Paralympic opening ceremony. Jenny was born in Nottingham in 1963, the eldest of four sisters. She lost her hearing at the age of seven following a fall at school in which she banged her head. At that time, deaf children were not encouraged to use British Sign Language, and so she taught herself to lip read, and stayed in a mainstream school, although she often found it challenging. She also continued to take ballet lessons, helped by an inspirational teacher who encouraged her to follow the form and movements of the dancer in front of her. She went on to study dance and choreography at Middlesex Polytechnic.After graduation, Jenny worked as an actor before becoming the artistic director of Graeae. In 2022 she was awarded an OBE for services to disability arts. Most recently she returned to acting and toured the UK with Self Raising, her one-woman autobiographical play. Jenny lives in London with her son and partner. DISC ONE: Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 44, Chorus. Hallelujah, for the Lord God Omnipotent Reigneth. Composed by George Frideric Handel and performed by The Sixteen Choir, conducted by Harry Christophers DISC TWO: Yesterday - The Beatles DISC THREE: Teenage Kicks - The Undertones DISC FOUR: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack DISC FIVE: Because The Night - Patti Smith Group DISC SIX: Spasticus Autisticus – John Kelly and the cast of Reasons to be Cheerful DISC SEVEN: If It Can't Be Right Then It Must Be Wrong – John Kelly and the cast of Graeae's stage production of Reasons To Be Cheerful DISC EIGHT: Days – Kirsty MacCollBOOK CHOICE: The Complete Works of Armistead Maupin LUXURY ITEM: A photography kit CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: No. 44, Chorus. Hallelujah, for the Lord God Omnipotent Reigneth. Composed by George Frideric Handel and performed by The Sixteen Choir, conducted by Harry Christophers Presenter Lauren Laverne Producer Sarah Taylor

Graeae artistic director Jenny Sealey MBE is touring with her autobiographical theatre production. All performances are relaxed and creatively integrate British Sign Language, Audio Description and Captions. There will be an Access Table available at every venue, providing additional access resources about the show. Amelia talked to Jenny to learn more... The performance is touring to: 6 – 17 February Soho Theatre, London 20 – 21 February Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough 22 – 23 February, Liverpool Everyman 29 February – 1 March, Derby Theatre 4 – 5 March Live Theatre, Newcastle 7 – 9 March Mercury Theatre, Colchester 12 – 13 March Warwick Arts Centre  14 March, Nottingham Playhouse 19 – 20 March Tobacco Factory Theatres, Bristol 22 – 23 March, Leeds Playhouse Image: Jenny Sealey stands on stage wearing a light blue dress, a silver curly-whirly necklace and pink sunglasses on her head. She has a surprised but excited expression on her face, with her head turned to the right, holding a bag of flour with both hands. Behind is a projector screen and an image hanging above three blue cupboards 

An exciting theatre show called High Times And Dirty monsters combines multiple performance styles to explore the lives of young disabled people. It's a co-production between between 20 Stories High, Graeae, Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse and LEEDS 2023 and integrates Audio Description and British Sign Language into the performance. Amelia talked to producer Leanne Jones and to cast member Billy Pearson to learn more. Learn more about the production and 20 Stories High by visiting www.20storieshigh.org.uk/show/high-times-and-dirty-monsters/ Image: RNIB Connect Radio Bright Green 20th Anniversary Logo

Theatre company Graeae are looking for young Deaf, disabled and/or neurodivergent theatre lovers to join their Young Company. Amelia talked to Creative Learning Director, Jodi-Alissa Bickerton, to learn more. The group is for 6 to 11 year olds, sessions start on the 16th September and there are no fees or auditions. To learn more and express interest call 0207 613 6900, visit graeae.org or email jodi@graeae.org Image: Bright green RNIB Connect Radio 20th Anniversary logo.

Jenny Sealey has been artistic director of Graeae since 1997, a theatre company, which, according to its web site, “boldly places Deaf and disabled artists centre-stage in a diversity of new and existing plays”. In that time, she has directed many productions, including co-directing the opening ceremony of the 2012 Paralympics in London with Bradley Hemmings. However, for her next production, Self Raising, for the Edinburgh Fringe, she will be performing herself for the first time in three decades in a solo piece co-written with Mike Kenny based on her own early life in a family in which she was the only Deaf person. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to Jenny about her return to acting (“terrifying”), the play, what Edinburgh Fringe and Edinburgh the city is currently like for a Deaf or disabled person, the excitement and problems of creating the opening ceremony (coming up against the doubts of Jeremy Hunt) and more. Self Raising will be at the Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh from 2 to 27 August 2023 at 12:30PM.

Graeae Theatre Company places disabled actors and stories centre stage.  Amelia talked to Graeae's artistic director, Jenny Sealey MBE, about their 2022 opera which explored the life of ‘The blind enchantress' Maria Theresia von Paradis. You can find out about Graeae's previous and upcoming projects on their website graeae.org You can hear Graeae's latest radio drama ‘The Chatterleys' for BBC Radio 4 by following this link - BBC Radio 4 - Drama, The Chatterleys (Part 1) Image: Graeae logo

This week we look at the Graeae, three women who are "born old" and live in the Western lands at the edge of the world. They are sisters of the Gorgons, and watch over their home with the assistance of one eye and one tooth shared between them. The main story of the Graeae occurs in the Perseus myth, when he steals their eye in exchange for information about what he needs to slay Medusa. The symbolism within their story is quite compelling, as they not only represent the dangers of the sea, but the dangers at the edge of our conscious minds.

