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Spooky Season is back. We have a week of brilliant audio drama coming your way. Today is The Revival by Corinne Sailsbury Voice Actors: Alex – Fergus John McCann Iona – Elaine Stirrat Corinne Sailsbury Corinne Salisbury is an Edinburgh-based playwright. She's had plays produced at the Traverse Theatre and the Scottish Storytelling Centre (both commissioned by Strange Town for their youth theatre groups); and digital commissions from Paines Plough and from the National Theatre of Scotland/BBC for the SCENES FOR SURVIVAL series. She's a past Playwrights Studio Scotland New Playwrights Award winner, and was longlisted for the Channel4 New Writers Scheme 2024 and nominated for the Adopt a Playwright Award 2024. She's had development processes supported by Playwrights' Studio Scotland, National Theatre of Scotland, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Creative Scotland and the Peggy Ramsay Foundation. Her work has been performed at venues including Hampstead Theatre, Theatre503, the Spiegeltent, Southwark Playhouse, Live Theatre Newcastle, Camden People's Theatre, the Yard Theatre, the Old Vic Theatre, New York's Public Theater, the Tron, the Traverse, the CCA, Leith Depot, the Village pub and the Hidden Door Festival. Her play GIRLBOSS is published in Routledge's anthology ‘Short Plays with Great Roles for Women' The Revival A ghost hunter and property developer meet in an abandoned theatre to communicate with the voices of the past. What could possibly go wrong. OUR WEBSITE - www.persistentandnasty.co.uk HIPA GUIDES: HIPA GUIDES Equity Toolkit: Link Stellar Quines: Link Persistent Pal & Nasty Hero - Pals and Hero Membership Email – persistentandnasty@gmail.com Instagram - @persistentandnasty Twitter - @PersistentNasty Coffee Morning Eventbrite - Coffee Morning Tickets LINKTREE - LINKTR.EE Resources Samaritans - Rape Crisis Scotland - Rape Crisis UK ArtsMinds - BAPAM Freelancers Make Theatre Work Stonewall UK - Trevor Project - Mermaids UK Switchboard LGBT+ - GATE PLANNED PARENTHOOD DONATE - DONATE ABORTION SUPPORT NETWORK UK - ASN.COM- DONATE
In this episode, Jonathan and Devon chat with composer Robin Hiley & writer Becky Hope-Palmer about their musical "LIFELINE" currently running off-Broadway. LIFELINE tells the story of Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming's world-changing discovery of penicillin in 1928, charting the rise and fall of antibiotics. Fleming's historic story is interwoven with Jess', a present day doctor whose childhood sweetheart, Aaron, is recovering from cancer treatment, almost 100 years after antibiotics were discovered. But just as Aaron is desperate to resume normality and rekindle the romance, his life hangs in the balance, as he waits to see if Fleming's miracle cure will still work well enough to save him. The musical is a two-time Edinburgh Festival Fringe sell-out (2018 and 2022). It has toured to London, Glasgow and the east coast of the USA (2022). It has also been showcased at the UK Houses of Parliament and in Barbados for Prime Minister Mia Mottley. Previously entitled The Mould that Changed the World, the show underwent significant re-development in 2023 to incorporate numerous modern day patient stories that the producers had collected from around the world. More info available at LIFELINE The Musical (lifelinemusical.com) Guests - Robin Hiley & Becky Hope-Palmer Robin Hiley was a founding partner of Charades Theatre Company upon the company's inception in 2010. In 2017 he took the company forward as Artistic Director & CEO, overseeing its transition to a Scottish Incorporated Charitable Organisation and establishing partnerships and collaborations with major national and international organisations. As a composer, and lyricist Robin is passionate about writing and creating musical theatre that tackles pertinent social issues and also gives opportunities for the community to get involved in performing. Developing LIFELINE has been a signifcant focus for Robin over the past 6 years, immensely enjoying collaborating with writing partners Becky Hope-Palmer (book writer), his long-time friend and songwriting partner James Ross, as well as the rest of the creative team. Robin holds an undergraduate degree in music from Newcastle University and a MSc in enthnomusicology from the University of Edinburgh. Becky Hope-Palmer is a Scottish writer and theatre director from Edinburgh. She trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and was a finalist for the prestigious JMK Directing Award in 2019 and 2021. She is an associate artist for She Productions in East Yorkshire and worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company from 2017-2019. Recent credits include work for the Lyceum Theatre and Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, Perth Theatre, Dundee Rep and A Play, a Pie and a Pint in Glasgow. Her directing and facilitation work spans musical theatre, Shakespeare, classic and new writing in various forms and capacities. As a writer, Becky's first play with music, Seven Against Edinburgh, was produced by the Lyceum Theatre in 2022. She is delighted to be making her Off-Broadway debut with Lifeline as a book writer in collaboration with Robin, James and the wonderful team. Produced and edited by Jonathan Cook LIFELINE music tracks were used in this episode with permission from the creators. Intro music by JK/47 You can watch the full video of this episode at https://www.youtube.com/@GatherbytheGhostLight Gather by the Ghost Light merch is available at www.ghostlightpubs.com (Ghost Light Publications) If you would like to further support this podcast, please visit Gather by the Ghost Light is increasing public knowledge of emerging writers and actors (buymeacoffee.com) If you enjoy this podcast, please please please leave a rating on your preferred podcast app! For more info or if you wish to contact us, please visit www.gatherbytheghostlight.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today Elaine and Louise chat with Comedian, poet, public speaker and actor ALOK. We talk about their recent short film ALOK which premiered at Sundance and was directed by Alex Hedison and produced by Jodie Foster. We also chat about Hannah Gadsby's Gender Agenda on Netflix. Being soft with ourselves and each other, their new show Hairy SITUATION, the joy of creating art and remembering that nothing is ever created individually but is created with others in multiple different. ALOK: HAIRY SITUATION - Underbelly Bristo Square Dates: 13th-25th August @ 4:10 pm Tickets available here: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/alok ALOK ALOK is an internationally acclaimed poet, comedian, public speaker, and actor. ALOK's literary works “Beyond the Gender Binary,” “Femme in Public,” and “Your Wound, My Garden,” have garnered global recognition. Their dynamic presence has captivated audiences in over 40 countries, with sold-out shows at venues including Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts, and headlining Netflix is a Joke and Just For Laughs Festivals. ALOK can currently be seen in Hannah Gadsby's Gender Agenda comedy special on Netflix. Their show has been described as "provocative and powerful" (CHORTLE) and a "jaw-dropping celestial event" (TO DO LIST LONDON). For their contributions to culture and entertainment, they have been honored with the ACLU of Southern California Bill of Rights Award, Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment Trailblazer Award, and were selected as the inaugural LGBTQ Scholar in Residence at the University of Pennsylvania. They are the subject of the docu-short “ALOK” executive produced by Jodie Foster and directed by Alex Hedison, which made its debut at the Sundance Film Festival in 2024. On screen, they can also be seen in Complicated Order opposite Midori Francis, The Trans List, and (forthcoming) Absolute Dominion opposite Patton Oswalt. On television, they can be seen on season 3 of the critically acclaimed HBO Max series SORT OF opposite Bilal Baig, Hulu's Planet Sex with Cara Delevingne, ABC's PRIDE: To Be Seen – A Soul of A Nation, Netflix's Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness, and HBO's Random Acts of Flyness. Hairy Situation Flippant and fabulous. Wicked sharp and delightfully silly. Gender non-conforming and genre non-conforming. Internationally acclaimed comedian ALOK makes a triumphant return to the Fringe with their new stand-up show after a sold-out run at the Traverse Theatre in 2022 which was described as 'provocative and powerful' (Chortle.co.uk) and a 'jaw-dropping celestial event' (ToDoList.org.uk). Fresh from their appearance on Hannah Gadsby's Gender Agenda comedy special on Netflix and headlining the Netflix is a Joke Festival, ALOK delivers a crash course on love, gender, and the awkward choreography of being human. EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2024 LIVE PODCAST REQUEST https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1YVQ1q1cVkPmqqQ_q6VP24-r44dfr7CZkonoxpRZHa88/edit EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2024 SCOTTISH BASED ARTITS PODCAST & BLOG REQUEST FORM https://forms.gle/6obqxzCCWyY9aVSS6 10 slots for Scottish Based Artist - There will be 10 episodes dedicated to artist based in Scotland who are taking work to the festival in 2024. Please Note: podcast slots are not assigned on a "first come, first serve" basis. We select podcast guests based on relevance to our listenership. HIPA GUIDES: HIPA GUIDES OUR WEBSITE - www.persistentandnasty.co.uk Persistent Pal & Nasty Hero - Pals and Hero Membership Email – persistentandnasty@gmail.com Instagram - @persistentandnasty Twitter - @PersistentNasty Coffee Morning Eventbrite - Coffee Morning Tickets LINKTREE - LINKTR.EE Resources Samaritans - Rape Crisis Scotland - Rape Crisis UK ArtsMinds - BAPAM Freelancers Make Theatre Work Stonewall UK - Trevor Project - Mermaids UK Switchboard LGBT+ - GATE PLANNED PARENTHOOD DONATE - DONATE ABORTION SUPPORT NETWORK UK - ASN.COM- DONATE
Ciara Elizabeth Smyth is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. Her latest play Lie Low was presented in the Traverse Theatre as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2023. Lie Low makes it London debut this year in the Royal Court's Jerwood Theatre Upstairs.
The Stagecraft podcast is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of interviews with playwrights (and musical book writers) of shows opening on Broadway and off-Broadway. Sarah Gancher (Playwright) is an Obie Award-winning playwright whose work has been seen on stages worldwide including London's National Theatre, Edinburgh's Traverse Theatre, read more The post Stagecraft: Sarah Gancher, Playwright of “Russian Troll Farm” appeared first on BroadwayRadio.
Graeme Thewliss is joined by Robbie Gordon and Jack Nurse as they talk about the process of creating Same Team - A Street Soccer Story, a show live at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh running throughout December that tells the story of five women's experience of homelessness as they come together and set out to win the Homeless World Cup in Milan. Details... The @traversetheatre world premiere of Same Team - A Street Soccer Story by Robbie Gordon and Jack Nurse, created with the women of the Dundee Change Centre. The audience becomes the fans, clearance becomes kick-off, the interval becomes half-time. We join their team and we play by their rules. A warm, heartfelt story of friendship, community and teamwork in an uplifting whirlwind through the highs and lows of homeless football.
