Podcast appearances and mentions of Lee Simpson

Today's guest is an amazing person to watch and get to know.  And his name is Dan O'Connor. Dan has been performing and teaching improvisation all over the world since 1986. He has developed engaging methods of narrative improvisation to create visceral unscripted theatre experiences.  He is one of the co-founders of BATS Improv in San Francisco and LA Theatresports, and he is also the founder of the critically acclaimed Impro Theatre in Los Angeles.  Dan has had the opportunity to train and work with some amazing talent including Keith Johnstone, Phelim McDermott, Lee Simpson, and Wayne Brady. He has performed with The Groundlings, Second City, and many other theatre companies around the world.  Dan has co-authored two books, which both talk about using improvisation to lead a happier and more connected life.  Learn more about this fantastic guy by visiting his website, danoconnor.net.  And be sure to check out his two books “Life UnScripted-Using Improv Principles to Get Unstuck, Boost Confidence, and Transform Your Life” and “Ensemble! Using the Power of Improv To Forge Connections in a Lonely World”, available on Amazon and wherever books are sold. And as always, don't forget to rate and review!

Sue Carpenter is a writer based in Auckland, New Zealand. Sue writes within a number of different genres, including YA, junior fiction, children's fiction and she also dabbles in poetry. Sue has received a number of awards. These include: first place in the IWW Short Story competition in Sci-fi/fantasy with her story ‘Blood Protectors'; highly commended in kidslit with her story 'Lavendar Hill'; and 2nd in long fiction under her thriller penname Lee Simpson's 'Switches'. In 2023 she was a runner up in XYZ children's poetry, and in 2022 she was runner up in the National Poetry Day, Poetry at the beach and New Leaf Christmas competition. Outside of her writing life, Sue enjoys spending time at the beach, with her toes in the sand and her thoughts in the clouds.