We have arrived at the final installment of our series on the Charmed Reboot. Hear our thoughts on the fourth and final season. As well as all the dramaaaa Phoenix: Instagram: @phoenixarcanalightwood Twitter: @phoenixarcana_ Siren: Facebook: Siren Spectacular Non-Binary Meme Witch Twitter: @SirenSpecatculr Youtube: Millennial Incantations BUY US A COFFEE: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wbrcast The Podcast Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tiktok: @WBRcast Email: witchbreview@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/witch-btches-review/support

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 598, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: America's Most Want Ads 1: Wanted: Mass quantities of this hardest natural substance on Earth. diamonds. 2: Wanted: Any one of the remaining ones of this vintage toy in its original box from 1959. Barbie. 3: Wanted: Any living specimens of the Schaus Swallowtail, one of the rarest species of this insect. the butterfly. 4: Wanted: Street maps of this lost continent first described by a priest to the philosopher Solon. Atlantis. 5: Wanted: Recent photos of this reclusive author and creator of Holden Caulfield. J.D. Salinger. Round 2. Category: Mythological Relatives 1: Some say Penelope played around with Hermes and produced this god known for playing the pipes. Pan. 2: Eris, the personification of discord, accompanies this Greek war god, her brother, into battle. Ares. 3: This king of Crete was Phaedra's father. Minos. 4: The Graeae, or "gray women", are gray-haired sisters of this gruesome group that includes Medusa. Gorgons. 5: Typhon, who had a hundred heads, was the father of this multi-headed serpent. the Hydra. Round 3. Category: Candles 1: Elton John's "Candle In The Wind" was originally written as a tribute to this actress. Marilyn Monroe. 2: Blowing out his birthday candles, a boy wishes for 24 hours of truth from his dad in this 1997 Jim Carrey film. Liar Liar. 3: Erle Stanley Gardner had this attorney take on "The Case Of The Crooked Candle". Perry Mason. 4: In the mid-19th century, candles were often made with this wax crystallized from petroleum. Paraffin wax. 5: This play contains the line "Out, out brief candle!". Macbeth. Round 4. Category: 20Th Century Poetry 1: Frank O'Hara's "The Day Lady Died" is a tribute to this black singer. Billie Holiday. 2: In Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken", it's the color of the wood two roads diverged in. yellow. 3: It's the first name of Edwin Arlington Robinson's morose Mr. Cheevy. Miniver. 4: "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness", he "howled". Allen Ginsberg. 5: He went from laboring in a Siberian camp to becoming a US citizen to winning the 1987 Nobel Literature Prize. Josef Brodsky. Round 5. Category: It's All A Plant 1: Arkansas has made the pink variety of this its state fruit and its state vegetable, just in case. a tomato. 2: Scientifically Hamamelis virginiana, this "bewitching" plant is used to make a soothing astringent. witch hazel. 3: In Dutch, these tuber vegetables are known as aardappelen. potatoes. 4: Arctic alpine plants include the saxifrage, whose roots manage to grow into these to anchor themselves. rocks. 5: The Great Basin bristlecone species of this tree can live for more than 4,000 years. a pine. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

Shahid Iqbal Khan is an Offies-finalist and Olivier-nominated playwright published by Methuen Drama. He has been part of BBC Writersroom and Write To Play. His recent stage plays are Stardust (Belgrade Theatre) and 10 Nights (Bush Theatre). His radio work includes Bhavika, Night of the Living Flatpacks (both on community channels) and Brandlesholme (Sheltering) (BBC Radio 4). Shahid Iqbal Khan is on attachment and under co-commission to Graeae and Royal Court Theatre for the year of 2022. He has been commissioned to write a play. As part of his attachment, he is running discussions about disability and dramaturgy at the Royal Court, and mentoring writers at Graeae.

This month, Disability Arts Online's Editor Colin Hambrook speaks to Graeae's former Associate Director, Nickie Miles-Wildin about the last three years of the Disability and...Podcast. Graeae will be stepping aside from the podcast after this episode and Mind the Gap will be welcomed as new partners as of next month. Colin and Nicky talk about their experiences of podcasting for the first time, their highlights from the last three years, and the importance of the podcast for the disability arts community.

Selections from notebook 5 Flame and notebook 6 Embers from SIGNAL FIRES edited by Maddy Costa for FUEL, ETT, Graeae and Headlong: How to start a fire by Rowan Evans' How to start a fire by Roseanna DIas The Ghost Caller by Luke Barnes Dear Unknown Friend by Stephanie Street. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/caridad-svich/support

in this episode two pieces: excerpt from To rage by Nastazja Domaradzka and the poem "Finding Home" by Elis Bevan-Davis from notebook 4 entitled SPARK of the 6 notebook collection SIGNAL FIRES published by Fuel, Headlong, Graeae, and ETT. Edited by Maddy Costa. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/caridad-svich/support

In this episode of Day for Night with Caridad Svich, reading Mike Bartlett's short story "Phoenix" and Alice Oswald's poem "The Watchman" from notebook 3 "Flint + Steel" from the 6 notebook collection SIGNAL FIRES published by Fuel, ETT, Graeae and Headlong. Edited by Maddy Costa. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/caridad-svich/support

In this episode of Day for Night, I read Tom Wells' story "Lentils," which appears in the second notebook entitled "Kindling" from the 6 notebook collection SIGNAL FIRES published by Fuel, English Touring Company, Headlong and Graeae, and edited by Maddy Costa. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/caridad-svich/support

This first episode of 2022 begins with reading of the poem "Whatever we decide" by Nima Taleghani from the first notebook SIGNAL FIRES: 6 Notebooks commissioned by Fuel, Headlong, Graeae, and ETT (English Touring Company), editor is Maddy Costa. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/caridad-svich/support

Playwright Amy Bethan Evans is Ciaran's guest on this week's episode of 'In Lockdown With...' Amy studied an MA in playwriting at Royal Holloway University before embarking on a career as a playwright. Amy was part of the inaugural Graeae 'Write to Play' programme, and subsequently gained a place on the Soho Theatre's writer's lab. Amy uses integrated access within her work, seen in her pieces 'Libby's Eyes' and 'Tinted.' In 2021 Amy wrote 'Normal Day' a short play for Theatr Clwyd's 'Curtain Up' season. Here Ciaran talks to Amy about her career so far! 

This month, Graeae's Associate Artist Kate Lovell chats with Graeae's trainee producer Robyn Bowyer about art and theatre and how it can inform social change.