Today Elaine and Louise chat with director and designer of UGLY! A Cinderella Story which is on now until the 30th December at Cumbernauld Theatre. The show it was written by Gary McNair with original songs by Brian James O'Sullivan. We chat being women in theatre, breaking out of the box you've been placed in. Dismantling the outdated gender norms while bring everyone with us and glitter. A brilliant episode with brilliant humans UGLY! A Cinderella Story – Tickets Here https://lanternhousearts.org/events/ugly-a-cinderella-story/ - dates An Afternoon of Palestinian Short Films – Tickets Here https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/glasgow/glasgow-film-theatre/an-afternoon-of-palestinian-short-films/e-pgomab Jo Rush Jo is co-artistic director of new writing company Braw Fox Theatre. As a director she has premiered new work at the Edinburgh Fringe including Ivory Wings (Coreth Arts), Mary the Last Farewell (Cutting Edge Theatre), The Society of Ethical Cat Burglars (Foolproof Theatre), and Hide & Seek, based on the short stories of Carol Ann Duffy. With Braw Fox she is currently developing a new play about fire supported by the University of Edinburgh.As an associate director she has most recently worked on My Friend Selma by Terra Incognita, The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil with National Theatre of Scotland, and the premiere and tour of Fringe First Award winning production Stand By with Utter Theatre Company. As an assistant director she has worked at Dundee Rep on Death of a Salesman, at the Traverse Theatre on Bloody Trams and The Arthur Conan Doyle Appreciation Society, and at the Royal Lyceum on Dark Road. Jo has a BA Hons degree in Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of Birmingham. Natasha Jenkins Natasha studied Film Theatre and Television at the University of Glasgow. She was the first generation and the first woman in her family to study, gaining her MA in 2006. After a time working for Purni Morell as an assistant producer in Scotland Natasha moved to London and worked as a stage manager to support herself as she retrained, assisting directors and designers for several years before making her own work. She is a regular artistic collaborator of Alexander Zeldin, Joy Wilkinson and Amir Reza Khoonestani and works regularly within the UK, Europe and Internationally. Natasha was nominated for 2023 Drama Desk Award for Best Scenic Design for LOVE at Park Avenue Armory, New York. Natasha is an associate artist at Live Theatre Newcastle. Natasha is a founding member of Scene/Change. Her first feature 7 Keys (dir. Joy Wilkinson) is currently in post production for Jeva Films. OUR WEBSITE - www.persistentandnasty.co.uk Persistent Pal & Nasty Hero - Pals and Hero Membership Support In The Room - https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/in-the-room Email – persistentandnasty@gmail.com Instagram - @persistentandnasty Twitter - @PersistentNasty Coffee Morning Eventbrite - Coffee Morning Tickets LINKTREE - LINKTR.EE Resources Samaritans - Rape Crisis Scotland - Rape Crisis UK ArtsMinds - BAPAM Freelancers Make Theatre Work Stonewall UK - Trevor Project - Mermaids UK Switchboard LGBT+ - GATE PLANNED PARENTHOOD DONATE - DONATE ABORTION SUPPORT NETWORK UK - ASN.COM- DONATE WeAudition offer: For 25% off your monthly subscription quote: NASTY25 Backstage Offers: Get a free 12 months Actor Subscription: https://join.backstage.com/persistentnasty-uk-12m-free/
Mark Thomas is a stand-up comic whose work for stage and TV has frequently crossed over into theatre and into political activism, in some cases resulting in changes in the law. He is currently performing a show he hasn't written himself for the first time, England & Son by award-winning playwright Ed Edwards. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to Mark while the play was touring about the play, the importance of storytelling, football, class, what makes a ‘creative act', Oliver Cromwell, Brecht, Shakespeare and a lot more. England & Son, directed by Cressida Brown, is at the Arcola Theatre in London until 25 November 2023 then moves to the Playhouse in Sheffield from 28 to 29 November and the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh from 5 to 9 December. For more information about Mark, performance dates and tickets, see his web site. (Performance shot of Mark Thomas in England & Son, credit Alex Brenner)
Artistic director of the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, and more importantly, old friend, Gaz stops by for a chat… The post Gareth Nicholls appeared first on Putting it Together.
Elaine chats with co-directors Ellen Renton and Rachel Drazek of Stellar Quines production of Disciples in association with The Traverse Theatre. Elaine, Rahel and Ellen chat the creation of Disciples, their working process, the joy of a creative rehearsal space and of course we couldn't avoid the conversation round the Scottish Government breaking their promise to reinstate the 10% cut to Creative Scotland's budget. Disciples is on at The Traverse Theatre Edinburgh 5-7th October 2023 and Northern Stage Newcastle 7-9th November 2023. Tickets below https://stellarquines.co.uk/show/disciples/ Below is the link to stop the arts cuts petition and the information on the Demo being held outside the Scottish Parliament 3rd October 2023 at 12pm. https://www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/scotland-cuts-reimposed/ https://www.megaphone.org.uk/events/demo-stop-the-cuts-to-culture-funding?link_id=1&can_id=f0884d67d9138b6f44316b85881bb956&source=email-join-us-next-week-to-stop-the-cuts-to-arts-funding&email_referrer=email_2062668&email_subject=join-us-next-week-to-stop-the-cuts-to-arts-funding&link_id=2&can_id=3a49a7db8e1e7a584b066e3ef5c8eb48&email_referrer=email_2062668&email_subject=join-us-next-week-to-stop-the-cuts-to-arts-funding Disciples Disciples is a brand-new production from Scotland's leading intersectional feminist theatre company Stellar Quines. The show is devised in collaboration with five women and non-binary performers who identify as D/deaf and disabled, led by director Rachel Drazek (Movement Director - My Left Right Foot) and poet/playwright and performer Ellen Renton (Within Sight). Disciples is a joyful, dynamic performance that comes to life through a blend of music, movement, text and image - led by poetry. Themes in the piece include finding joy, finding faith, finding power and what happens to the parts of ourselves that we are asked to hide. Questioning who gets to be the storytellers of our experiences, Disciples joins the voices of those working to break down these barriers, in the arts and beyond. Ellen said: “It's a rare and beautiful thing to be able to build a creative space with so many D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people across the cast and team. This is not a show about disability, but it will challenge preconceptions.” OUR WEBSITE - www.persistentandnasty.co.uk Persistent Pal & Nasty Hero - Pals and Hero Membership Support In The Room - https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/in-the-room Email – persistentandnasty@gmail.com Instagram - @persistentandnasty Twitter - @PersistentNasty Coffee Morning Eventbrite - Coffee Morning Tickets LINKTREE - LINKTR.EE Resources Samaritans - Rape Crisis Scotland - Rape Crisis UK ArtsMinds - BAPAM Freelancers Make Theatre Work Stonewall UK - Trevor Project - Mermaids UK Switchboard LGBT+ - GATE PLANNED PARENTHOOD DONATE - DONATE ABORTION SUPPORT NETWORK UK - ASN.COM- DONATE WeAudition offer: For 25% off your monthly subscription quote: NASTY25 Backstage Offers: Get a free 12 months Actor Subscription: https://join.backstage.com/persistentnasty-uk-12m-free/
Glasgow-based writer Nat McCleary's play Thrown for National Theatre Scotland is set in the world of backhold wrestling and is concluding its tour of Scotland with a run at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh International Festival. It is directed by Johnny McKnight, who spoke to BTG Editor David Chadderton at the mid-point of the festival about the play, Scottish traditions, this year's festivals and the influence panto has had on everything he does in theatre. Thrown continues at the Traverse until Sunday 27 August 2023, as does the musical No Love Songs, with a book co-written by Johnny with Laura Wilde.
EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2023 SERIES Elaine chats with playwright Ciara Elizabeth Smyth about her new show Lie Low which is on at the Traverse Theatre 3rd-27th August 2023 & Abbey Theatre 17th -29th July 2023. We discuss the play, changing focus from preforming to writing, the importance of Government support for the arts and much more. Tickets for Traverse Theatre https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event/lie-low-festival-23 Abbey Theatre Tickets https://booking.abbeytheatre.ie/events/16365?hidedate TRIGGER WARNING: brief mentions of bullying and sexual harassment in the workplace. LIE LOW Faye's Afraid. She's not sleeping, she doesn't trust ducks and all she's had to eat this week is a box of dry Rice Crispies. Award-winning new writing, Lie Low makes its Scottish debut as part of the Traverse Festival 2023. Written by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth and directed by Oisín Kearney, Lie Low is a surreal comedy that offers a theatrical exploration into the human brain via the genitals. After a break-in at her home, Faye is working through trauma, but it's not moving fast enough. A doctor recommends a form of exposure therapy, so she asks her semi-estranged brother Naoise to help. But Naoise has problems and secrets of his own, and soon the power dynamics are shifting about like mercury on a fork. Lie Low is a darkly funny play that looks at how trauma manifests in the body, filled with bizarre humour, striking visuals and brave, whip smart writing and performed by Charlotte McCurry and Michael Patrick. Lie Low is supported by the MAC and Lyric Theatre Belfast. Originally developed with the support of FRINGE LAB, Fishamble, The Mill Theatre and An Táin Arts Centre. Ciara Elizabeth Smyth Ciara Elizabeth Smyth is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter from Dublin. Her plays have been presented by the Abbey Theatre, Fishamble, Dublin Fringe, the MAC and Project Arts Centre. She is under commission with several television production companies and theatre companies across the UK and Ireland. Her 2022 play, LIE LOW, was nominated for two Irish Times Theatre Awards, Best Actress and Best New Play, two Dublin Fringe Awards, Fishamble New Writing Award and Best Performer (won) and is due to go on an international tour 2023/24. Ciara's debut short film, SLAY + PREPARE, is due to premiere in late 2023. She is a recipient of the Next Generation Award 2020, the Abbey Theatre's Commemoration Bursary 2021 and a Sharp Shorts 2022 awardee. She has also received funding from Short Circuit's First Features to develop a debut feature film. Ciara is represented by Nick Marston and Katie Battcock in Curtis Brown. OUR WEBSITE - www.persistentandnasty.co.uk ED FRINGE FORM NEWSLETTER SIGN UP Persistent Pal & Nasty Hero - Pals and Hero Membership Support In The Room - https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/in-the-room Email – persistentandnasty@gmail.com Instagram - @persistentandnasty Twitter - @PersistentNasty Coffee Morning Eventbrite - Coffee Morning Tickets LINKTREE - LINKTR.EE Resources Samaritans - Rape Crisis Scotland - Rape Crisis UK ArtsMinds - BAPAM Freelancers Make Theatre Work Stonewall UK - Trevor Project - Mermaids UK Switchboard LGBT+ - GATE PLANNED PARENTHOOD DONATE - DONATE ABORTION SUPPORT NETWORK UK - ASN.COM- DONATE WeAudition offer: For 25% off your monthly subscription quote: NASTY25 Backstage Offers: Get a free 12 months Actor Subscription: https://join.backstage.com/persistentnasty-uk-12m-free/
From discussions on Tiger Balms to South Asian Theatre, this was a funny and educational episode. The Double Bill that is THE SC SAGA. We need a night of that please Theatres! With the incredibly talented peeps Dr. Sharmila Chauhan and Satinder Chohan. In the episode we discuss: Safeguarding yourself from topics when researching or diving into the world of your play/script as a writer Who do you share the vulnerability of you as a creative with? What outlet do you use to de zone or connect? The idea of success and progression as a creative Thoughts on South Asian Theatre- it's past, present and future. South Asian Theatre companies such as Tara, Kali, Tamasha and Rifco and new organisations such as Hungama, Diet Paratha and Daytimers Digital Footprint and brand building. The Authenticity and representation of your play to be reflected in the cast and the creative team POC Dramaturgy and support for writers 3 things this industry could do with and without What do you feel like you lack or can work on in your storytelling and what is your Beacon of light. Something you know you do extremely well and no one ever will come close to that. If you know what you know now about the industry would you have entered it or worked the way you did up until now. What was your biggest expectation from your career. That you have accomplished and also let go of A bit about Sharmila: Sharmila is a screenwriter, playwright and prose writer: Her work is often a transgressive meditation on love, sex and an exploration of the diasporic experience. She is particularly interested in the intersection of sex, power and gender. She has had two short films produced and written two features: Most recently, her short film Oysters – an exploration of desire in the face of grief – was commissioned by Film London (2016) and her feature Mother Land – is currently being developed by Cinestan International and has been long-listed for the Sundance Writers' Lab. Her plays include: The Husbands (an exploration of polyandry and matriarchy in India) which toured nationally and completed its run at London's Soho theatre (Kali and Pentabus Theatre), Born Again/Purnajanam (Southwark Playhouse (exploring class, religion and female power), Kali Theatre, Jan 2012) and well as 10 Women (body image and women with Bethan Dear, Avignon Festival, France, 2014)). Shortlisted for the Asian New Writer award (2009 and 2012), Sharmila's short stories have been published widely in print and online. She is also currently working on her novel Seven Mirrors. Sharmila also has a degree in pharmacy and a PhD in clinical pharmacology from University College London. She lives in London with her husband, children and cat Tashi. A bit about Satinder: Satinder is a journalist turned playwright who grew up in Southall and graduated with an MA in English from Yale University. Her plays have been produced across the UK including UK tours of ZAMEEN with Kalí Theatre and KABADDI-KABADDI-KABADDI with Pursued By A Bear. She won the 2013 Adopt A Playwright Award to develop her play MADE IN INDIA, which completed a UK tour in 2017 with Tamasha and Belgrade Theatre in association with Pilot Theatre, directed by Katie Posner. The tour received great acclaim including an OffWestEnd award nomination and the Best Production Award at the Eastern Eye Awards. Tamasha also commissioned HALF OF ME, a large cast youth theatre piece, to tour in concert with MADE IN INDIA, which premiered at the Lyric Hammersmith in July 2016. In 2018 she co-adapted GULLIVER'S TRAVELS for the Bolton Octagon with Mike Kenny and the following year she wrote an adaptation of the novel GIRL OF INK AND STARS for Spark Arts which toured libraries and continues to be utilised in school's content. Satinder has previously had work presented by The Finborough and Paines Plough for the Vibrant Festival and Come To Where I'm From respectively and she has completed the Emerging Writer's Residency at the Traverse Theatre, won the Kalí Futures Writer Award, took part in the Kudos-Court scheme 2016 and was on attachment at the Hampstead Theatre. Satinder is one of 15 writers chosen to take part in Sphinx 30, a landmark programme for female playwrights launched to mark Sphinx's 30th anniversary, in partnership with Kalí. She is developing further plays, audio content and working on her first novel. Social: Myself: https://www.instagram.com/chaiwithrai_/ Guest: https://twitter.com/sharmilawrites Links: Myself: https://linktr.ee/chaiwithrai_ Guest: https://sharmilathewriter.com & https://www.berlinassociates.com/clients/satinder-chohan/ Hope you all enjoyed it and Thank you for tuning in. To Subscribe, share, follow my work and everything else is listed above.