The automotive industry's steady transition to “software-defined vehicles” could offer new entrants advantages against established incumbents.----- Transcript -----Lee Simpson: Welcome to Thoughts on the Market. I'm Lee Simpson, Head of Morgan Stanley's European Technology Hardware Team. Shaqeal Kirunda: And I'm Shaqeal Kirunda, from Morgan Stanley's European Autos Team. Lee Simpson: On this special episode of the podcast, we will discuss the evolution of autos in the direction of software defined vehicles. It's Thursday, 19th October at 10 a.m. in London. Lee Simpson: Cars are in the process of transforming from electromechanical terminals to intelligent mobile devices, and we think the emergence of software defined vehicles or SDVs, is a sign we're approaching the car smartphone moment. The migration to SDVs is part of a broader transformation in autos that could even redefine the economics of the car itself. The implications for this are deep and far reaching. So Shaqeal, what is an SDV and how is it different from most cars on the road today? Shaqeal Kirunda: Thanks Lee, so most people are aware of one of the global megatrends in autos to transition to electric vehicles, was less well understood as a transition to the software defined vehicle. An SDV can be defined as any vehicle that manages its operations or adds new functionality, mainly through software. What that actually means to the consumer is a car that features an operating system which is upgradable over the air, not just for apps and infotainment of a whole software upgrades, safety improvements and new functions such as autonomous driving. So for a future SDV, the functions will be defined by the software and not the hardware. This dynamic mirrors how we use apps and software in phones today. Lee, how does this change the whole architecture of the car? Lee Simpson: Yeah, I think computing needs to change. We've seen that in other devices before and here for the car, it's transitioning really from this distributed area of lots of independent microcontrollers or simple chips in the car,ix notes towards something a little more orchestrated or a centralized compute is perhaps the best way to think of this. Now, there will not be a set path. Different OEMs and different platforms will be built along different lines, a logical path, a physical rewiring path. Some will move through domain clusters, others will move to zonal compute. But in the end, the journey will be the same. We'll move to this sort of server on wheels type of architecture, at least from the point of view of compute. And along the way will introduce new players to the automotive space, those larger chip makers who are champions in the systems on CHIP or SOC environment today. And perhaps for them they'll be attracted to this perhaps large silicon TAM that we'll see in the car. We think perhaps $15 billion of extra semiconductor building materials by the end of the decade. So with that in mind, in essence, we think the evolution towards SDVs involves a decoupling of the hardware and software in a vehicle. So, Shaqeal, where are we in this complicated process right now? And what are some of the paths to the future? Shaqeal Kirunda: Interesting question. We're certainly seeing different rates of progress. The key distinction here is between legacy players and new market entrants. New market entrants have embraced the transition to both EVs and SDVs. Through this they can offer over the air upgrades and safety features as well as new functions, creating new software based revenue streams. Legacy manufacturers have taken note of the major transition they're facing, but as incumbents have taken slightly longer to put this into action. Whereas the new market entrants started from scratch, the incumbents are redesigning manufacturing processes they've been executing on for years. They are making progress however, the first newly designed software defined vehicles are scheduled to be released between 2024 and 2026. But if we take a step back for a moment, pandemic caused a major disruption to the semiconductor supply chains that are so central to the auto industry. How will the migrations to SDVs change the use of and reliance on auto related semiconductors? Lee Simpson: Well, I think from a reliance perspective, we've already seen that in cars. There's quite a considerable reliance on those microcontrollers we've mentioned already. But if anything, this will increase. And I think you'll see that a lot of the main consideration of how a car works running through this myriad of new semiconductor chips. I think the key consideration here, however, is this is a safety critical environment and this is not something that compute is normally structured for. If you take, for instance, the cloud or even your mobile phone, the consideration here is far different. Sometimes it's about performance as in the cloud. Sometimes it's about low power or power efficiency as in your smartphone. Here the paramount feature is safety criticality. And so I think silicon here will need to have real time compute. So zero latency in its and its ability to deliver a decision maker to the decision to the driver and will also have to be secure. So I have to ensure that no new threat surface is introduced to the safety critical vehicle. So with that all in mind, what are some of the benefits of SDVs for both the auto industry and the consumer? Shaqeal Kirunda: Thanks Lee, the benefits for the auto industry are clear. Legacy OEMs face competitive threats from new entrants focused on SDVs. If legacy players don't transition towards SDVs on time, they will continue to lose global and local market share. Of course, the opportunity for OEMs is that the new software features could come with new software margins. Potential benefits for customers centered more towards new features and residual value. New features could be anything from safety improvements based on driver data to completely new apps from third party developers, downloaded straight to the car. Also with much better software comes much better data collection. This opens the door to predictive maintenance and improved reliability, which reduces repair costs and supports residual values. The question with all these benefits is whether customers will really value them. It will take a change in consumer behavior to shift from buying a car with all functions upfront to buying new functions later down the road. So clearly there are also a number of challenges on the road to adoption. Lee, what are some of the hurdles and downside risks of right now and looking towards the future? Lee Simpson: Well, I think the key thing here is software testing. This is something that, again, really leans on that safety, criticality environment of the vehicle. So before you can introduce software into a car, probably needs to be certified as safe for this environment. Now, that's a non-trivial task to overcome. Creating a certification process needs a Cross-Industry agreement and needs someone to drive this through, and probably someone also to drive some standards that will impact in the hardware space equally as well. This will all have to be done with commercial considerations as well, so you'll have to ensure that this is consistently delivered so that the user experiences is the same car after car. This will ensure that the OEMs can deliver on their specs and the SDVs themself will start to grow as a possible value proposition for them. So finally, Shaqeal, what are some of the key milestones that investors should watch for in the migration to SDVs? Shaqeal Kirunda: Absolutely. Over the next few years, we'll start to see legacy players release their own version of newly updated, fully software defined vehicles. We're still at the early stages and it may take some time, but I expect we'll see further partnerships with start up automotive software players as legacy manufacturers recognize they are the best app developers. OEMs may also open their app stores to third party developers and invite them to create new applications for consumers. We've seen this with everything from smartphones to blockchain, and this could also be important for SDVs. Now, once things really take off, OEMs are sharing data and software based revenues. The key focus here will be the split between embedded and standalone revenues, i.e. those software features sold at the point of sale versus those sold during the life of the car. Lee Simpson: Thank you, Shaqeal. Thanks for taking the time to talk to me today. Shaqeal Kirunda: Great speaking with you Lee. Lee Simpson: And thanks for listening, everyone. If you enjoy Thoughts on the Market, please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts and share the podcast with a friend or colleague today.