As there are no other podcasts out there talking about Doctor Who, Chris, Sam and Martyn felt duty-bound to talk about the latest offering from Chris Chibnall and Co. The podcast is available from all good podcast services, such as but not limited to Spotify, Amazon Music, Podchaser, Player FM, Stitcher, and Apple Podcasts. We also have a Smartlink. Artwork by Penny Smallshire. We sound familiar can be found here. More than just an impression can be found here. Comedians talking about football can be found here. Sam's YouTube channel can be found here. Equipment used in the creation of this feature was purchased through a grant from Graeae and The Paul Hamlyn Foundation. If you'd like to support the show, then please shop via our Amazon link. A small percentage goes our way, at no extra cost to you. We also have a Ko-Fi. Socials: Twitter: Martyn – @BadWilf Gerrod –@InGerrodsMind Pete – @BeeblePete Sam-@SamJMichael Chris-@ChrisWalkerT Instagram: Podcast-@TheBWPodcast Martyn-@BadWilf Chris-@ChrisWalkerThomsonofficial Sam-@Sammichaelol TikTok Martyn-@BadWilf Sam-@SamMichaelol --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/badwilf/message

In which Martyn, Chris and Sam discuss the latest news regarding Doctor Who: Flux. Before Martyn challenges them to guess the episode from the negative one-star fan review. The podcast is available from all good podcast services, such as but not limited to Spotify, Amazon Music, Podchaser, Player FM, Stitcher, and Apple Podcasts. We also have a Smartlink. Artwork by Penny Smallshire. We sound familiar can be found here. Comedians talking about football can be found here. Equipment used in the creation of this feature was purchased through a grant from Graeae and The Paul Hamlyn Foundation. If you'd like to support the show, then please shop via our Amazon link. A small percentage goes our way, at no extra cost to you. We also have a Ko-Fi. Socials: Twitter: Martyn – @BadWilf Gerrod –@InGerrodsMind Pete – @BeeblePete Sam-@SamJMichael Chris-@ChrisWalkerT Instagram: Podcast-@TheBWPodcast Martyn-@BadWilf Chris-@ChrisWalkerThomsonofficial Sam-@Sammichaelol TikTok Martyn-@BadWilf Sam-@SamMichaelol --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/badwilf/message

In which Martyn and Gerrod bring you the latest entertainment news, as well as review the latest in the Halloween franchise, Halloween Kills. Spoilers are contained within, so watch the film first.  The podcast is available from all good podcast services, such as but not limited to Spotify, Amazon Music,Podchaser, Player FM,Stitcher, and Apple Podcasts. We also have a Smartlink. Chris' books can be purchased here. Artwork by Penny Smallshire. We sound familiar can be found here. Comedians talking about football can be found here. Equipment used in the creation of this feature was purchased through a grant from Graeae and The Paul Hamlyn Foundation. If you'd like to support the show, then please shop via our Amazon link. A small percentage goes our way, at no extra cost to you. We also have a Ko-Fi. Socials: Twitter: Martyn – @BadWilf Gerrod –@InGerrodsMind Pete – @BeeblePete Sam-@SamJMichael Chris-@ChrisWalkerTI Instagram: Podcast-@TheBWPodcast Martyn-@BadWilf Chris-@ChrisWalkerThomsonofficial Sam-@Sammichaelol TikTok Chris-@ChrisWalkerT Martyn-@BadWilf Sam-@SamMichaelol --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/badwilf/message

Martyn, Gerrod, Chris and friend of the podcast, Antoni. Discuss the final James Bond film, from the Daniel Craig era. It's spoiler-free for the first 8 minutes. The podcast is available from all good podcast services, such as but not limited to Spotify, Amazon Music, Podchaser, Player FM, Stitcher, and Apple Podcasts. We also have a Smartlink. Chris' books can be purchased here. Artwork by Penny Smallshire. We sound familiar can be found here. Comedians talking about football can be found here. Equipment used in the creation of this feature was purchased through a grant from Graeae and The Paul Hamlyn Foundation. If you'd like to support the show, then please shop via our Amazon link. A small percentage goes our way, at no extra cost to you. We also have a Ko-Fi. Socials: Twitter: Antoni- @Antoni_Pearce Martyn – @BadWilf Gerrod –@InGerrodsMind Pete – @BeeblePete Sam-@SamJMichael Chris-@ChrisWalkerT Instagram: Podcast-@TheBWPodcast Martyn-@BadWilf Chris-@ChrisWalkerThomsonofficial Sam-@Sammichaelol TikTok Chris-@ChrisWalkerT Martyn-@BadWilf Sam-@SamMichaelol --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/badwilf/message

As no other podcasts are talking about it, Martyn, Sam and their friend Antoni felt duty-bound to tell the world that Russell T Davies is returning to Doctor Who. Davies was the showrunner for the first five years and oversaw the ninth and tenth iterations of the Doctor, played by Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant. During his tenure, he also launched two spin-offs ‘Torchwood' and ‘The Sarah Jane Adventures.' The podcast is available from all good podcast services, such as but not limited to Spotify, Amazon Music, Podchaser, Player FM, Stitcher, and Apple Podcasts. We also have a Smartlink. Chris' books can be purchased here. Artwork by Penny Smallshire. We sound familiar can be found here. Comedians talking about football can be found here. Equipment used in the creation of this feature was purchased through a grant from Graeae and The Paul Hamlyn Foundation. If you'd like to support the show, then please shop via our Amazon link. A small percentage goes our way, at no extra cost to you. We also have a Ko-Fi. Socials: Twitter: Antoni- @Antoni_Pearce Martyn – @BadWilf Gerrod –@InGerrodsMind Pete – @BeeblePete Sam-@SamJMichael Chris-@ChrisWalkerT Instagram: Podcast-@TheBWPodcast Martyn-@BadWilf Chris-@ChrisWalkerThomsonofficial Sam-@Sammichaelol TikTok Chris-@ChrisWalkerT Martyn-@BadWilf Sam-@SamMichaelol --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/badwilf/message