Welcome to season 2 episode 17 So, what's the tea? Rob and Barry are asking important questions and making conversation in this brilliant episode of Insights! BOP Website - www.boptheatre.co.uk“Don't Make Tea” - www.boptheatre.co.uk/dont-make-tea/ “One Of Two” Fringe tickets - festival.summerhall.co.uk/events/one-of-two/ Traverse Theatre - https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event/dont-make-tea Twitter -@BOPTheatre Instagram -@BOPTheatre Facebook - www.facebook.com/birdsofparadisetheatre --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/barry-robertson/message
Episode 5 of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022 series Today Louise and Elaine with the creatives and cast of Blood Harmony at the Traverse Theatre. Our first in person Podcast recording since February 2020. BLOOD HARMONY When siblings sing together, the music is special. All the more beautiful for the bond between them, it's called a blood harmony. Sisters Anna, Maia, and Chloe have lost their mum. And now, thrown together in the attic of their childhood home, they must work out what happens next. High-flying Anna wants to swoop in and problem solve, whilst chaotic Maia can't stop cracking jokes, and caught in the middle is Chloe, who cared for their mum at the end of her life. The trio have never seen eye-to-eye, and without Mum holding them together, what's to stop them falling apart? Featuring songs from Atlantic Records artists The Staves, beautiful harmonies and stunning visuals, Blood Harmony is an uplifting and universal story about moving on, and the healing power of family – love them or loathe them. Created by award-winning theatre company ThickSkin (How Not to Drown, Eavesdropping), this is a show for anyone who's ever shared tears and laughter to cope with loss. A show that'll make you want to pull your family closer, and hold them tighter. See Blood Harmony – Traverse Theatre various times SHOW: traverse - blood-harmony WEBSITE: thickskintheatre.co.uk PLANNED PARENTHOOD DONATE DONATE ABORTION SUPPORT NETWORK UK ASN.COM- DONATE LINKTREE P&N Linktr PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/persistentandnasty for those who can donate. A million thanks and love. Resources https://www.samaritans.org/?nation=scotland http://www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk/ https://rapecrisisni.org.uk/ https://rapecrisis.org.uk/ https://www.artsminds.co.uk/ https://www.bapam.org.uk/ https://freelancersmaketheatrework.com/sexual-violence-support-services/ Stonewall UK Trevor Project Mermaids UK Switchboard LGBT+ GATE WeAudition offer: For 25% off your monthly subscription quote: NASTY25 Backstage Offers: Get a free 12 months Actor Subscription: https://join.backstage.com/persistentnasty-uk-12m-free/
It's time to unearth a classic board game, roll some dice and pray for a 5 or an 8 as we discuss 1995 Jumanji. Gary and Rebecca are joined by Actor and fellow Podcaster Craig Andrew Mooney to discuss this Robin Williams, comedy adventure. SynopsisA magical board game unleashes a world of adventure on siblings Peter (Bradley Pierce) and Judy Shepherd (Kirsten Dunst). While exploring an old mansion, the youngsters find a curious, jungle-themed game called Jumanji in the attic. When they start playing, they free Alan Parrish (Robin Williams), who's been stuck in the game's inner world for decades. If they win Jumanji, the kids can free Alan for good -- but that means braving giant bugs, ill-mannered monkeys and even stampeding rhinos!Links In Conversation. Twitter - @CraigAMooneyTwitter - @100FilmReviewsInsta - @CraigAMooneyInsta - @100filmreviewsCreative Recommendationspositive stories for negative timesWonder Fools in association with the Traverse Theatre.https://positivestories.scot/SHORT FILM - BEST MAN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y326_OIgWgSCARE - Sarah Granthttps://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=234581304450911CRAIG'S BIOCraig Andrew Mooney is a Scottish actor and writer. Craig trained to become a Physical Education teacher before deciding to pursue his career in the TV and Film industry. He has recently completed two feature films, 'Mortem' and 'The Difference Between Us', the latter as both an actor and script editor. His new panel show 'the 100' recently filmed its first season and has a corresponding podcast 'the 100: Film Review Talk Show'. Both aim to help promote Scottish talent and underrepresented voices in the industry.
The NHB Playgroup from Nick Hern Books brings you one great play to read and discuss each month, followed by a Q&A with the writer. In this episode of The NHB Playgroup Q&A Podcast, we spoke to Frances Poet about her moving, award-winning play Adam. We were also joined by special guest Adam Kashmiry, whose story inspired the play and who starred in the premiere production. Adam was first performed by the National Theatre of Scotland at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2017, where it won a Fringe First award. It was later performed on tour around the UK, as well as in New York. It was directed by Cora Bissett, with music by Jocelyn Pook.Adam was also adapted for screen, with the film released in March 2021 and currently available to watch on BBC iPlayer. The screen adaptation was nominated in the Television Scripted category at the BAFTA Scotland Awards.See more about The NHB Playgroup here: www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/playgroup Host: Siân Mayhall-Purvis Producer: Jon Barton Executive Producer: Matt Applewhite
Artistic Director of National Theatre Wales, Lorne Campbell joins Ciaran on this episode of 'In Lockdown With...' Lorne started out as Associate Director of the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh before becoming Artistic Director of Northern Stage in 2013. Lorne re-wrote the book for the musical 'The Last Ship' with music by Sting, for Northern Stage. He became artistic director of National Theatre Wales in autumn 2019, just before the pandemic, where he is working to support Welsh and Wales based artists in the aftermath of the Coronavirus pandemic. National Theatre Wales are also involved in Festival UK 22, working as part of Collective Cymru creating work which will be showcased in 2022.
Welcome to the Ghost Gals podcast, we're rebranding and Adam is fired. Okay fine, he isn't fired, but Nat and guest Nicola Roy are dragging his skeptical bum back into the spectral realm as we explore a few famous ghosts of Edinburgh. Edinburgh Castle (day) Edinburgh Castle (night) The One o'clock Gun Greyfriars Churchyard Gates Greyfriars Kirk Cemetery George Mackenzie's Tomb Greyfriars Bobby Burke & Hare Jasper & Horace from 101 Dalmatians The Royal Lyceum Theatre Nicola in The Cherry Orchard at the Royal Lyceum Check out Nicola's podcast: The Cultural Coven The Cultural Coven Podcast, was “highly recommended” by Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and mentioned in HELLO magazine. The Cultural Coven is a podcast that celebrates Scottish Art & Culture, explores the lives of its much loved artists and figures. In association with Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum Theatre where Nicola has tread the boards many times. The first series is available on all major podcast platforms, new series coming soon. Follow The Cultural Coven @culturalcoven on Twitter More on Nicola: Nicola Roy is an award-winning actress and accomplished voice artist. She has worked extensively in Scottish theatre, TV and radio, is a favorite at the Lyceum Theatre whereshe has appeared in many plays, most recently; ‘An Edinburgh Christmas,' ‘Belles Stratagem' (Cats awards ‘Best Ensemble' 2018) and ‘Thon Man Moliere' opposite Siobhan Redmond. Nicola has also worked at the Traverse Theatre, Dundee Rep, Kings Theatre, Citizens Theatre and Oran Mor. Joyce McMillan, the Scotsman Reviewer, recently described her as "one of Scotland's leading comic actresses." Just prior to lockdown Nicola had an international success playing Elmire in Liz Lochhead's ‘Tartuffe' in Adelaide, Australia, which won the ‘critics choice' award. TV appearances include playing Jen Lewis in BBC Scotland's River City, Hope Springs and being directed by Robert Carlyle in the film ‘Barney Thomson' Follow Nicola at @nicola.m.roy on Instagram & @NicolaMRoy on Twitter SOURCES: “The Famous Ghost of Morningside.” Q360 Blog Edinburgh Scotland. Hallinan, Bridget. “The 10 Most Haunted Cities in the World.” Condé Nast Traveler “Scottish Folklore - Ghosts, Myths AND Legends.” VisitScotland Stratford, Sam. “Peeves's Edinburgh Tomb: GreyFriar's Black Mausoleum.” SOCIALS: Follow Under The Kilt at @underthekiltpod on Twitter & Instagram CREDITS: Original Theme: Tyler Collins aka “Two Metre Man” Addtl Music: Garreth Spinn Art: Sarah Cruz Producer: Kathleen Mueller Mason
Welcome to the Ghost Gals podcast, we're rebranding and Adam is fired. Okay fine, he isn't fired, but Nat and guest Nicola Roy are dragging his skeptical bum back into the spectral realm as we explore a few famous ghosts of Edinburgh.Edinburgh Castle (day)Edinburgh Castle (night)The One o'clock GunGreyfriars Churchyard GatesGreyfriars Kirk CemeteryGeorge Mackenzie's TombGreyfriars BobbyBurke & HareJasper & Horace from 101 DalmatiansThe Royal Lyceum TheatreNicola in The Cherry Orchard at the Royal LyceumCheck out Nicola's podcast: The Cultural CovenThe Cultural Coven Podcast, was “highly recommended” by Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and mentioned in HELLO magazine. The Cultural Coven is a podcast that celebrates Scottish Art & Culture, explores the lives of its much loved artists and figures. In association with Edinburgh's Royal Lyceum Theatre where Nicola has tread the boards many times. The first series is available on all major podcast platforms, new series coming soon.Follow The Cultural Coven @culturalcoven on TwitterMore on Nicola:Nicola Roy is an award-winning actress who has worked extensively in Scottish theatre, TV and radio since graduating from Rose Bruford College in London in 2008. Joyce McMillan, the Scotsman Reviewer, recently described her as "one of Scotland's leading comic actresses."Just prior to lockdown Nicola had an international success playing Elmire in Liz Lochhead's ‘Tartuffe' in Adelaide, Australia, which won the ‘critics choice' award.She is a favorite at the Lyceum Theatre where she has appeared in many plays, most recently; ‘An Edinburgh Christmas,' ‘Belles Stratagem' (Cats awards ‘Best Ensemble' 2018) and ‘Thon Man Moliere' opposite Siobhan Redmond. Nicola has also worked at the Traverse Theatre, Dundee Rep, Kings Theatre, Citizens Theatre and Oran Mor.TV appearances include playing Jen Lewis in BBC Scotland's River City, Hope Springs and being directed by Robert Carlyle in the film ‘Barney Thomson'Nicola is also an accomplished voice artist, having appeared in numerous radio dramas for the BBC including Rebus and 44 Scotland Street.Follow Nicola at @nicola.m.roy on Instagram & @NicolaMRoy on TwitterSOURCES:“The Famous Ghost of Morningside.” Q360 Blog Edinburgh Scotland. Quartermile's Property and Lifestyle Blog. Luxury Apartments, www.qmile.com/q360/the-famous-ghost-of-morningside. Hallinan, Bridget. “The 10 Most Haunted Cities in the World.” Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Oct. 2017, www.cntraveler.com/gallery/the-10-most-haunted-cities-in-the-world. “Scottish Folklore - Ghosts, Myths AND Legends.” VisitScotland, ebooks.visitscotland.com/ghosts-myths-legends/headless-drummer/. Stratford, Sam. “Peeves's Edinburgh Tomb: GreyFriar's Black Mausoleum.” Greyfriars Kirkyard George Mackenzie's Poltergeist & Peeves
Está no ar a segunda parte de nossa conversa com o dramaturgo, crítico e pesquisador Jorge Louraço Figueira, sobre teatro de grupo, memória e os cruzamentos dramatúrgicos entre os países lusófonos dos dois lados do Atlântico. Jorge Louraço Figueira é doutorando em Estudos Artísticos na Universidade de Coimbra (bolseiro da FCT), dramaturgo residente d' O Teatrão (Coimbra), docente da ESMAE e crítico de teatro do jornal Público. É dramaturgo e escreveu Cassandra de Balaclava (Cão Danado, 2013), Teleganza (Nova Europa, 2011), Êxodos (Folias, São Paulo, 2008), Xmas qd Kiseres* (O Teatrão, 2002) e O Espantalho Teso (TNSJ, 2001); dirigiu Conta-me Como É, de Pedro Marques, Jorge Palinhos e Sandra Pinheiro (O Teatrão, 2014) e Pequena História Trágico-Marítima (TAGV, 2012); traduziu Cidadania, de Mark Ravenhill, Senti um Vazio, de Lucy Kirkwood, Onde É que Esconderam as Respostas, dos Third Angel, e Ricardo III, de Shakespeare; fez a Oficina de Escrita Teatral de A. Mercado no TNSJ, o Seminário Traverse Theatre nos Artistas Unidos, a Residência Internacional do Royal Court Theatre, e o Seminário de Escrita Teatral de J. S. Sinisterra no TNDM II; é doutorando em Estudos Artísticos na Universidade de Coimbra (bolseiro da FCT), dramaturgo residente d' O Teatrão (Coimbra), docente da ESMAE e crítico de teatro do jornal Público. O episódio foi ao ar em 20 de agosto de 2021. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/teatrodausp/message
The Edinburgh Festival is a much more pared-down event this year because of Covid, but despite this there is still plenty on offer. Comedian Henning Wehn is filling the Edinburgh Corn Exchange and he'll be discussing the challenge of preparing for a festival with all live comedy events cancelled for so many months. Playwright Frances Poet discusses the world premiere of her unsettling play Still at the Traverse Theatre. Edinburgh-based writer Arusa Qureshi will being us her observations of how the festival city is different this year. And the Orkney four-piece folk band will be performing live from the BBC's outdoor stage. Presenter Kirsty Lang Producer Jerome Weatherald