Join Berkshire Football Stories host Rob Davies as he charts the Royal County's footballing waters with Tom Canning and Abi Ticehurst. This week the team discusses Berks County topping the Combined Counties League Division One table with Lee Simpson and Ellis Woods, as well as casting an eye over Windsor's revival with Joshua Browne of the Maidenhead Advertiser. In part two we look at Georgia Graham stepping down at Caversham United and Woodley United reaching a cup final, plus.. is it disaster for Reading FC Women? You can listen to this episode and our entire archive on your favourite podcast app here: https://footballinberkshire.co.uk/how-to-listen-to-the-berkshire-football-stories-podcast/ If you enjoyed this video please subscribe to the Football in Berkshire YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@footballinberkshire?sub_confirmation=1 You can also find us at www.footballinberkshire.co.uk Twitter: https://twitter.com/fiberkshire Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/footballinberkshire Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fiberkshire/ KEY MOMENTS 0:00 Intro #podcast #nonleague #berkshire #favase

Please welcome to The Clearing - to talk about Improbable's "The Gathering" (amongst other things) Matilda Leyser from Improbable Theatre.A Special Episode of "The Good Listening To" where Improbable's "The Gathering" meets The Good Listening To's "The Clearing"!Matilda is Associate Director of the world renowned and much admired Improbable Theatre.She is a Theatre Maker and Director also of "Mothers Who Make" - which is all about "making work - even in the midsts of mothering..."Matilda was a Circus Arialist for 10 years before coming down to Earth (with an elaborate flourish I'll wager) to become Associate Director of Improbable.Her adventure continues in the Quest - alongside her two Co-Directors Phelim McDermott & Lee Simpson -  to find a new Spiritual home and Creative & Artistic Hub for Improbable - in a journey called "The Gathering"."The Good Listening To: Your Life & Times With Me Chris Grimes!" The adventure continues!Marvellous!“The Good Listening To: Your Life & Times With Me Chris Grimes!” is the Show & Podcast series that features “The Clearing”:Where all good Questions come to be asked - and all good Stories come to be told…With some lovely juicy Storytelling metaphors to also enjoy along the way:The Clearing itself - a Tree - a lovely juicy Storytelling exercise called “5-4-3-2-1” - some Alchemy - some Gold - a cheeky bit of Shakespeare - and a CAKE!So it's all to play for! Hurrah!(…and indeed Huzzah!)Enjoy!

Mark Ravenhill is one of our greatest living theatre makers. I claim this in part because of the length of his writing career, 25 years+ and still going strong, and in part because of the variety of form and type of work. His work has extended into directing and performing Mark will be co-artistic director (with Hannah Price) of the Kings Head theatre where he is outlining plans to portray stories that would fly under the rainbow flag (an allusion to multitude types of queer stories out there). Podcast notes: Mark articulates why representation now for all kinds of stories that would fly under the rainbow flag is important and sketches out his vision as co-artistic director. We discuss the differences between German and British theatre cultures. The surprising lack of influence from visual art on British theatre (compared to eg German theatre or many other kinds of theatre). The satisfaction of bringing a popular story, like David Walliams Boy in the Dress to a wider (out of London) audience. We chat about how representative (or not) theatre is touching on working class and outside of London audiences, if right wing playwrights are missing considering the British people keep returning right leaning governments; and how, of course, the landscape of public views and opinion is much more complicated than that. The importance of listening in a world where many people are defending their right to speak (and many of those defenders having never been without that right to speak) - making space to listen to other voices. Mark's curiosity and love of life-long learning and what ballet has taught him. The differences and similarities in how he approached his recent biographical work about his mother, father and himself. We play over-rated/under-rated and Mark rates: -Automatic writing -Speaking in verse all day -Dressing up or outside in techniques -Chekhov and non-English theatre -Theatre Games (Only one of these is overrated). We discuss the importance of Keith Johnston's book Improv (note my podcast with Lee Simpson also discuss Keith's work) and how Mark has used the exercises in the book. I ask Mark, what question theatre should be asking today. Mark finishes with advice to creatives on not being swayed too much by others (well-intentioned or not) advice. Transcript and video available here. Follow Mark on Twitter @markravenhill2 Follow Ben on Twitter @benyeohben