In which Martyn, Gerrod and Chris pay tribute to John Challis and Stephen Critchlow. Your dynamic trio then attempts to review 2006's Casino Royale, but the discussion quickly turns into a general chat about James Bond and, what their hopes and fears are for No time to die. The podcast is available from all good podcast services, such as but not limited to Spotify, Amazon Music, Podchaser, Player FM, Stitcher, and Apple Podcasts. We also have a Smartlink. Chris' books can be purchased here. Artwork by Penny Smallshire. We sound familiar can be found here. Comedians talking about football can be found here. Equipment used in the creation of this feature was purchased through a grant from Graeae and The Paul Hamlyn Foundation. If you'd like to support the show, then please shop via our Amazon link. A small percentage goes our way, at no extra cost to you. We also have a Ko-Fi. Socials: Twitter: Martyn – @BadWilf Gerrod –@InGerrodsMind Pete – @BeeblePete Sam-@SamJMichael Chris-@ChrisWalkerT Instagram: Podcast-@TheBWPodcast Martyn-@BadWilf Chris-@ChrisWalkerThomsonofficial Sam-@Sammichaelol TikTok Martyn-@BadWilf Sam-@SamMichaelol

Martyn is joined by comic book writer, Stu Perrins. They talk about Stu's career, including his latest creation 'Chrono-cat'. As well as their shared love for 'The hitchhiker's Guide to the galaxy.' Sam is taking part in a stand-up competition, in London on the 17th of October. Book tickets here. (He's on the 5 pm slot). The podcast is available from all good podcast services, such as but not limited to Spotify, Amazon Music, Podchaser, Player FM, Stitcher, and Apple Podcasts. We also have a Smartlink. Artwork by Penny Smallshire. We sound familiar can be found here. Comedians talking about football can be found here. Equipment used in the creation of this feature was purchased through a grant from Graeae and The Paul Hamlyn Foundation. If you'd like to support the show, then please shop via our Amazon link. A small percentage goes our way, at no extra cost to you. We also have a Ko-Fi. Socials: Twitter: Stu Perrins- @StuPerrins Martyn – @BadWilf Gerrod –@InGerrodsMind Pete – @BeeblePete Sam-@SamJMichael Chris-@ChrisWalkerT Instagram: Podcast-@TheBWPodcast Martyn-@BadWilf Chris-@ChrisWalkerThomsonofficial Sam-@Sammichaelol

You wait months for Bad Wilf, then multiple come along at once. In this episode, Martyn once again asks Chris and Sam to guess what episode of Doctor Who he is talking about, based on one-star fan reviews. The podcast is available from all good podcast services, such as but not limited to Spotify, Amazon Music, Podchaser, Player FM, Stitcher, and Apple Podcasts. Sam is taking part in a stand-up competition, in London on the 17th of October. Book tickets here. (He's on the 5 pm slot). We also have a Smartlink. Artwork by Penny Smallshire. We sound familiar can be found here. Comedians talking about football can be found here. Equipment used in the creation of this feature was purchased through a grant from Graeae and The Paul Hamlyn Foundation. If you'd like to support the show, then please shop via our Amazon link. A small percentage goes our way, at no extra cost to you. We also have a Ko-Fi. Socials: Twitter: Martyn – @BadWilf Gerrod –@InGerrodsMind Pete – @BeeblePete Sam-@SamJMichael Chris-@ChrisWalkerT Instagram: Podcast-@TheBWPodcast Martyn-@BadWilf Chris-@ChrisWalkerThomsonofficial Sam-@Sammichaelol TikTok Martyn-@BadWilf Sam-@SamMichaelol

We're back from our summer break, on this episode we're talking about regeneration in Doctor Who. The podcast is available from all good podcast services, such as but not limited to Spotify, Amazon Music, Podchaser, Player FM, Stitcher, and Apple Podcasts. We also have a Smartlink. Artwork by Penny Smallshire. We sound familiar can be found here. Comedians talking about football can be found here. Sam is taking part in a stand-up competition, in London on the 17th of October. Book tickets here. (He's on the 5 pm slot). Equipment used in the creation of this feature was purchased through a grant from Graeae and The Paul Hamlyn Foundation. If you'd like to support the show, then please shop via our Amazon link. A small percentage goes our way, at no extra cost to you. We also have a Ko-Fi. Socials: Twitter: Martyn – @BadWilf Gerrod –@InGerrodsMind Pete – @BeeblePete Instagram: Podcast-@TheBWPodcast Martyn-@BadWilf Chris-@ChrisWalkerThomsonofficial Sam-@Sammichaelol TikTok Martyn-@BadWilf Sam-@SamMichaelol

This month, Graeae's associate director Nickie Miles-Wildin chats with paratriathlete, paracyclist, physiotherapist, percussionist and two times world paraclimbing champion, Fran Brown. Fran tells us all about her sporting career ahead of competing for GB in the paratriathlon at the Tokyo Paralympic Games this summer.

Martyn is joined by Loki director Kate Herron. The pair discuss her work on the show. The podcast is available from all good podcast services, such as but not limited to Spotify, Amazon Music, Podchaser, Player FM, Stitcher, and Apple Podcasts. We also have a Smartlink. Artwork by Penny Smallshire. We sound familiar can be found here. Comedians talking about football can be found here. Equipment used in the creation of this feature was purchased through a grant from Graeae and The Paul Hamlyn Foundation. If you'd like to support the show, then please shop via our Amazon link. A small percentage goes our way, at no extra cost to you. We also have a Ko-Fi. Socials: Twitter: Kate Herron-@IamKateHerron Martyn – @BadWilf Gerrod –@InGerrodsMind Pete – @BeeblePete Sam-@SamJMichael Chris-@ChrisWalkerT Instagram: Kate Herron-@HerronthaKate Podcast-@TheBWPodcast Martyn-@BadWilf Chris-@ChrisWalkerThomsonofficial Sam-@Sammichaelol TikTok Martyn-@BadWilf Sam-@SamMichaelol