LegalAliens' Lara Parmiani, Becka McFadden and Emmanuela Lia, creator of Things I Am Not, sit for a chat with Roxana Silbert, Artistic Director of Hampstead Theatre.Roxana is one of very few women born outside the UK who currently hold leadership roles at producing theatres with their own buildings. We discuss how her childhood journey from Argentina to England led her to a career in theatre, why international accents are still taboo on British stages, Brexit, and the challenges of producing innovative, ‘outsider' theatre. Roxana Silbert is the Artistic Director of Hampstead Theatre. She has previously served as Artistic Director of Birmingham REP and Artistic Director of Paines Plough. She has been Associate Director at the RSC, Literary Director of the Traverse Theatre, and Associate Director at the Royal Court Theatre.https://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/Producing Artistic Director: Lara ParmianiConcept: Emmanuela LiaDirector: Becka McFadden & Lara ParmianiWebsite design: Daiva DominykaSocial media: Catharina ConteOriginal Music: Angelina Rud & Martin BakeroHas this conversation resonated with you? Please send us your responses via www.thingsiamnot.com/responses Over the coming weeks and months, our interactive website will gradually morph into a digital gallery featuring audience responses. You can also reach us via email info@legalaliens.org, on Instagram at @legalalienstheatre or on Twitter and Facebook at @LegalAliensITC
Jorge Louraço Figueira é dramaturgo residente d'O Teatrão (Coimbra), docente da Escola Superior de Música e Artes do Espetáculo (Porto), crítico de teatro do jornal "Público" e doutorando em estudos artísticos na Universidade de Coimbra, com bolsa da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. Como dramaturgo, escreveu "Cassandra de Balaclava" (Cão Danado, 2013), "Teleganza" (Nova Europa, 2011), "Êxodos" (Folias, São Paulo, 2008), "Xmas qd Kiseres*" (O Teatrão, 2002) e "O Espantalho Teso" (TNSJ, 2001); dirigiu "Conta-me Como é", de Pedro Marques, Jorge Palinhos e Sandra Pinheiro (O Teatrão, 2014) e "Pequena História Trágico-Marítima" (TAGV, 2012); traduziu "Cidadania", de Mark Ravenhill, "Senti um Vazio", de Lucy Kirkwood, "Onde É que Esconderam as Respostas", dos Third Angel, e "Ricardo III", de Shakespeare; fez a Oficina de Escrita Teatral de A. Mercado no TNSJ, o Seminário Traverse Theatre nos Artistas Unidos, a Residência Internacional do Royal Court Theatre, e o Seminário de Escrita Teatral de J. S. Sinisterra no TNDM II. O episódio foi ao ar em 23 de julho de 2021. #TUSPemCasa --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/teatrodausp/message
In today’s episode Elaine, and Misha chat with the incredible Zinnie Harris. Award winning playwriter and director. We discuss Zinnie’s first short film A Glimpse. The inspiration for the film, how important hope is to keep going and that you do not to be the ZINNIE HARRIS Zinnie is a multi-award winning playwright and theatre director, now starting to write and direct films. Her stage plays include FURTHER THAN THE FURTHEST THING (Tron Theatre/ Royal National Theatre), MEET ME AT DAWN, (Traverse Theatre / Edinburgh International Festival), THIS RESTLESS HOUSE (Citizens Theatre / National Theatre of Scotland / Edinburgh International Festival), and HOW TO HOLD YOUR BREATH (Royal Court Theatre). She wrote two 90 minute TV dramas for Channel 4 (RICHARD IS MY BOYFRIEND and BORN WITH TWO MOTHERS), and episodes for the BBC1 Drama SPOOKS.As a theatre director she has directed numerous main stage productions for the RSC, the Traverse Theatre, Royal Lyceum Theatre, and the Tron theatre. She won Best Director at the CATS 2017, for her direction of Caryl Churchill’s A NUMBER at the Lyceum Theatre, where she is an Associate Director. A Glimpse is her first short film. She is currently in development with Compact Pictures working to write and direct her first feature film. Twitter: @ZinnieH Instagram: @words_department Find out more about Zinnie's debut short film at www.aglimpsemovie.com Twitter: @AGlimpseMovie @CompactPictures Instagram @compact.pictures A Glimpse is screening from 17th - 23rd May as part of the Grief strand at SMHAF 2021. More information and booking: https://www.mhfestival.com/events/53-national/663-grief Check out the full Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival programme running from 3rd - 23rd May at https://www.mhfestival.com/whats-on You can also join Zinnie at the filmmakers Q&A at 2pm on Saturday 22nd May https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/grief-zoom-discussion-tickets-150512676467 PAYPAL https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/persistentandnasty for those who can donate. A million thanks and love. Resources https://www.samaritans.org/?nation=scotland http://www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk/ https://rapecrisisni.org.uk/ https://rapecrisis.org.uk/ https://www.artsminds.co.uk/ https://www.bapam.org.uk/ https://freelancersmaketheatrework.com/sexual-violence-support-services/ Join our Zoom Coffee Morning every Friday at 11am GMT, email persistentandnasty@gmail.com WeAudition offer: For 25% off your monthly subscription quote: NASTY25 Backstage Offers: Get a free 12 months Actor Subscription: https://join.backstage.com/persistentnasty-uk-12m-free/ Or if you've got a project to cast, you can Post Castings for free: Apply promo code PERSISTENTANDNASTY at the checkout
A conversation with Professor Ros Steen. Professor Ros Steen FRCS. MA. DSD. IPA.Ros Steen has worked as a Voice specialist for Theatre, Film and TV for over thirty five years with more than two hundred and fifty credits to her name including work for, among many others, the National Theatre of Scotland, Edinburgh International Festival, Citizens' Theatre, Traverse Theatre, Royal Lyceum, Dundee Rep and Leeds Playhouse. She is an Emeritus Professor of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where she led the Centre for Voice in Performance establishing Nadine George Voice Work, with its emphasis on the unique connection between an individual and their voice, as the core spoken technique in the training of actors and performers. One of the first accredited teachers of the technique she has spent many years pioneering its use as a medium of professional rehearsal practice. She was the first Visiting Scholar to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University where she worked with the multi-award winning director John Tiffany. Landmark productions include Alan Cumming's Macbeth (UK and Broadway) and BlackWatch (National Theatre of Scotland) as well as the premières of plays by David Harrower, David Greig, Linda Mclean, Rona Munro and Nicola McCartney, among others. In 2019 she gave a joint presentation with writer A.L.Kennedy to the Akademie de Kunst in Berlin on the connection between the voice work and writing. Since leaving RCS she has continued to work on productions in and outside Scotland as well as giving master classes and workshops nationally and internationally for a variety of creative practitioners. She is the Editor of Growing Voices: Nadine George Technique – the Evolution of its Influence in Training and Performance and has published several research papers about her work. She is currently a director of Voice Studio International and an Associate Editor of the International Dialects of English Archive. Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=EKHEKXBAZBQG6¤cy_code=GBP)
Nirjay Mahindru is joined by Che Walker.Che Walker studied acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and has worked with Edward Bond, Philip Ridley, Mark Ravenhill, Stellan Skarsgaard, Chris Penn and Robert David Mc Donald.His first play BEEN SO LONG premiered at the Royal Court theatre in 1998, starring Sophie Okonedo, and was runner-up for The John Whiting Award and the Meyer-Whitworth Award, and has subsequently been translated and produced worldwide.FLESHWOUND premiered at the Royal Court in 2003 and won the George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright, and The Arts Council Young Writer of the Future Award.CRAZY LOVE was produced by Paines Plough theatre company ('a brilliant piece of dramatic poetry- the scotsman" 'brilliantly buzzy..poignant'- the guardian) and, along with it's sister piece, BURNT-UP LOVE, won the Mark Marvin Peter Brook Award.In 2008, his play THE FRONTLINE made English Theatre history ,becoming the first contemporary-set new play to perform at Shakespeare's Globe theatre since MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. An enormous critical success, THE FRONTLINE was revived in 2009.His musical adaptation of his first play 'Been So Long' - a collaboration with composer Arthur Darvill, premiered at The Young Vic Theatre in 2009, before playing The Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, and Latitude Rock Festival. 'Been So Long' was nominated for the Evening Standard Best Musical Award. Walker's former student, Naana Agyei-Ampadu was also nominated for Best Newcomer for her role as Yvonne in 'Been So Long'.He has received commissions from Regent's Park Theatre, English Touring Theatre amongst others. As he teacher, Che has taught acting at RADA, Arts Ed, E15, and has taught at Central, Oxford, Identity Drama School, and was Head of Drama for the Weekend Arts College for over ten years. This interview was recorded in June 2020 during the period of the lockdown. Support the show (https://www.interactstrokesupport.org)
In today’s episode it’s all the Nasty Gals chatting to the awe-inspiring Director Debbie Hannan. We cover everything the lovely aesthetic of her Livingroom to dismantling white supremacy. To say it’s varied is an understatement. Elaine, Louise and Misha are completely in love with Debbie and everything she stands for and they know by the end of this episode you will feel the same. Debbie Hannan Debbie trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and as Trainee Director at the Royal Court. They direct new writing and make new work. They were Associate director at the The Bunker Theatre, and are represented by Independent Talent. (jessicastewart@independenttalent.com). Debbie was appointed as incoming Co-Artistic Director of the Traverse Theatre in 2019 and has been unable to take up the role due to Covid-19. They hope to take up the role in 2021. Recent credits include: Isolation (National Theatre of Scotland); Shielders (Traverse Theatre); The Unexpected Expert (Headlong, BBC); After Rhinoceros: The Red Pill (Royal Welsh College, the Gate); Little Miss Burden (The Bunker); The Panopticon (National Theatre of Scotland); The Ugly One (Tron Theatre); Pah-La (Royal Court Theatre); Cuckoo (Soho Theatre); Things of Dry Hours (Young Vic); Girl Meets Boy (developed with National Theatre of Scotland and The Yard); Latir (Compañia Nacional de Teatro, Mexico); The Wonderful World of Dissocia, The Angry Brigade (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland; Pandora (Etch, Pleasance); Killer Joe, Conspiracy (Royal Welsh College, the Gate); The Session (Soho Theatre); The Five Steps, Primetime, Who Cares, Spaghetti Ocean (Royal Court); Lot and His God, Notes from the Underground (Citizens Theatre); Recreation (Arcola); CauseWay, Woman of the Year (Oran Mor); liberty, equality, fraternity (Tron/Traverse); Sucker (Old Vic New Voices); PANORAMA, Roses Are Dead (Arches); Grimm Tales, Nights at the Circus (Theatre Paradok). Website: Debbie Hannan Twitter: @DebbieHannan PAYPAL https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/persistentandnasty for those who can donate. A million thanks and love. Resources https://www.gofundme.com/f/black-women-in-film https://www.gofundme.com/f/bme-business-fund https://www.scottishtrans.org/support/support-groups-in-scotland/ https://www.thetrevorproject.org https://bornthisway.foundation/ https://itgetsbetter.org https://www.alerojasmine.com/ https://bespokebinny.com/ https://pelicansandparrots.com/ https://www.matuggarum.com/ https://sheniandteni.com/ https://lihabeauty.com https://ibereapparel.com/ https://blacklivesmatter.carrd.co/ https://blacklivesmatter.com/ https://m4bl.org/ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/mobilebasic https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floyd https://justiceforbreonna.org/ https://www.gofundme.com/f/i-run-with-maud https://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/12570/black-british-owned-businesses-to-buy-from-now-fashion-beauty-design-lifestyle https://theeverymom.com/black-history-month-books-for-kids/ https://themadmommy.com/black-owned-etsy-shops/ Join our Zoom Coffee Morning every Friday at 11am GMT, email persistentandnasty@gmail.com WeAudition offer: For 25% off your monthly subscription quote: NASTY25 Backstage Offers: Get a free 12 months Actor Subscription: join.backstage.com/persistentnasty-uk-12m-free/ Or if you've got a project to cast, you can Post Castings for free: Apply promo code PERSISTENTANDNASTY at the checkout
Who knows how long more the arse will be dragged out of this? It’s 2048 and the end of the world is nigh. Actually, it’s not that nigh – it’s been going on for flipping ages and everyone’s a bit over it, to be honest. Liam and his long-suffering wife Edel have been up all night trying to get their chaotic affairs into some kind of order, surrounded by dozens of empties from last night’s raging party. They feel rough, they’re on edge, and they’re blasting music to drown out the cataclysmic noise outside as cities start to disappear and the world’s animals go haywire. Liam is hammering furiously at his typewriter, finishing the memoirs that no-one will ever read. Edel is wrangling with her laptop, desperately trying to say a final goodbye to their beloved kids. And they’re both reflecting on past regrets - and trying to put them right in sometimes bloody, messy, outrageous ways. As tempers fray, family secrets are outed and their behaviour becomes ever more questionable, Liam and Edel try to work out what really matters as they career towards a bickering end - while the world literally falls apart around them. John Morton’s brutally comic Denouement - presented as an audio recorded reading - has been nominated for the inaugural Popcorn Award for playwriting. A co-production between the Traverse Theatre and Lyric Theatre Belfast stars real-life couple Ian McElhinney (Game of Thrones, Derry Girls) as Liam and Marie Jones (In the Name of the Father) as Edel, is directed by the Traverse’s award-winning Co-Artistic Director Gareth Nicholls (Crocodile Fever, Ulster American) and features sound design and composition by Michael John McCarthy.