Today's guest is Julie Lee Simpson! She is an Oprah Show producer turned Nashville realtor who is learning about the social media landscape for the first time in a new career. At Unverified we believe the best digital strategies are based in storytelling, so we had to hear Julie Lee's -- she talks about growing up rearranging furniture, what it was like producing home makeover episodes with Nate Berkus on The Oprah Show, and beginning her career as a Nashville realtor. And then of course, we get into her social media! Her digital goals now are all about making social media second nature, fun and beneficial -- even though she still has a strong affinity for her electric typewriter.  If you'd like to support the show (yay!) please help us get the word out by sharing a screenshot of this episode on your socials and tag @UnverifiedPod. And don't forget to subscribe, rate & review too!   LINKS FROM EPISODE: More with Julie Lee Simpson: https://www.julieleesimpson.com/ & https://www.instagram.com/julieleesimpson/ Unverified on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unverifiedpod/ Be an Unverified guest: https://www.unverifiedpod.com/beontheshow Show notes and extras: https://www.unverifiedpod.com/   THIS EPISODE IS SUPPORTED BY: Doodle Different, a little book of places to start! With unique drawing prompts and hashtags on each page, Doodle Different is the place where offline creativity meets online community. It's a celebration of imagination! Get your book or digital download at https://www.doodledifferent.com/ and use the code UNVERIFIED for 15% off your first order! Happy doodling! THIS EPISODE IS SUPPORTED BY: The Russell Hotel, a historic church transformed into a one of a kind boutique hotel in Nashville, TN. Visit https://www.russellnashville.com/ to book your experience today. EXTRAS FOR UNVERIFIED FRIENDS: Moo Printing: 25% off your first order of custom notebooks, greeting cards, stationary, and more! Click HERE Sticker Mule: $10 credit for custom stickers, magnets, buttons, and more! Click HERE

Short introduction to Ben Yeoh Chats. If you are curious about the world this show is for you. I have extended conversations across humanities and science with artists, philosophers, writers, theatre makers, activists, economists and all walks of life. Episodes include: -What is like to go to Columbia University at 15 and be valedictorian with Leopold Aschenbrenner? -What should worry us about gamification with philosopher Thi Nguyen ? -What sparks invention with innovation historian, Anton Howes ? -What do story telling and improvisation tell us about being human with Lee Simpson. -I've learned a tremendous amount doing these shows and hope you enjoy and learn too. Enjoy.

Lee Simpson is a founder member of Improbable (theatre makers and improvisers), a long time Comedy Store Player (since the 1980s) and one of Paul Merton's Impro Chums. He's also been a croupier, cinema projectionist and breakfast show DJ. He's written plays, appeared in sit-coms and in some films, been on some Radio 4 panel shows and once did a very poor poodle act at the London Palladium. That vast range highlights two strong threads one in the world of improv and another in the world of theatre making. Transcript available here and video version available here. -I speak to Lee on his roots in theatre and improv and the importance of Keith Johnstone's work. -Lee outlines his thoughts on on his drama school experience, two schools of improv (US and UK) andhow improv and theatre misunderstand one another. -We discuss the infrastructure (or lack of) behind improv and theatre and techniques on listening to the audience and feedback loops in performing. -We sketch out ideas on structure and story form, on being human and Lee explains status structure as a technique. -We chat about how humans understand the world and how we view our lives as story that changes through time. -Lee reflects on being part of a comedy group for a long time and shares a stroy on Mo Mowlam. -We talk on how to “build back better” in the arts and what Open Space is and techniques for listening and genuine connections to art. -We end with advice Lee has for young people. Contents: 01:17 Lee on his roots in theat re and improv and Keith Johnstone. 04:07 Lee on his drama school experience and two schools of improv 09:43 How improv and theatre misunderstand one another. 13:32 Lee on the infrastructure (or lack of) behind improv and theatre. On listening to the audience and feedback loops in performing. 21:27 Lee on current UK Improv organisations 26:56 Money no issue… what the work of Improbable would do 29:01 Ben on language of improv and comedy, repetition and twist 32:29 Lee on structure and story form, on being human. Explains status structure. 36:44 Lee on how humans understand the world. Viewing our lives as story that changes through time. 42:47 On being part of a comedy group for a long time. 43:00 On Mo Mowlam being involved with the comedy store players 47:37 Mo Mowlam's final months and concerns on anti-democracy 53:33 Lee on “Build Back Better” 57:46 Lee on Open Space, techniques for listening and genuine connections to art 1:05:07 Improv teaching you to listen to yourself 1:07:46 More on OpenSpace 1:15:34 Advice for young people, Ben channeling phantom Lee 1:17:15 Lee's advice: step outside your path a little.