Martyn is joined by Alex Lightman and Julie Dray, the director and lead actress in the new interactive film on Steam. In Night Book, an online interpreter is tricked into reading an ancient book that summons a demon into her home. Night Book is an interactive occult thriller from the publishers of The Complex, Five Dates and Maid of Sker. The podcast is available from all good podcast services, such as but not limited to Spotify, Amazon Music, Podchaser, Player FM, Stitcher, and Apple Podcasts. We also have a Smartlink. Artwork by Penny Smallshire. We sound familiar can be found here. Comedians talking about football can be found here. Equipment used in the creation of this feature was purchased through a grant from Graeae and The Paul Hamlyn Foundation. If you'd like to support the show, then please shop via our Amazon link. A small percentage goes our way, at no extra cost to you. We also have a Ko-Fi. Socials: Twitter: Martyn – @BadWilf Gerrod –@InGerrodsMind Pete – @BeeblePete Sam-@SamJMichael Chris-@ChrisWalkerT Instagram: Podcast-@TheBWPodcast Martyn-@BadWilf Chris-@ChrisWalkerThomsonofficial Sam-@Sammichaelol TikTok Martyn-@BadWilf Sam-@SamMichaelol

Welcome to Philosophy of Directing Podcast, a show in which the host, Natalie, considers various areas of directing and reflects on her own practice and the wider industry. This week she reflects on Accessibility, with a focus on the work of Graeae and Ramps on the Moon. This podcast has been created as part of Natalie's work on ALRAs directing course. Video link: https://youtu.be/_5GYVnd0jVQ . Transcript link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-7lZdc7k64bvgNbVddo6kC7tHAWTS4gHwYuP3ZCM6Oo/mobilebasic

This month Graeae's young associate Ayzah Ahmed chats to Graeae's current Artistic Director Jenny Sealey and past Graeae Artistic Director Ewan Marshall (1991-1997) about their memories of the company and their experiences of directing.

The Paris Commune lasted less than 100 days, yet this populist movement had extraordinary impact and offers a fascinating comparison to populist turbulence in 2021. Having survived the horrors of the Siege of Paris, winter of 1870-71, Parisians refused to accept the terms of French surrender after the Franco-Prussian war and declared independence. For ten weeks, the Communards experimented with alternative living: revolutionising education, political representation, the role of women, the upbringing of children, even parts of the landscape. The Commune was crushed brutally at the end of May, but it caught the attention of conservatives and radicals across the world. 150 years later, what does the Commune still have to say to us? Have we lost its legacy or, just maybe, are we all Communards now? Dan Rebellato, writer and thinker, is inspired by personal observation of the modern legacy of the commune: “In 2016, my wife and I moved to Paris and we had a baby. In London, walking along a narrow pavement with a buggy, people generally get out of your way. In Paris, there's often a stand-off. In London, the public space is not really public at all; we carry with us a portable sphere of private space that should not be invaded. In Paris, if you're on the street, you're in the debate. Although French society is in many ways very deferential and hierarchical, this is not true on the streets. Anyone can speak to anyone - in Paris, every encounter is a debate. And so I found myself looking into the history of those Parisian streets; the way they've been remodelled and remade, the way the famous cobblestones have been torn up as weapons, the way the boulevards are ghosted by barricades and street battles. It's a story that has markers in 1968 and 1961 and 1945 and 1940 but ultimately this contested Paris, where the very streets are sites of battle and debate, takes us back to 1871 and the Commune.” These essays will bring the Commune to life with vivid description of key moments, entering into history, to explore how it shaped French society and beyond, through personal connection with the facts and the sense of a city Dan knows well. Essay 5: Women 23 May 1871: As the French army poured into Paris to end the Commune, Parisians set light to some major buildings in a vain effort to stop their advance. On 23 May 1871, the Tuileries Palace was ignited. Amid the smoke and fire a new figure was born: the ‘petroleuse', the woman communard with a bottle of petrol, glorying in the destruction she wreaked. In fact, there is very little evidence that such determined incendiarists existed, yet reports spread, ironically, like wildfire. The destructive woman became a cautionary tale and an icon of the Commune, haunting generations to come. The complexity and contradiction of women gaining independence is still resonant – the demonisation and vilification of over strident women is ubiquitous. The Commune genuinely offered women new ways of being, new models and roles. Yet this new woman is ghosted in the figure of the petroleuse, a horrified and horrifying response to repudiating a conventional domesticity. Dan Rebellato is a leading British radio dramatist, as well as a Professor of Contemporary Theatre at Royal Holloway London. He has written extensively for BBC Radio 3 and 4, most recently Killer for Radio 3, as well as theatres such as Plymouth Drum, Suspect Culture and Graeae, and Pitlochry Festival Theatre. He has won Sonys and BBC Audio Awards for his radio dramas. He was lead writer on the blockbuster BBC Radio 4 Series, Emile Zola; Blood Sex and Money, starring Glenda Jackson. He has published several books, most recently co editing Contemporary European Playwrights in 2020, and is currently writing a practical playwriting guide for the National Theatre, due out in 2021/22. Director/Producer, Polly Thomas Executive Producer, Eloise Whitmore A Naked Production for BBC Radio 3

Ciaran is joined on this episode of 'In Lockdown With...' by playwright Kaite O'Reilly. Kaite is the foremost disabled playwright in the UK. Kaite studied theatre and English literature at the University of Sheffield, before starting out as a performer with Graeae Theatre Company. Then, she turned to playwriting. In 2002, Kaite's play 'Peeling' was produced by Graeae, and has since been revived by Taking Flight Theatre in 2019. One of Kaite's other plays 'In Water I'm Weightless' was part of the 2012 Cultural Olympiad produced by National Theatre Wales. Here Ciaran talks to Kaite about her facinating career. 

On this month's podcast Graeae's Creative Learning Director, Jodi-Alissa Bickerton, chats to Ensemble Graduates about their experience on Graeae's Ensemble theatre makers training programme which will be be running again this September 2021. 