Debbie Hannan, Co-Artistic Director Designate at the Traverse Theatre speaks to Lorn Macdonald, the BAFTA award-winning actor who is making his directorial debut at Traverse Festival 2020 with Declan - a new short film taking on class, culture and appropriation - based on original text from Traverse smash-hit Mouthpiece by Kieran Hurley. Last week during an interview with Janice Forsyth, host of BBC Scotland’s The Afternoon Show, Lorn was unfortunately cut off several times due to WIFI problems. In this podcast, Debbie and Lorn pick up the conversation where they left off.
A cathedral at the edge of time, at the end of the world. A few hundred cling to life within its thick, safe walls. Humanity’s final outpost. The cathedral bells ring out in the hopes of finding more lost souls to bring to sanctuary but is there anyone actually left to save? The Breakfast Plays: New Tracks are generously supported by the Noël Coward Foundation and the Turtleton Charitable Trust. The Traverse Theatre is funded by Creative Scotland and The City of Edinburgh Council, with additional support from The Scottish Government Performing Arts Venues Relief Fund.
Two co-workers meet in the staff room of a non-descript corporate office. As one colleague struggles with current events across the Atlantic hitting home, the other is tasked with assessing her mental fitness. Uma Nada-Rajah’s The Watercooler addresses racism with a searing streak of surrealism. The Breakfast Plays: New Tracks are generously supported by the Noël Coward Foundation and the Turtleton Charitable Trust. The Traverse Theatre is funded by Creative Scotland and The City of Edinburgh Council, with additional support from The Scottish Government Performing Arts Venues Relief Fund.
21st December 2012, the day the world was meant to end. The day a cult leader’s apocalyptic predictions failed. Faye and Felix devoted themselves to a doomsday that didn’t come and now, having seen the world get continually worse over the past nine years, they’re confronting their former leader with their findings. The Breakfast Plays: New Tracks are generously supported by the Noël Coward Foundation and the Turtleton Charitable Trust. The Traverse Theatre is funded by Creative Scotland and The City of Edinburgh Council, with additional support from The Scottish Government Performing Arts Venues Relief Fund.
Dead in the woods, Ren of Ord clears her windpipe of soil, earth and rot. Sworn to enact vengeance, she rises to protect her land and her sisterhood from the fate that befell her that day upon the hill. Rabbit Catcher is a lyrical, mythical lore set within the dark, dense woods of Ord Hill, Inverness. The Breakfast Plays: New Tracks are generously supported by the Noël Coward Foundation and the Turtleton Charitable Trust. The Traverse Theatre is funded by Creative Scotland and The City of Edinburgh Council, with additional support from The Scottish Government Performing Arts Venues Relief Fund.
Ciaran chats to director and writer Nerida Bradley. After starting out on the young writers groups at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, Nerida studied at the University of South Wales. She has since worked extensively with The Other Room in Cardiff. Nerida is also the co-artistic director of Run-Amok Theatre Company, as well as having written for the Young Artists Festival at the Other Room.Here she talks about her theatre career so far!
This week, we caught up with playwright, director, Open Clasp Associate Director and clown doctor Laura Lindow. We talk to Laura about how she went from making virtuoso hot chocolates to writing such Northern Stage smash hits as The War of the Worlds and The Snow Queen and Cap-a-Pie's Woven Bones, the need for wine budgets, and the stages of the writing process including the Formless Hunch and Active Mulling. Enjoy. Transcript available to download here. Resource links: Laura Lindow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tantaloupe?lang=en Open Clasp Theatre Company: https://www.openclasp.org.uk/ Theatre Workshop Stocksbridge: https://www.edinburghguide.com/venue/theatreworkshopformer Northumbria University Theatre & Performance BA: https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/study-at-northumbria/courses/ba-hons-theatre-and-performance-uustpe1/ Live Theatre: https://www.live.org.uk/ The Empty Space: https://www.esonline.org/ Heartbreak Soup: https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/heartbreaksoup-rev Edinburgh Festival Fringe: https://www.edfringe.com/ Leighton Live: https://www.facebook.com/leightonhall.live/ Cap-a-Pie: https://www.cap-a-pie.co.uk/ Woven Bones: https://www.cap-a-pie.co.uk/woven-bones/ Credit: https://www.cap-a-pie.co.uk/credit/ The Adam Buxton Podcast: https://www.adam-buxton.co.uk/podcasts Spoonface Steinberg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoonface_Steinberg Key Change: https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/key-change Writers Group - Royal Court: https://royalcourttheatre.com/playwriting/writers-groups/ The Adventures of Wound Man and Shirley: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud5jsvC1x4g NORTH The War of the Worlds: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/feb/02/the-war-of-the-worlds-review-hg-wells The Snow Queen: https://www.northernstage.co.uk/news/cast-and-creative-team-announced-for-the-snow-queen A Play, A Pint and A Pie: https://playpiepint.com/ Traverse Theatre: https://www.traverse.co.uk/ Playwrights' Studio Scotland: https://www.playwrightsstudio.co.uk/ Sea Window Craster: https://twitter.com/seaskycraster?lang=en Caroline Bird: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/caroline-bird
In this episode, Karen and Katy caught up with Orla O'Loughlin former Artistic Director at the Traverse Theatre amongst many other credits to her name. Recorded during lockdown, they discuss being a women in the theatre industry, moving to Edinburgh and the future of theatre after Covid! We hope you enjoy this lovely chat with the fabulous Orla! -- Boss Wummin' is a podcast about Women, Comedy and Business. It's hosted by Karen and Katy Koren, the mother daughter powerhouse team behind the Edinburgh Festival Fringe venue, Gilded Balloon. Listen as Katy asks her mum for important business and general life advice to help her take the reins in running a company in the world of entertainment. Or listen in as they interview some incredible people in the arts and comedy industry to get their tips and tricks of how to survive as a business and a family.
* This episode was made to raise money for Social Bite, a social enterprise who are providing emergency food packages for people who are struggling financially during the Covid-19 outbreak – people in food poverty, and those who have lost work due to the crisis. If you can afford to donate, and you haven’t yet, you can do so at justgiving.com/fundraising/accentricity * Keep in touch by signing up to the new newsletter using this link: accentricity-podcast.com/newsletter * You can also find us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, and you can email accentricity.podcast@gmail.com * Thanks to the newest Patreon subscribers, Emily Dibdin, Sinead Sheridan, Stephen Lucek, Kate Baldwin and Lingthusiasm. If you’d like to support the podcast financially, you can do so at patreon.com/accentricitypod or at accentricity-podcast.com/donate. This month’s earnings will be donated to Social Bite.***If you like Accentricity and want to find other podcasts like it, have a look at Lyceum Podcasts. It's a new app with curated lists of educational podcasts, grouped around topics. Accentricity is in there with a beautiful collection of language podcasts that we are proud to be part of! Download the app at lyceum.fm and find the language collection under 'Words With Friends'.**** Carrie Gillon and Megan Figueroa make The Vocal Fries, a podcast where they investigate and dismantle linguistic prejudice in all its forms. They have loads of episodes about different linguistic issues and varieties. If you fancy learning more about different varieties of American and Canadian English, you could start with this one about Southern American English, this one about Newfoundland English, or this one about Philadelphia English.* Lauren Gawne is a Lecturer in linguistics at La Trobe University. Her work focuses on understanding how people use grammar and gesture, with a particular focus on Tibetan languages in Nepal. Lauren writes By Lingo, a regular column for The Big Issue in Australia. She lives in Melbourne, Australia. Lauren is co-host of the linguistics podcast Lingthusiasm. Their episode ‘Sounds you can’t hear - Babies, accents, and phonemes’ is a great companion to this one, for those who want to know more about why we find it so hard to do other people’s accents.Whether you’re a linguist looking for teaching resources or someone who loves learning about language, Lauren’s Mutual Intelligibility newsletter will help you find the resources you need during the Covid-19 lockdown (and the rest of the time too). Find out more here.* Conor Reid is the creator of Words To That Effect, a podcast that tells stories of the fiction that shapes popular culture. There are loads of great episodes, but this one about post-apocalyptic fiction feels particularly relevant right now!* Stephen Lucek is Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellow in Linguistics at University College Dubin. His research on the language of teenagers in Dublin asks questions about educational disadvantage and the influence of media on language attitudes.* Alister McCarty is the founder of Al’s Action English. He teaches actors how to do Northern Irish accents, and he also teaches English as an additional language. He has a Youtube channel with loads of interesting content, including this playlist about Northern Irish accents. You can get in touch with him at alsactionenglish@gmail.com.* Nic Redman is an internationally successful voiceover artist and voice & accent coach based in the UK. She trained (twice!) at the prestigious Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, once in performance and again as a voice practitioner. She started her coaching career teaching voice & accents at many of the major drama schools in the UK including RADA, Arts Ed & LIPA. Nic now runs a thriving 1-2-1 practice providing voice, presentation and accent training to all kinds of professional voice users with a client list including actors, comedians, public speakers, business professionals and more. She is the founder of Voice & Accent Hub group on Facebook and co-founder of Northern Voice Collective, both created to offer tailored voice & accent coaching to specific groups of voice users. As a voice actor, Nic works internationally voicing commercial, corporate and character scripts with a client list including Tesco, NSPCC & the BBC. She also co-runs VO Social North, the first VoiceOver meet-up for voice and audio professionals in the North of England, and the Facebook group Voice & Accent Hub. You can find out more and contact her via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.Nic co-runs The Voiceover Social Podcast. It’s a fantastic resource for voice actors, but also really interesting for those who are interested in language in general. Their episode on the mid-atlantic accent is a real treat.* Roanna Davidson is an actress, writer and theatre maker. She starred in Glasgow Girls, a musical by Cora Bissett, and she talks about the role in more depth in this interview. Theatres are closed just now due to lockdown, but when they reopen she’ll be performing in Rona Munro’s play Donny’s Brain at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh. You can find her on Twitter here.* If you’d like to find out more about the real-life Glasgow Girls and their story, you can watch this award-winning documentary, filmed in 2005.**** Thanks to John McDiarmid for editing this episode. John is a freelance radio producer, documentarian and journalist. He's just released another fantastic podcast, Retold: A Bible Story, which can be found on all of the podcast apps and at telt.media/podcasts. You can find his company on Instagram @teltmedia.* Thanks also to the other members of the team: Martha Ryan, our brand new social media and finance manager, and Seb Philp, who makes the music.* Thanks to Scott Hames and Alex Kenzel helping me out with advice during the early stages of me putting together this episode.***
Welcome to the sixth session in our new Open Submissions Workshop series! The Traverse is producing a series of Open Submissions Workshops that you can view and listen to for free from anywhere in the world. Each week a professional playwright or theatremaker, both established and early career, will deliver a workshop on a particular aspect of the writing process, and elements of particular consideration for writers, aiming to practically and proactively support writers through the process of having an initial idea for a script to pitching their script to a theatre. If you have a question which isn't answered here, please tweet it to @traversetheatre or email writing@traverse.co.uk and we'll do our best to get it answered! - - - - - - - - - - To find out more about and help support the Traverse's talent development work, visit www.traverse.co.uk/support-us - - - - - - - - - - The Traverse Theatre is supported by Creative Scotland and the City of Edinburgh Council. Open Submissions and Open Submissions Workshops are supported by the Foyle Foundation and the Turtleton Charitable Trust.