Lee Simpson talks about his time following the Cumbrians and England, the bond he has with his Dad and his friends, including being caught up in the infamous Marseille attacks and Wembley wins and defeats.

We get deep into the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's sit-down interview with Her Royal Highness, Oprah Winfrey, Queen of Television. From bombshell revelations of conversations about baby Archie's skin colour, to Meghan's mental health and Harry's awakening to the reality of racism BW + BL cover it all, plus the aftermath that saw Piers Morgan walk off breakfast television  — potentially forever  — having chosen his hill to die on: disbelieving Meghan, in particular, her mental health crisis. If you love good food, but you're also lazy, the new ABC web series Gourmet Lazy is for you. Hear from Brendan Wan, creator and director of Gourmet Lazy, as well as mother-son presenters, Dane and Lee Simpson, who shared their recipe for fried scones.Finally, does BW + BL's mutual love of Coming to America transfer to the sequel? And Alan S. Kim's acceptance speech gives us feelings.  Show notes:Oprah wins at interviewing: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/mar/08/oprah-winfrey-meghan-harry-interview?CMP=Share_iOSApp_OtherMeghan Markle files official complaint against Piers Morgan: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-11/meghan-markle-files-complaint-with-itv-over-piers-morgan/13237014It's gourmet and it's lazy: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-17/australians-share-gourmet-lazy-meals-recipe-culture/13156508Critics Choice awards- Alan S. Kim's acceptance speech: https://twitter.com/MinariMovie/status/1368755631818211331

We get deep into the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s sit-down interview with Her Royal Highness, Oprah Winfrey, Queen of Television. From bombshell revelations of conversations about baby Archie’s skin colour, to Meghan’s mental health and Harry’s awakening to the reality of racism BW + BL cover it all, plus the aftermath that saw Piers Morgan walk off breakfast television  — potentially forever  — having chosen his hill to die on: disbelieving Meghan, in particular, her mental health crisis.  If you love good food, but you’re also lazy, the new ABC web series Gourmet Lazy is for you. Hear from Brendan Wan, creator and director of Gourmet Lazy, as well as mother-son presenters, Dane and Lee Simpson, who shared their recipe for fried scones. Finally, does BW + BL’s mutual love of Coming to America transfer to the sequel? And Alan S. Kim’s acceptance speech gives us feelings.   Show notes: Oprah wins at interviewing: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/mar/08/oprah-winfrey-meghan-harry-interview?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Meghan Markle files official complaint against Piers Morgan: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-11/meghan-markle-files-complaint-with-itv-over-piers-morgan/13237014 It's gourmet and it's lazy: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-17/australians-share-gourmet-lazy-meals-recipe-culture/13156508 Critics Choice awards- Alan S. Kim's acceptance speech: https://twitter.com/MinariMovie/status/1368755631818211331

We get deep into the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s sit-down interview with Her Royal Highness, Oprah Winfrey, Queen of Television. From bombshell revelations of conversations about baby Archie’s skin colour, to Meghan’s mental health and Harry’s awakening to the reality of racism BW + BL cover it all, plus the aftermath that saw Piers Morgan walk off breakfast television  — potentially forever  — having chosen his hill to die on: disbelieving Meghan, in particular, her mental health crisis.  If you love good food, but you’re also lazy, the new ABC web series Gourmet Lazy is for you. Hear from Brendan Wan, creator and director of Gourmet Lazy, as well as mother-son presenters, Dane and Lee Simpson, who shared their recipe for fried scones. Finally, does BW + BL’s mutual love of Coming to America transfer to the sequel? And Alan S. Kim’s acceptance speech gives us feelings.   Show notes: Oprah wins at interviewing: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/mar/08/oprah-winfrey-meghan-harry-interview?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Meghan Markle files official complaint against Piers Morgan: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-11/meghan-markle-files-complaint-with-itv-over-piers-morgan/13237014 It's gourmet and it's lazy: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-17/australians-share-gourmet-lazy-meals-recipe-culture/13156508 Critics Choice awards- Alan S. Kim's acceptance speech: https://twitter.com/MinariMovie/status/1368755631818211331