Andrew Miller, the Government’s first Disability Champion for Arts and Culture, is stepping down after three years in the post. He discusses the challenges facing disabled people in the creative industries and his hopes for the future. Jenny Sealey is Artistic Director of deaf and disabled theatre company Graeae and Robert Softley Gale is Artistic Director of Birds of Paradise, Scotland’s first touring theatre company employing disabled and non-disabled actors. They discuss the impact of the pandemic on disabled theatre makers. The London Symphony Orchestra has announced that Sir Antonio Pappano will be their next Chief Conductor, starting in September 2024. He takes over from Sir Simon Rattle who made a surprise announcement in January that he would be returning to conduct in Germany. Norman Lebrecht - author of The Maestro Myth - discusses the significance of this appointment for classical music in the UK. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Timothy Prosser Main image: Graeae Theatre Company's 2018 tribute to wounded British veterans, This is Not For You Image credit: Dawn McNamara

Ciaran is joined on this episode of In Lockdown With... by actor and theatre director Nickie Miles-Wildin. After studying at the University of South Wales, Nickie formed Twocan Inclusive Theatre Company in Gloucestershire. In 2012, Nickie played the leading role in the opening ceremony of the London Paralympic Games in front of 80 thousand people. Since then, Nickie has branched out into directing, first assisting Jenny Sealey on the Graeae peoduction of Lorca's 'The House of Bernarda Alba,' before becoming associate director of the company. Here Nickie talks about her career in the arts. 

This month to celebrate Graeae turning 40, Associate Director Nickie Miles-Wildin chats to co-founder of Graeae Theatre Nabil Shaban about his ambition of being an actor and a writer and what led him to set up Graeae. This podcast contains some strong language.

On this weeks episode, Ciaran is joined by actor Chloe Clarke. Chloe studied Spanish and Politics at the University of Bath, before deciding on a career as an actor. Chloe has worked with companies such as Taking Flight and Graeae, featuring in the latter's acclaimed production of 'The House of Bernarda Alba,' in 2017. Chloe has recently written a toolkit in connection with Disability Arts Cymru, with the aim of developing blind and visually impaired audiences in Wales. 

Welcome back! It's Season 2! Carly tells Sam about The Graeae, three sisters from Greek mythology THAT SHARE ONE EYEBALL! They're real! Well, as real as anything else from Greek mythology. We also discuss the 1981 classic, Clash of the Titans, and it's sexy sexy mechanical owl, Bubo.

Martyn is joined by the director and, two actors from the new interactive film 'Five Dates'. Entirely conceptualised, filmed and developed during lockdown – Vinny, a millennial from London, joins a dating app for the first time while living in lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic. With five potential female matches, Vinny explores whether compatibility, chemistry and connections are still possible in a world where physical touch is no longer an option. He must pluck up the courage to video date with wildly different personalities. The viewer's choices will define Vinny's interactions with each date and their interest in seeing him again. Vinny is faced with digital game dates, awkward scenarios and unexpected truths. Five Dates is an exploration of the unpredictable modern dating experience. Through his journey, the decisions the viewer makes for him will challenge their own conceptions of attraction and compatibility. Throughout the game, your choices and your interactions will either strengthen or weaken your relationship with your date. The relationship scores are calculated from the start right through to the very end and will affect certain scenarios as well as having consequences in the concluding scenes. The film stars Taheen Modak (Two Weeks To Live), Demmy Ladipo (The Last Tree, Enterprise), Mandip Gill (Doctor Who, Suspicion, The Flood), Georgia Hirst (Vikings, Ravers), Georgia Small, Marisa Abela (Lena Dunham's Industry, Cobra) and Sinéad Harnett (UK singer/influencer). The podcast is available from all good podcast services, such as but not limited to Amazon Music, Podchaser, Player FM, Stitcher, and Apple Podcasts. Equipment used in the creation of this feature was purchased through a grant from Graeae and The Paul Hamlyn Foundation. If you'd like to support the show, then please shop via our Amazon link. A small percentage goes our way, at no extra cost to you. Check out our Youtube. Check out We Sound Familiar. Check out Comedians talking football. Twitter: Martyn – @BadWilf Gerrod –@InGerrodsMind Pete – @BeeblePete Sam-@Sammichaelcomic Chris-@ChrisWalkerT

The death of Geoffrey Palmer was announced today. Two of his leading co-stars, Dame Judi Dench and Wendy Craig, pay tribute. Ruth Wilson plays the sinister and ruthlessly ambitious Mrs Coulter in the BBC’s lavish adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials. We catch up with her as series two begins to discuss the relationship with her estranged daughter Lyra, working with a digital monkey, and to ask if baddies are just more fun to play. November marks the 25th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act, criminalising discrimination against disabled people in many areas of life. The anniversary is being marked on BBC TV and radio with a focus on the arts. For Radio 4, Jenny Sealey, of Graeae Theatre, and Polly Thomas have directed an adaptation of a Ben Johnson play - Bartholomew Fair - reimagined as The Bartholomew Abominations, set in a dystopian future. Two major pop acts have new releases out – longstanding international treasure Kylie Minogue and relative newcomers on the block, Little Mix. Katie Puckrik and Roisin O’Connor join John to discuss the merits (or otherwise?) of the albums and also to select a cultural highlight they’ve been enjoying recently Fifty years ago Ted Hughes published Crow: From the Life and Songs of the Crow. The Crow is a violent shape-shifter, a ruthless trickster who is determined to survive. A new edition of Crow has just been published and in Front Row Marina Warner, who has written the foreword, reveals the brutal beauty that Hughes achieved. The poet Zaffar Kunial reflects on how the rough music of the Songs of the Crow echoes across half a century to us today. We hear, too, from the archive, powerful readings of the poems by Ted Hughes himself. Presenter: John Wilson Producer: Sarah Johnson