In todays episode Elaine and Misha chat to the gorgeous Scottish actress Jamie Marie Leary. This episode was recorded last week so we talk about the events that week and the feelings that has brought up for Jamie. We also talk, missing hugs, red lipstick (again), bacon rolls, finding yourself and the importance of Supporting Artists in Film and TV. ABOUT JAMIE MARIE LEARY Jamie is a Glasgow based actress who trained at Langside College. Since graduating in in 2014 Jamie has went on to work foremost in theatre including Scotsman Fringe First Award winning plays Stand By (Utter Theatre) and Expensive shit (STP, Traverse Theatre, Soho Theatre) stage credits include: Playing with Tales (The Lyceum & RSC) A Christmas Carol; Cinderella (Citizens Theatre); A Night For David Maclennan (A Play, A Pie and A Pint/Citizens Theatre); Locker Room Talk, Class Act Silver, Breakfast Plays: Birth (Traverse Theatre); Over the last few years Jamie has moved into Television working on shows including The Nest, Casualty, Two Doors Down (BBC) and Traces (Alibi) Audiobook credits include: A Kiss in The Dark (Cat Clarke/Pinewood Studios). The Cultural front line presents: Squall (BBC) Twitter: @jamiemarieleary Instagram: @jamesterx Businesses to support >> https://www.alerojasmine.com/ https://bespokebinny.com/ https://pelicansandparrots.com/ https://www.matuggarum.com/ https://sheniandteni.com/ https://lihabeauty.com https://ibereapparel.com/ https://blacklivesmatter.carrd.co/ https://blacklivesmatter.com/ https://m4bl.org/ https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/mobilebasic https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floyd https://justiceforbreonna.org/ https://www.gofundme.com/f/i-run-with-maud https://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/12570/black-british-owned-businesses-to-buy-from-now-fashion-beauty-design-lifestyle https://theeverymom.com/black-history-month-books-for-kids/ https://themadmommy.com/black-owned-etsy-shops/ A reminder of all the Nasty Action with us: - Join our Zoom Coffee Morning every Friday at 10am GMT, email persistentandnasty@gmail.com - WeAudition offer: For 25% off your monthly subscription quote: NASTY25 - Backstage Offers: Get a free 12 months Actor Subscription: join.backstage.com/persistentnasty-uk-12m-free/ Or if you've got a project to cast, you can Post Castings for free: Apply promo code PERSISTENTANDNASTY at the checkout ---> If you enjoy the work we do and if this podcast gave you a giggle, you can donate the cost of a coffee or car or clubhouse or whatever to help keep us going paypal.me/persistentandnasty Twitter: @PersistentNasty Instagram: @PersistentandNasty Facebook: /PersistentandNasty Persistent and Nasty is produced in association with Edinburgh based live-arts production house Civil Disobedience. Civil Disobedience is committed to creating and supporting queer work and theatre and art that addresses issues of inequality and injustice. You can find out more about the Persistent and Nasty project and all the work that Civil Disobedience do by visiting our website: https://wearecivildisobedience.com/portfolio/persistent-nasty/ You can also find Civil Disobedience on all the usual social media platforms: Twitter: @weareohsocivil Instagram: @wearecivildisobedience Facebook: /wearecivildisobedience
Welcome to the fifth session in our new Open Submissions Workshop series! The Traverse is producing a series of Open Submissions Workshops that you can view and listen to for free from anywhere in the world. Each week a professional playwright or theatremaker, both established and early career, will deliver a workshop on a particular aspect of the writing process, and elements of particular consideration for writers, aiming to practically and proactively support writers through the process of having an initial idea for a script to pitching their script to a theatre. If you have a question which isn't answered here, please tweet it to @traversetheatre or email writing@traverse.co.uk and we'll do our best to get it answered! - - - - - - - - - - To find out more about and help support the Traverse's talent development work, visit www.traverse.co.uk/support-us - - - - - - - - - - The Traverse Theatre is supported by Creative Scotland and the City of Edinburgh Council. Open Submissions and Open Submissions Workshops are supported by the Foyle Foundation and the Turtleton Charitable Trust.
Open Submissions Workshop #4: Finding inspiration, with Douglas Maxwell by Traverse Theatre
Welcome to the second session in our new Open Submissions Workshop series! The Traverse is producing a series of Open Submissions Workshops that you can view and listen to for free from anywhere in the world. Each week a professional playwright or theatremaker, both established and early career, will deliver a workshop on a particular aspect of the writing process, and elements of particular consideration for writers, aiming to practically and proactively support writers through the process of having an initial idea for a script to pitching their script to a theatre. This second workshop answers some of your questions about the Open Submissions Workshop series, our Open Submissions script initiative and playwriting more generally. If you have a question which isn't answered here, please tweet it to @traversetheatre or email writing@traverse.co.uk and we'll do our best to get it answered! - - - - - - - - - - To find out more about and help support the Traverse's talent development work, visit www.traverse.co.uk/support-us - - - - - - - - - - The Traverse Theatre is supported by Creative Scotland and the City of Edinburgh Council. Open Submissions and Open Submissions Workshops are supported by the Foyle Foundation and the Turtleton Charitable Trust.
Welcome to the second session in our new Open Submissions Workshop series! The Traverse is producing a series of Open Submissions Workshops that you can view and listen to for free from anywhere in the world. Each week a professional playwright or theatremaker, both established and early career, will deliver a workshop on a particular aspect of the writing process, and elements of particular consideration for writers, aiming to practically and proactively support writers through the process of having an initial idea for a script to pitching their script to a theatre. This second workshop answers some of your questions about the Open Submissions Workshop series, our Open Submissions script initiative and playwriting more generally. If you have a question which isn't answered here, please tweet it to @traversetheatre or email writing@traverse.co.uk and we'll do our best to get it answered! - - - - - - - - - - To find out more about and help support the Traverse's talent development work, visit https://www.traverse.co.uk/support-us - - - - - - - - - - The Traverse Theatre is supported by Creative Scotland and the City of Edinburgh Council. Open Submissions and Open Submissions Workshops are supported by the Foyle Foundation and the Turtleton Charitable Trust.
Welcome to the first session in our new Open Submissions Workshop series! Over the next 16 weeks, the Traverse will be producing a series of Open Submissions Workshops that you can view and listen to for free from anywhere in the world. Each week a professional playwright or theatremaker, both established and early career, will deliver a workshop on a particular aspect of the writing process, and elements of particular consideration for writers, aiming to practically and proactively support writers through the process of having an initial idea for a script to pitching their script to a theatre. This first workshop covers what you can expect from the Open Submissions Workshop series, some more information about the Traverse Theatre, exactly what's involved in our Open Submissions initiative, and what we're on the lookout for. If you have a for Eleanor to answer in next week's session, tweet it to @traversetheatre or email writing@traverse.co.uk by Mon 18 May and we'll do our best to get it answered! - - - - - - - - - - To find out more about and help support the Traverse's talent development work, visit https://www.traverse.co.uk/support-us - - - - - - - - - - The Traverse Theatre is supported by Creative Scotland and the City of Edinburgh Council. Open Submissions and Open Submissions Workshops are supported by the Foyle Foundation and the Turtleton Charitable Trust.
In today’s episode Elaine chats to Scottish actress and photographer Jessica Hardwick. Jess should have been at Pitlochry Theatre then on to The Lyceum Theatre in Barefoot in The Park playing Corie. However, due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and no gatherings of more than 2 people this production has had to be cancelled for the moment. Here is hoping they can remount soon. Jessica graduated from the BA Acting course at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Since graduating she went on to win the Billy McColl Award for Most Promising Newcomer in Scottish Stage Acting 2014 and won Best Female performance at the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland 2018. Theatre work includes: Numerous productions with The Citizens Theatre, Tron Theatre, Traverse Theatre, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, Perth Theatre and Edinburgh International Festival. She has worked extensively with National Theatre of Scotland, most recently playing Roxane, In Cyrano De Bergerac and Prudencia Hart in The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, which toured all across the US and transferred to New York. Helen in Meet me at Dawn at the Arcola. Radio work includes: A Christmas Compass: East, When the Pips Stop, The Vital Spark: Intelligence, Reachers Point, Brothers, McLevy and The Pillow Book (all for BBC Radio 4). She also played one of the leads in the BBC Radio 4 six-part series The Fair Intellectual Club by comedian Lucy Porter. She recently recorded the audio book version of Canongate Books Salt on Your Tongue by Charlotte Runcie, which is now available on Audible. https://www.jesshardwickphotography.com/ For those of you struggling financially just now remember we have started a Go Fund Me Wan Mair Tune Fund to help Scottish creatives. Head to persistentandnasty@gmail.com and ask for a bread and butter form. Or if you can help by donating please follow the link below. Big Love, Elaine, Louise and Misha https://www.gofundme.com/f/wan-mair-tune-fund-coronavirus-scottish-artists?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link-tip&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&fbclid=IwAR3hXCySZF-eCLe2Kx1_T59CLkD56CIa-5y6xOdG7WDJWDUaaJ1gLA0MDlc You can support Persistent & Nasty and receive exclusive members only content by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/persistentandnasty To check in with our Nasty Action Plan and see what we're doing to keep busy & positive check in on social media: Twitter: @PersistentNasty Instagram: @PersistentandNasty Persistent and Nasty is produced in association with Edinburgh based live-arts production house Civil Disobedience. Civil Disobedience is committed to creating and supporting queer work and theatre and art that addresses issues of inequality and injustice. You can find out more about the Persistent and Nasty project and all the work that Civil Disobedience do by visiting wearecivildisobedience.com. You can also find us on all the usual social media platforms. On Twitter @weareohsocivil On Instagram @wearecivildisobedience And on Facebook at Facebook.com/wearecivildisobedience
In todays Episode Elaine chats with Co-Artistic Director Jo Rush of Braw Fox. Jo was in London for her recent production with Coreth Arts Ivory Wings at Drayton Arms Theatre. Jo is co-artistic director of new writing company Braw Fox Theatre. As a director she has premiered new work at the Edinburgh Fringe including Mary the Last Farewell (Cutting Edge Theatre), The Society of Ethical Cat Burglars (Foolproof Theatre), and Hide & Seek, based on the short stories of Carol Ann Duffy. With Braw Fox she is currently developing a new play about fire supported by the University of Edinburgh. As an associate director she has most recently worked on the premiere and tour of Fringe First Award winning production Stand By with Utter Theatre Company. As an assistant director she has worked at Dundee Rep on Death of a Salesman and The Cheviot, The Stag and the Black, Black Oil, at the Traverse Theatre on Bloody Trams and The Arthur Conan Doyle Appreciation Society and at the Royal Lyceum on Dark Road. Jo has a BA Hons degree in Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of Birmingham. Twitter: https://twitter.com/joeyrushy?lang=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrawFox IVORY WINGS Written and performed by Susie Coreth, directed by Jo Rush, with music performed by Anna Coreth. “The words were ringing in my ears like some long forgotten tune twisting their way around my skull, knocking on every crevice, praying for a way to get in, a way to stay.” Ivory Wings is a moving and poignant new play about courageous female pilots, wartime love and the enveloping fog of memory loss. A one woman play with a live piano score, Ivory Wings celebrates and shares the unsung stories of the remarkable women of the Air Transport Auxiliary whose job was to fly wartime aircraft, such as Spitfires and Hurricanes, from the factories to the RAF bases during World War Two, whilst exploring Alzheimer’s and the therapeutic effects of music on patients’ memory. We hope you all enjoy todays episode and remember to Stay Nasty. You can support Persistent & Nasty and receive exclusive members only content by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/persistentandnasty Twitter: @PersistentNasty Instagram: @PersistentandNasty Persistent and Nasty is produced in association with Edinburgh based live-arts production house Civil Disobedience. Civil Disobedience is committed to creating and supporting queer work and theatre and art that addresses issues of inequality and injustice. You can find out more about the Persistent and Nasty project and all the work that Civil Disobedience do by visiting wearecivildisobedience.com. You can also find us on all the usual social media platforms. On Twitter @weareohsocivil On Instagram @wearecivildisobedience And on Facebook at Facebook.com/wearecivildisobedience
In 2017, Javaad Alipoor’s The Believers Are But Brothers opened at Transform Festival in Leeds before transferring to Summerhall for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it won a Scotsman Fringe First, and later was adapted for television and shown on BBC4. This was the first play in a trilogy, the second part of which, Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran, premièred at the Traverse Theatre during the 2019 Edinburgh Fringe and is about to open at HOME Manchester. A week before it opened, BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to Javaad at HOME about his work, his creative process and about the form of political theatre in today’s technological age. Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran opens at HOME Manchester on Wednesday 23 October and runs until Saturday 2 November 2019.