We get deep into the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s sit-down interview with Her Royal Highness, Oprah Winfrey, Queen of Television. From bombshell revelations of conversations about baby Archie’s skin colour, to Meghan’s mental health and Harry’s awakening to the reality of racism BW + BL cover it all, plus the aftermath that saw Piers Morgan walk off breakfast television  — potentially forever  — having chosen his hill to die on: disbelieving Meghan, in particular, her mental health crisis.  If you love good food, but you’re also lazy, the new ABC web series Gourmet Lazy is for you. Hear from Brendan Wan, creator and director of Gourmet Lazy, as well as mother-son presenters, Dane and Lee Simpson, who shared their recipe for fried scones. Finally, does BW + BL’s mutual love of Coming to America transfer to the sequel? And Alan S. Kim’s acceptance speech gives us feelings.   Show notes: Oprah wins at interviewing: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/mar/08/oprah-winfrey-meghan-harry-interview?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Meghan Markle files official complaint against Piers Morgan: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-11/meghan-markle-files-complaint-with-itv-over-piers-morgan/13237014 It's gourmet and it's lazy: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-17/australians-share-gourmet-lazy-meals-recipe-culture/13156508 Critics Choice awards- Alan S. Kim's acceptance speech: https://twitter.com/MinariMovie/status/1368755631818211331

We get deep into the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s sit-down interview with Her Royal Highness, Oprah Winfrey, Queen of Television. From bombshell revelations of conversations about baby Archie’s skin colour, to Meghan’s mental health and Harry’s awakening to the reality of racism BW + BL cover it all, plus the aftermath that saw Piers Morgan walk off breakfast television  — potentially forever  — having chosen his hill to die on: disbelieving Meghan, in particular, her mental health crisis.  If you love good food, but you’re also lazy, the new ABC web series Gourmet Lazy is for you. Hear from Brendan Wan, creator and director of Gourmet Lazy, as well as mother-son presenters, Dane and Lee Simpson, who shared their recipe for fried scones. Finally, does BW + BL’s mutual love of Coming to America transfer to the sequel? And Alan S. Kim’s acceptance speech gives us feelings.   Show notes: Oprah wins at interviewing: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/mar/08/oprah-winfrey-meghan-harry-interview?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Meghan Markle files official complaint against Piers Morgan: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-11/meghan-markle-files-complaint-with-itv-over-piers-morgan/13237014 It's gourmet and it's lazy: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-17/australians-share-gourmet-lazy-meals-recipe-culture/13156508 Critics Choice awards- Alan S. Kim's acceptance speech: https://twitter.com/MinariMovie/status/1368755631818211331

King Harvest and Cannabis Oil With Lee Simpson today on It's A Dogs Life with Angela Ardolino. Before discovering Cannabis Oil, Lee was near death. Standard medical practices weren’t able to help him with his seizure disorder, anxiety disorder, depression, and PTSD. It wasn’t until many years of suffering that he began a quest to seek alternatives in an attempt to save his own life. Doctors kept pumping him full of pills. This made everything worse. He also developed a dependency on many of the prescription pills that led to his downward spiral. Lee knew he needed to take matters into his own hands, get off of medications that were simply treating the symptoms on the surface, and find a safe and permanent alternative that could treat the underlying issue. Everything Lee read about his disorders and prescription drug damage led him to believe it would be years before he was back to normal. Through mountains of research and a lot of trial and error, he found Cannabis Oil. King Harvest is a group of compassionate-care counselors and naturopaths who work directly with doctors, patients, and support groups to help families gain reliable and safe access to healing cannabis remedies. King Harvest educates their members and their families with comprehensive alternative-therapy knowledge and dosing support with no obligations related to the medicines we provide. They seek to work in harmony with their members and acting physicians in order to achieve the best possible outcome on a case by case basis.