Graeae is a force for change in world-class theatre, boldly placing D/deaf and disabled actors centre stage and challenging preconceptions and its CEO and Artistic Director Jenny Sealey MBE is no different. She talks to us about her initial struggles, the people who helped her along the way, how she nearly didn't apply to work at Graeae and things we should all be doing to create a more inclusive society. It's an AMAZING interview with the participation of two fantastic interpreters! As Jenny is deaf the conversation was recorded on Zoom so the audio is not amazing, but Vicky and Ali, the AMAZING interpreters, agreed to stay on camera so we could share the conversation with subtitles on our channel - so check it out here Please share, leave a review and subscribe if you enjoyed it to make sure you don't miss any episodes! I LIKE NETWORKING is the mentoring and networking program for womxn and non-binary people in the creative industries. Stay in touch with us on Instagram and subscribe to our newsletter with career resources About Jenny Sealey MBE Jenny's directing career began with Interplay Theatre, co-directing Sea Changes, then directing Stepping Stones and Mad Meg. Jenny has been Graeae's Artistic Director since 1997. Directing credits for Graeae include: This Is Not For You, Reasons to be Cheerful (2017, 2012, 2010 and concert versions), The House of Bernarda Alba (in a co-production with Royal Exchange Theatre), Blood Wedding (in a co-production with Dundee Rep and Derby Theatre); The Threepenny Opera (with Pete Rowe in a co-production with New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Nottingham Playhouse and Birmingham Rep); Belonging (with Vinicius Daumas and performed in Brazil & London); also Signs of a Star-Shaped Diva; Static; Blasted; Whiter than Snow; peeling; Bent; Iron Man and Rhinestone Rollers. International credits include: Blood Wedding (Setagaya Public Theatre, Tokyo); Romeo and Juliet (Saitama Arts Theatre, Tokyo); and at Greenwich+Docklands International Festival (GDIF) then touring outdoor arenas: Against the Tide; The Garden; The Limbless Knight – A Tale of Rights Reignited. Jenny co-directed the London 2012 Paralympic Opening Ceremony alongside Bradley Hemmings (GDIF). She also won the Liberty Human Rights Arts Award and was on the h.Club 100 list of the most influential people in the creative industries.

This month Graeae's Associate Director, Nickie Miles-Wildin chats with playwright, screenwriter and Graeae Patron Jack Thorne. Jack tells us about what he's been up to during lockdown, including working with Graeae on Crips without Constraints. He discusses his love for writing, his journey into writing for Theatre and TV and his on going relationship with Graeae.

For the first time in 11 years, we bring you a Halloween special. This was an impromptu episode recorded 15 minutes after Martyn and Gerrod saw Halloween at the local Odeon. Your dynamic duo discusses John Carpenter's 1978 classic, Halloween. Equipment used in the creation of this feature was purchased through a grant from Graeae and The Paul Hamlyn Foundation. The podcast is available from all good podcast services, such as but not limited to Amazon Music, Podchaser, Player FM, Stitcher, and Apple Podcasts. If you'd like to support the show, then please shop via our Amazon link. A small percentage goes our way, at no extra cost to you. Chris is taking part in Movember, if you'd like to donate you can do so here. Check out our Youtube, We Sound Familiar and, Comedians talking football. Socials: Twitter: Martyn – @BadWilf Gerrod –@InGerrodsMind Pete – @BeeblePete Sam-@Sammichaelcomic Instagram: Martyn-@BadWilf Chris-@ChrisWalkerThomsonofficial Sam-@Sammichaelol

Our Amplify Producer, Craig, has been holed up in his makeshift bedroom studio talking to a host of exciting artists of national and international renown. These conversations cover career and process as well as offering a few exciting ideas to explore from home during this time of Social Distancing. Today’s guest is Amit Sharma, Deputy Artistic Director of Birmingham Rep.Amit Sharma is Deputy Artistic Director at Birmingham Repertory Theatre, and was formerly Associate Director at Graeae and Associate Artistic Director at Royal Exchange, Manchester. His production for Graeae and Theatre Royal Plymouth, The Solid Life of Sugar Water, received unanimous four and five star reviews, won the Euan’s Guide Most Accessible Show of the Fringe Award in 2015 and transferred to the National Theatre’s Temporary Space in spring 2016. Other directing credits for Graeae include One Under (national tour) Cosmic Scallies (co-production with Royal Exchange, Manchester). Outdoor productions include Aruna and the Raging Sun (part of the UK/INDIA Year of Culture in Chennai) Prometheus Awakes (London 2012 Festival) and The Iron Man (UK Tour).If you’ve enjoyed today’s podcast, please consider donating to our Curtain Up Appeal, to ensure we can keep creating new work for audiences to enjoy: https://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/support/curtain-up-appeal/​​

This month's episode is on Disability And....Reasons To Be Cheerful. John Kelly chats with Stephen Lloyd and Jude Mahon about Graeae's stage show Reasons To Be Cheerful. They talk about the journey they have been on over the last ten years, along with a few cheeky stories and what the show has meant to them and their audiences.   You can watch Graeae's hit musical Reasons To Be Cheerful (with captions) until the 3rd August 2020. Visit graeae.org. An audio described version is also available via the website. 

James Bay is a multi-award-winning singer-songwriter and guitarist. He has released two albums, Chaos and the Calm, and Electric Light; for which he has won multiple Brits and been nominated for three Grammys. He was recording his third album when lockdown happened, but has been keeping busy - providing guitar lessons of his greatest hits on Instagram. He joins Kirsty Lang to perform his song Hold Back the River and to provide his top tips for beginner guitarists. Chilean director Pablo Larraín was Oscar-nominated for his film Jackie, about the life of Jackie Kennedy. Larraín discusses his latest film Ema, about a young reggaeton dancer in modern-day Chile who goes to great lengths to get her adopted child back after rashly handing him back to the state. The director Gurinder Chadha pays a tribute to the Indian actor Irrfan Khan who had died aged 53. Best known in Britain for his roles as the policeman in Slumdog Millionaire and Pi as an adult in The Life of Pi, Khan was a huge star in India, appearing in many films. He played the title role in Maqbool, a version of Macbeth set in the Mumbai underworld, and starred the Bollywood musical Life in a ...Metro. Graeae, the UK’s leading disabled-led theatre company has launched an eleven-week programme of online activity to provide audiences with a rich variety of work whilst the country is in lockdown. It has a deliberately in-your-face title: Crips Without Constraints – A Play, A Podcast, A Picture - and the intention is to embrace the need to isolate and at the same time celebrate the creativity of Deaf and disabled artists. Kirsty is joined by screenwriter, dramatist and Graeae patron Jack Thorne and one of the playwrights for this season, Kat Golding. Presenter: Kirsty Lang Producer: Julian May

For episode 11 of the Disability And… Podcast, Graeae’s Associate Director Nickie Miles-Wildin chats to actress Sarah Gordy on Disability and Performing. Sarah talks about her role in Jellyfish at the National Theatre and her various TV roles including Call the Midwife and her first professional job on Peak Practice.