Strap in, lads. This one is truly a cracker. Team Nasty sit down for an utterly class chat with playwright, actress and bringer of all round good craic, Meghan Tyler. We discuss her insanely brilliant new play Crocodile Fever, witchcraft, finding your coven, and the strength of female friendship. ABOUT THE SHOW Northern Ireland, 1989. Rebellious Fianna Devlin crashes back into the life of her pious sister Alannah. Together for the first time in years, they are back at each other's throats in seconds. And when they are forced to confront their tyrannical father's hideous legacy, all hell breaks loose. Fuelled by Taytos, gin, 80s tunes and a chainsaw, it's the Devlin sisters versus the world. Like Thelma and Louise's punk daughter, Meghan Tyler's surreal new play is a grotesque, black comedy celebrating sisterhood whilst reminding us that the pressure cooker of The Troubles is closer than we imagine. www.madeinscotlandshowcase.com The show is smashing the reviews and is starting to sell out so book your tickets quick. It is running until 25-Aug (ex 12 + 19) at the Traverse Theatre. It is on at various times. Check the Traverse website for times and to book tickets - https://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on/event/crocodile-fever ABOUT MEGHAN TYLER Meghan Tyler is an award-winning playwright and actor from Newry who trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She is an integral member of ‘Blood of the Young’ theatre company. In 2019, she was a winner of the Channel 4 Playwright’s Scheme. Theatre credits include: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (May - June 2019, The Lyric) MEDICINE (Aug-Sept 2018 Hope Theatre), AWOKEN (2016 Traverse Theatre), CYBERBERG (2015-16 Blood of the Young), THE SPRAWL (2014 co-written Edinburgh Fringe Festival Show), NOTHING TO BE DONE (2013-14 On the Verge/Edinburgh Fringe/Setkani Festival, Czech/Neu Festival) Follow Meghan... on Twitter @Meghan_Tyler_39 on IG @Meghanigan
Travis Alabanza is a performer, writer and theatre-maker based in London (via Bristol). Their show BURGERZ is on at the Traverse Theatre at varying times until August 25th (except the 5th, 12th & 19th), and then on tour, going to Dublin, Newcastle, Glasgow, Warwick, Birmingham, Bristol, and London’s Southbank Centre. Travis’ #FeministFave is community activist, writer, trainer & facilitator Nim Ralph. Pippa’s #FeministFave is singer-songwriter King Princess. Beth’s #FeministFave is the organisers of BiFest, Bi Pride, and #BwiththeT. Travis’ #EdFringe show recommendations are... Black Holes Zoo Southside 14:20 (Aug 19-25th) Nightclubbing/OUT Summerhall 15:45 Pink Lemonade & Since U Been Gone Assembly Roxy 15:45 (listen to our interview with Mika Johnson & Teddy Lamb on our first EdFringe2019 podcast) Class Assembly Roxy 16:05 Crystal Rasmussen Underbelly Cowgate 17:50 Sex Education Summerhall 19:10 Sofie Hagen: The Bumswing Pleasance Dome 19:00 Sophie Duker: Venus Pleasance Courtyard 19:00 Lucy McCormick: Post Popular Pleasance Courtyard 20:00 Shit Theatre Drink Rum With Expats Summerhall 20:05 Splintered Bedlam Theatre 21:30
In episode 11 all of our Nasty gals have a great conversation with Jemima Levick the Artistic Director Of Stellar Quines Theatre Company The conversation covers everything from Jemima’s beginnings as a director to changing the narrative our young people see on stage and screen with her current production of This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing to what the future holds for all of us. Jemima was previously Artistic Director and Associate Director at Dundee Rep Theatre for seven years until she joined Stellar Quines in May 2016. She trained at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh and also on a Scottish Arts Council Director Traineeship. She is an extremely successful director and has won and been nominated for a number of awards. While at Dundee Rep she directed more than 18 productions, including, The Tempest, The Glass Menagerie, The Tempest, Time and the Conway’s, The Elephant Man and Beauty and the Beast. As a freelance director and producer she worked with a number of companies, including the Royal Lyceum Theatre, The National Theatre of Scotland, Perissology Theatre Productions, Borderline, Grid Iron Theatre Company, Traverse Theatre and Paines Plough. You can support Persistent and Nasty and receive exclusive members only content by subscribing to our Patreon at www.patreon.com/persistentandnasty Persistent and Nasty is produced in association with Edinburgh based live-arts production house Civil Disobedience. Civil Disobedience is committed to creating and supporting queer work and theatre and art that addresses issues of inequality and injustice. You can find out more about the Persistent and Nasty project and all the work that Civil Disobedience do by visiting wearecivildisobedience.com. You can also find us on all the usual social media platforms. On Twitter @weareohsocivil On Instagram @wearecivildisobedience And on Facebook at Facebook.com/wearecivildisobedience
Orla spent seven years at the helm of the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, championing, programming and directing some of the best new writing in the world. We sat down to talk about her time at the Trav and what’s next, both for the theatre and for her! Remember, if you’d like to help support the... View Article The post Orla O’Loughlin appeared first on Putting it Together.
This week, Amy speaks to Oral O'loughlin, the Outgoing Artistic Director of the Traverse Theatre. They chat about her seven-year tenure at the helm of Edinburgh's new writing theatre, her final show Mouthpiece and, why it took Amy seven years to interview her. Mim and Amy are wrestling with software and will make 2019 a year to remember. Also - wee disclaimer - on the outro we mention Orla's new role is part - time, it's not, but she will still be directing. Hurrah.
Creator and performer of Hitch and Heads Up, co-writer of the recent Square Go and writer of the upcoming Mouthpiece at Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre, Kieran Hurley’s CV can’t fail to impress. But how does he do it? What is the process of actually getting the thing written. We chat about collaboration, daydreaming, discipline and the... View Article The post Kieran Hurley appeared first on Putting it Together.
In Conversation at the Traverse: Mark Thomas by Traverse Theatre
In our fifth Edinburgh-specific podcast episode, Mark Thomas talks about his show The Red Shed at the Traverse Theatre, and how his work has increasingly moved from stand-up towards theatre in a bid to reflect the truth. He also talks about performance, journalism, audience participation and why he nearly voted Leave in the EU referendum. Meanwhile, our critics pick some of their top shows. This week things take an immersive turn as Tim Bano and Paul Vale discuss the relative merits of an immersive musical, an immersive dance piece and one of Edinburgh's most talked-about immersive theatre shows, Counting Sheep.
As he collects The Stage Special Award, part of The Stage Edinburgh Awards 2016, Mark Thomas talks to Thom Dibdin about discovering Brecht, the difference between comedy and theatre, how he deals with phones in the auditorium and his show at the Traverse Theatre, The Red Shed.
How to Disappear | Audio Introduction by Traverse Theatre
It's here folks, the city is awash with lanyards, Spiegeltents (yes, plural) have been erected, the purple cow is upside down and the circus has most definitely come to town, literally and figuratively. For episode two of Festival City our intrepid host Gareth K Vile headed to National Theatre of Scotland's new, multiple purpose venue Rockvilla for two conversations on plays showing at the Traverse Theatre during the Festival. His first interview is with Jo Clifford on her autobiographical play Eve in which they discuss the lack of trans-narratives in the arts and how these pieces have universal dimensions, after all, we're all just trying to figure out who we are. After critic Lorna Irvine stops by with some theatre recommendations, Gareth is joined by director Cora Bissett to discuss Adam, which tells the story of a boy born in a girl's body in Egypt and who travels to Glasgow in search of liberation. There may also be some Glasgow spruiking in a podcast about the Edinburgh Fringe... cheeky.Show notes:00:00:00 – Introduction from Gareth00:01:47 – Jo Clifford interview for Eve00:11:57 – Music, Derailed 'Oxytosin' Pleasance Dome00:13:23 – Lorna Irvine, theatre picks from Fringe. Lilith the Jungle Girl, To Be Me, Staging Wittgenstein00:16:59 – Music – Behind the Mirror, Go (company) C Venues00:19:41 – Cora Bissett interview for Adam00:30:12 – OutroFurther reading:Rebecca Monks article 'A look at the trans shows of this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe'Lilith: The Jungle Girl previewRead more of Lorna Irvine's work on The List and follow her on Twitter @LorIrvineFestival City is now on StitcherCredits:Festival City Podcast is co-created by Gareth K Vile (host) and Scott Henderson (producer). Intro music by The Joy Drops. Supported by SGSAH.Please send feedback to podcasts[at]list.co.uk
McCafferty’s most recent play Quietly had its US premiere in New York in July 2016. It was first produced at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin in 2012 as part of their Great Irish Writers Season. The play was nominated for Best New Play at the Irish Times Theatre Awards. In 2013 the Abbey Production of Quietly played at the Traverse Theatre during the Edinburgh Festival and was then transferred to the SOHO Theatre, London. Owen McCafferty’s recent play Death of a Comedian was a co-production between The Abbey, The Lyric, Belfast and SOHO and was shown in Dublin, Belfast and London. His previous play Unfaithful was produced at The Traverse Theatre in 2014, to great acclaim and will be produced in London in August 2016 starring Niamh Cusack and Sean Campion. Owen performs a dramatic reading of 'Quietly,' for Villanova's 2017 Literary Festival.
McCafferty’s most recent play Quietly had its US premiere in New York in July 2016. It was first produced at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin in 2012 as part of their Great Irish Writers Season. The play was nominated for Best New Play at the Irish Times Theatre Awards. In 2013 the Abbey Production of Quietly played at the Traverse Theatre during the Edinburgh Festival and was then transferred to the SOHO Theatre, London. Owen McCafferty’s recent play Death of a Comedian was a co-production between The Abbey, The Lyric, Belfast and SOHO and was shown in Dublin, Belfast and London. His previous play Unfaithful was produced at The Traverse Theatre in 2014, to great acclaim and will be produced in London in August 2016 starring Niamh Cusack and Sean Campion. Owen performs a dramatic reading of Quietly, for Villanova's 2017 Literary Festival.
Scottish playwright Stef Smith isn't yet 30, but her plays show a power beyond her years. Philadelphia's Inis Nua Theatre Company, which focuses specifically on presenting contemporary work from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, is a perfect fit for her unique voice. Here, we speak with Smith and director Claire Moyer about Inis Nua's production of Swallow. Smith's tale about a trio of lonely adults all in the midst of life-changing events finds a kind of universality in alienation from the modern world. Smith has received an Olivier Award for her play RoadKill and is an associate artist at the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland. This is the third play Moyer has directed for Inis Nua. Together they discuss the play's symbolism, getting into the heads of these characters, and the reactions from audiences around the world. To read Mark Cofta's review of Swallow, click here.