Episode 38 of our regular pub (but not in a pub) chats with people in and around the grassroots and non league game. This episode we speak to Berks County managers Lee Simpson and Ellis Woods about working together, building something at the Swords and going again. Visit our website at www.footballinberkshire.co.uk (http://www.footballinberkshire.co.uk/) Follow us on twitter @fiberkshire (https://twitter.com/fiberkshire) and Facebook here (https://www.facebook.com/footballinberkshire/) .

Volvo’s marketing boss Julie Hutchinson says Volvo got too reliant on performance media at Carsales, CarsAdvice and Carsguide and didn’t build Volvo’s brand appeal for buyer consideration in the the luxury auto segment. The new strategy is working. She joins Mindshare’s Joe Lunn and whiteGREY’s Lee Simpson on winning the 2019 Media Federation Grand Prix.  

Boy oh boy, have we got another humdinger to slip down your earholes! Ms. Penelope Cresswell has departed this mortal realm and we're the only people who will dare to tell you what went down.  Featuring Daniel Nils Roberts, Suki Webster, Lee Simpson and Alice Winn. Criminal Casebook is recorded live every month at Kings Place in London. Find our next recording at www.kingsplace.co.uk  www.criminalimprov.weebly.com Twitter Facebook Hosted by Ralph Jones and Joel Gatehouse

This episode's guest is Lee Simpson. Lee is an improviser, a Comedy Store Player, one of Paul Merton's Impro Chums and a founder of Improbable. He's also been a croupier, a cinema projectionist, a breakfast show DJ and has written many plays and appeared in many sitcoms and panel shows. He once did a very poor poodle act at the London Palladium and his real name is Len. Recorded backstage at The Comedy Store, London.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/stevexoh)

The keynote talk for 'Collaboration in Theatre symposium' at the University of Oxford, 19 October 2018. Most of the directors presented in David Bradby and David Williams's seminal 1988 volume Directors' Theatre are also renowned as leaders of ensembles. This position has often been problematised in terms of authorship and the implied hierarchies. Simon Shepherd (2012) has noted that director figureheads in ensembles became increasingly unfashionable in the aftermath of poststructuralist anti-authoritarianism. At the turn of the 21st century ensemble directors have sought to emphasise the element of co-authorship in their work or a relativisation of their own authority. Mermikides and Smart (2010) have identified a contemporary prevalence of ensembles led by tandems. My own previous research has encountered reluctant ensemble leaders, directorless ensembles and leaders interested in facilitating self-determination of their groups (Radosavljevic 2013). Using notions of heterarchy and eco-leadership, this paper took the investigation forward in an attempt of defining a 21st century model of ensemble director. More specifically, the paper looked at the case study of Improbable Theatre's directorial tandem Phelim McDermott and Lee Simpson and their use of improvisation as a type of self-sustaining systemic leadership. The case study expands the theme of improvisation established in the original volume, and represents an addition to a revised anniversary edition of the book, edited by Peter Boenisch and David Williams (due in 2018). Dr Duska Radosavljevic is a Reader in Contemporary Theatre and Performance at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She is the author of the award-winning Theatre-Making - Interplay Between Text and Performance in the 21st Century (2013) and editor of The Contemporary Ensemble (2013) and Theatre Criticism - Changing Landscapes (2016). The talk was introduced by Hannah Greenstreet (Jesus College) and Alexander Thomas (University College)

Phelim McDermott co-founded acclaimed theatre company Improbable in 1996. His directing credits including Shockheaded Peter with Julian Crouch and The Tiger Lillies, Philip Glass’s The Perfect American with ENO and Teatro Real in Madrid, The Addams Family on Broadway and, most recently, Jim Broadbent in A Christmas Carol on the West End. Phelim spoke to BTG editor David Chadderton about the origins of Improbable's show Animo that combines improvisation and puppetry, which was revived for the 2016 Latitude Festival led by co-artistic director Lee Simpson. He also looked back on 20 years of Improbable and talked about the importance of improvisation to all of his work, even when script-based, and the influence of the ideas of Keith Johnstone and Jeremy Whelan on his techniques.

We chat to Lee Simpson and Phelim McDermott from Improbable and the Comedy Store Players about his latest venture, teaching improv to elderly actors.

This is a background pack for Theatre of Blood by Lee Simpson and Phelm McDermott. Included in this pack is the rehearsal diary and practical exercises.