Amy Leach is a theatre director and Associate Director at Leeds Playhouse, currently working on a new version of Oliver Twist. This new adaption is by Bryony Lavery, and it’s being staged by Leeds Playhouse in collaboration with the Ramps on the Moon consortium, a partnership between six National Portfolio Organisation theatres and Graeae Theatre. Ramps on the Moon aims to create change within the UK theatre industry in terms of the inclusion and integration of deaf and disabled audiences and theatre-makers. Benjamin Wilson is one of Ramps on the Moon’s Agents for Change. He’s a cast member in this latest production, and has had a key role in developing creative approaches to audio description for this and a number of other shows he’s worked on at Leeds Playhouse and Sheffield Theatres. Amy and Ben joined Mark Smith towards the end of their rehearsal period to discuss the Ramps on the Moon initiative, the opportunities opened up by creative approaches to access for D/deaf and visually impaired audiences and performers, and the reasons behind Amy’s choice of Dickens’s work for her latest project. Oliver Twist plays Leeds Playhouse’s Quarry Theatre from 28 February to 21 March 2020, ahead of a UK tour to Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Nottingham Playhouse, Sheffield Theatres, New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich and Theatre Royal Stratford East, which are all part of the Ramps on the Moon consortium alongside Graeae, the UK’s leading disabled-led theatre company. (Oliver Twist rehearsal images of director Amy Leach and of Brooklyn Melvin and Benjamin Wilson, credit Anthony Robling.)

For episode 9 of the Disability And.. Podcast, Graeae’s Creative Learning Director chats to theatre maker and filmmaker, Matilda Ibini about Disability and the Stories We Tell. Matilda tells us how she got into writing, the barriers she’s faced as a writer and the most precious advice she’s ever received! This podcast contains some strong language.

For Episode 7, Graeae’s Creative Learning Director, Jodi-Alissa Bickerton, is joined by politician, disability activist and winner of 11 gold Paralympic medals, Baroness Grey-Thompson. Also joining Jodi is Mandy Colleran, a comic, writer, actress and disability arts activist. This podcast includes the celebration of disabled women, key moments of the roles they have played in national politics and disability rights movement and the best thing about being disabled!

For episode 5, Graeae’s Associate Director Nickie Miles-Wildin speaks to Jess Thom, an artist, theatremaker and co-founder of acclaimed company Touretteshero, which celebrates and shares the creativity and humour of Tourettes in an accessible way. Jess talks about the idea behind Touretteshero, the importance of relaxed performances and the impact recent changes in policy have had on disabled people. This podcast contains strong language.

Joe interview Nickie Miles-Wildin as she comes to the end of her eighteen-month traineeship at the Royal Exchange. Nickie has assisted on Guys and Dolls, the House of Bernarda Alba and directed the Young Company show 'The Tempest' in Summer 2018. She has also been an assistant at the National Theatre and worked extensively with Graeae, the UK's foremost disabled-led theatre company. In 2012, she performed in the Paralympic Opening Ceremony as Miranda.  She can be found on twitter @knockback78.

Writer, actor, campaigner and Graeae Patron Mat Fraser, talks to former Associate Director of Graeae (recently appointed Deputy Artistic Director of Birmingham Repertory Theatre) about the visibility and representation of disability within film, television and theatre. How have things changed over the last 40 years? And how much further do we have to go? This podcast contains some strong language. A transcript of this podcast (in word format) is available to read or download at: https://graeae.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Mat-Fraser-Transcript-FINAL.docx www.disabilityarts.online www.graeae.org Podcast edited by Ian Rattray for Clear Voice Enterprises. www.clearvoiceenterprises.org

The gang packs up and heads back to Graeae to see if they can get the magic amplifiers to destroy the obelisks.

Krista and Christian talk about the heroics of Demigod and all-around good guy Perseus, who proves that even in Greek myth, good things happen to good people and there can actually be happy endings. Perseus’s featured feats include defeating the Gorgons, the Graeae, befriending both acorn bread eating people and Hyperboreans and many more good things. Zeus’s featured feats include impregnating Perseus’s mom, Danae, as a golden shower. What the Hades, Zeus. Drunk Mythology is a podcast created by Krista and Christian, recounting the feats and failures of world Mythology, with a few drinks along the way.

Jess Thom goes in-house at Graeae, the award-winning theatre company that profiles the skills, excellence and professionalism of deaf and disabled artists. She chats to Jenny Sealey, Graeae’s Artistic Director, about the importance of putting disabled artists centre stage - and never taking no for an answer.

A panel event to launch Oberon’s new book Reasons to be Graeae, celebrating the first 38 years of the UK’s first disabled-led theatre company. Several of the books contributors including Jenny Sealey, Jack Thorne, Alison Halstead, Nicola Miles-Wildin, Rufus Norris and Daryl Beeton* will be talking about their involvement with Graeae over the last four decades, as well as taking questions. To read the transcript of this event visit: http://graeae.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Graeae-Launch-260418-draft-note.pdf

The last cub mini-episode of this month and we sat with down with Graeae theatre company’s Amit Sharma and performer Arthur Hughes to talk about Jack Thorne’s new play The Solid Life of Sugar Water which is on at the Pleasance. Podcasts produced by Tim Bano and Annegret Märten. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A classic Greek legend/ myth about one of the most horrifying creatures of all time, arriving just in time for the haunting season. She was defeated by a hero who learned to "think outside the box" before that expression was even trendy. We come to you from Foxboro, MA, which has more going for it than the New England Patriots. For one thing, it's the home of the incredibly cool interactive adventure 5 Wits, where our son Zephyr works. And this year, it;s the home of Beelzebub's CarnEvil, the Halloween attraction he's dreamed of opening since he was 9 years old. It's finally up and running and scaring the wits out of people. Happy and Haunted Listening,Dennis (Narrator, King, Perseus, Guest 1, Graeae 2) and Kimberly (Narrator, Medusa, Guest 2, Guest 3, Graeae 1, Graeae 3)