Girl in the Machine | Post show discussion by Traverse Theatre
TravCast is the podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s new writing theatre. Literary Associate, Rosie Kellagher, interviews well known playwrights and theatre-makers whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, Rosie Speaks to Rob Drummond. Rob is an award-winning playwright, performer and director who has worked with the most prestigious theatres in the UK. Rob is under commission to Traverse Theatre, National Theatre of Scotland, The Royal Court and the National Theatre. Theatre includes: Mr Write (National Theatre of Scotland); Rob Drummond: Wrestling (The Arches); Bullet Catch (The Arches, Traverse Theatre, 59E59 Theater, National Theatre, World Tour); Quiz Show (Traverse Theatre); Uncanny Valley (Summerhall), In Fidelity (Traverse and HighTide Festival). Awards: Rob’s plays Mr Write, Uncanny Valley and Quiz Show have all won Critics’ Awards for Theatre in Scotland. Bullet Catch won the 2012 Total Theatre Award and received a Herald Angel. Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Conceived, produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain
Theatre in Scotland: A Field of Dreams is a compilation of 35 years of reviews from The Scotsman's lead theatre critic Joyce McMillan, edited by former Traverse Theatre artistic director Philip Howard. From the heart of the Edinburgh Festivals of 2016, Joyce shared with BTG editor David Chadderton her extensive knowledge and insightful analysis of Scottish theatre and its development in conjunction with political and social changes in Scotland and across the UK since the 1970s.
TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Literary Associate, Rosie Kellaghar, interviews well known playwrights whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, Rosie Speaks to Errol White and Davina Givan of the renowned group White & Givan. Errol White (Creative Co-Director) Trained at the Northern Contemporary Dance School, Errol White has performed with some of the UK’s best known contemporary dance companies including Phoenix Dance Company, Scottish Dance Theatre, Random Dance Company and National Dance Company of Wales. He has performed internationally working alongside a number of distinguished directors and choreographers including Rui Horta, Bill T Jones, Kenneth Kvarnstrom, Darshan Singh Buller, Fin Walker and Janet Smith and Ashley Page. Errol was the Artistic Director of National Youth Dance Wales from 2009 till 2013. Currently he is the Creative Co-Director of the Scottish contemporary dance duo White & Givan (previously Errol White Company) A teaching artist and performer, Errol has over 20 years’ experience, including five years as Rehearsal Director with Scottish Dance Theatre. As guest lecturer in dance colleges and other educational settings throughout the UK Errol shares his legacy of practice teaching the next generation of contemporary dancers. He also leads residencies and classes for professional dance companies. In 2014 and in collaboration with Davina Givan, he launched Scotland’s first paid pilot apprenticeship programme, Evolve. Errol is a recipient of the Dance Europe Magazine’s Critics Award for Best Male Performer (2003/2004), the Marion North Mentoring Award for Choreography (2002), the Lisa Ullman Travelling Scholarship Award (2009). His most recent choreographic collaborations with Davina Givan include the successful and critically acclaimed works Three Works (2009) and IAM (2012). Davina Givan (Creative Co-Director) Davina Givan is an experienced and highly articulate artist who trained at the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds. Edinburgh born, Davina has worked and performed with Richard Alston Dance Company, Phoenix Dance Theatre, Scottish Dance Theatre and also as the Creative Director of National Youth Dance Wales 2009-13. Currently, she is the Creative Co-Director of the Scottish contemporary dance duo White & Givan (previously Errol White Company). Throughout her career Davina has worked with internationally renowned choreographers dancing original roles for Richard Alston, Darshan Singh Buller, Janet Smith, Henri Oguike, Ashley Page and Jan De Shenkle. She has received several awards including the Critics Award by Dance Europe Magazine (Best Female Performer 2001/2002)The Mitchell Dance Award (1993), and a nomination for the highly-prized Outstanding Young Artist category in the Critics Circle Dance Awards (2002). An experienced teaching artist and facilitator, Davina generously shares her practitioner experience working across age groups and in a variety of educational and professional settings in Scotland and internationally. In 2014 and in collaboration with Errol White, she launched Scotland’s first paid pilot apprenticeship programme, Evolve. Her most recent choreographic collaborations with Errol White include the successful and critically acclaimed works Three Works (2009) and IAM (2012). In 2015, White & Givan were invited to work with Orla O’Loughlin, Artistic Director and Joint CEO of the Traverse Theatre in the capacity of Movement Directors and Choreographers for the new play Swallow by Stef Smith. Swallow won the Scotsman Fringe First Award and the Scottish Arts Club Theatre Award-First Place when premiered in the 2015 Fringe Festival at the Traverse. Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Conceived, produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain
TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Literary Associate, Rosie Kellagher, interviews well known playwrights whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, Rosie Speaks to Linda McLean. Linda comes from Glasgow, Scotland. Her plays have won many awards. They include Every Five Minutes, Sex & God, Any Given Day, Strangers, Babies, Shimmer, Riddance and One Good Beating. Since her first production in 1997, she has been known as a playwright who experiments with form. Her plays have been translated into many languages. An anthology of her work was published in France in 2015 by Actes Sud. Linda is on the artistic board of Magic Theatre, San Francisco. She is currently writing a comedy for Magic Theatre and a new play called Thingummy Bob, for Lung Ha theatre Company will premiere at the Traverse in October 2015. She has also written a Breakfast Play for the Traverse Theatre’s Festival 2015 programme. Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain
TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Associate Director, Emma Callander, interviews well known playwrights whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, Emma Speaks to Zinnie Harris. Zinnie’s celebrated early play Further Than The Furthest Thing (Royal National Theatre / Tron co-production) won her the Peggy Ramsay Playwriting and John Whiting Award in 2001. Her most recent play, How To Hold Your Breath, premiered at the Royal Court Jerwood downstairs in 2015. Her other plays include The Wheel (2011, National Theatre of Scotland), which won a Fringe First and was joint winner of the 2011 Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award; an adaptation of A Doll’s House (2009, Donmar Warehouse); Fall (2008, Traverse Theatre), Midwinter (2004, RSC), which won an Arts Foundation Fellowship Prize for Playwriting; and Nightingale And Chase (2001, Royal Court Theatre). Zinnie’s television work includes two 90 minute dramas for Channel 4, Born With Two Mothers and Richard Is My Boyfriend; episodes for the BBC One Drama Series SPOOKS; and she is currently lead writer on the series Partners In Crime (based on the Agatha Christie novels Tommy And Tuppence), for Endor / BBC 1 (to be broadcast in 2015), starring David Walliams. Her theatre direction includes The Garden (2009) and While You Lie (2010) for the Traverse Theatre, Midwinter (2004) and Solstice (2005) for the Royal Shakespeare Company, her own adaptation of Strindberg’s Miss Julie (2006) for the National Theatre of Scotland, Dealers Choice (2003) for the Tron Theatre and Gilt (2003) for 7:84. Zinnie has also worked extensively as a dramaturg, particularly with Edinburgh-based theatre company, Grid Iron where she was co-ordinating director on the award winning co-production with Edinburgh International Book Festival Letters Home (2014). Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain
TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Associate Director, Emma Callander, interviews well known playwrights and theatremakers whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, Emma speaks to Chris Campbell and Sasha Dugdale about the art of translation. A translator and poet, Sasha Dugdale has translated many plays from Russian for theatres around the world, including the Royal Court Theatre, the Traverse Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company and BBC Radio Drama. She also translates poetry and short stories, and her translation of the poet Elena Shvarts’ Birdsong on the Seabed (Bloodaxe) was a Poetry Book Society Recommended Translation and shortlisted for the Popescu and Rossica Prizes. Sasha translated 'Take the Rubbish Out, Sasha' by Ukrainian playwright Natalia Vorozhbyt as part of Traverse Theatre A Play, A Pie and A Pint Spring Season 2015. Chris Campbell has worked as an actor at theatres including The National, The Royal Court, The Traverse, The West Yorkshire Playhouse, The Birmingham Rep, The Gate and English Touring Theatre. Directors have included Howard Davies, Sir Richard Eyre, Sir Peter Hall, Richard Wilson, William Gaskill, Erica Whyman, Stephen Daldry, Ian Brown and Annie Castledine. He most recently appeared alongside Meryl Streep in 'The Iron Lady'. He has translated plays by Philippe Minyana, David Lescot, Rémi de Vos, Adeline Picault, Magali Mougel, Launcelot Hamelin, Frédéric Blanchette, Catherine-Anne Toupin and Fabrice Roger-Lacan for The National, The Almeida, The Donmar, The Traverse, The Birmingham Rep and The Young Vic among others. Chris was Deputy Literary Manager of the National Theatre for six years and is currently Literary Manager of the Royal Court. In 2014, Chris was appointed Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. Chris translated 'Right Now' by Quebecois playwright and actor Catherine-Anne Toupin. Right Now is presented by the Traverse Theatre Company in May 2015. Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced by Cian O Siochain and Eleanor Pender Devised and engineered by Cian O Siochain
TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Associate Director, Emma Callander, interviews well known playwrights and theatremakers whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, Emma speaks to Iain Finlay Macleod, writer of the current Traverse Theatre Company production 'The Devil Masters'. Iain Finlay has had over fifty dramatic works produced for radio, theatre, television and film. His work has been shown in a number of countries such as the US, Germany and France. Plays for the Traverse Theatre include The Pearlfisher, I was a Beautiful Day, Homers and Broke (A version of the French play, Un homme en Faillite). Other plays include Somersaults for the National Theatre of Scotland and St. Kilda - The Opera which was performed in five European countries simultaneously in four languages. Iain Finlay is currently Associate Artist (Gaelic) at the National Theatre of Scotland. He was awarded the Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship in 2009. He was Associate Playwright for two years (2007-2009) with Playwrights’ Studio Scotland and Writer-in-Residence at Sabhal Mor Ostaig for two years. The play The Devil Masters was written when he was the IASH Edinburgh University/Traverse Theatre Fellow in 2013, based at the Institute of Advanced Studies for the Humanities at Edinburgh University. Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain
TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Associate Director, Emma Callander, interviews well known playwrights and theatremakers whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, Emma speaks to three Québécois writers Fabien Cloutier, Catherine-Anne Toupin and François Archambault who came to the Traverse Theatre as part of a cultural exchange between Théâtre La Licorne, Montreal and the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. La Licorne is the home of La Manufacture Theatre Company in Montreal, founded in 1975. It mirrors some of the key passions of the Traverse Theatre, commissioning and producing some of the best new writing from Québec and beyond, presenting a significant number of Traverse plays in translation. Over the last few years, Traverse Theatre Artistic Director Orla O'Loughlin has worked closely with La Licorne Artistic Director Jean-Denis Leduc and this exchange is part of a long term relationship between these two pioneering theatres. François Archambault, writer of 'You Will Remember Me', performed at the Traverse as part of New Writing from Quebec, is the author of more than twenty plays, translated into numerous languages and staged all around the world. In 1998, he received the Governor General’s Literary Award for his play '15 seconds', performed by Traverse Theatre Company in 2003. The original production of 'The Leisure Society' by Théâtre de la Manufacture ran for 142 shows and received the "Masque" for the Best Original Play from the "Académie Québécoise", in 2004. His most recent play, You Will Remember Me' was created at Théâtre La Licorne in 2014 and is set to be adapted for the screen and in the running for the Governor General’s Literary Award. François has also written many scripts for television, and is currently working on two screenplays. A rising star in the Quebec theatre scene, Fabien Cloutier, writer of 'Billy (The Days of Howling)' performed at the performed at the Traverse as part of New Writing from Quebec, is a Québécois actor, playwright and the author of eight plays. His first solo show, Scotstown won the "Coup de coeur" at Zoofest in the 2010 Just For Laughs Festival. Fabien reprised the same character in the sequel, Cranbourne, described as a "tour de force" by critics and was a finalist for the Michel Tremblay Prize, Best Writing for the stage in the 2011-2012 season. Fabien Cloutier's powerful writing with its relentless rhythm has earned him a solid reputation. His more theatrical text 'Billy (The Days of Howling)' won the Gratien Gelinas Prize in 2011 and has been nominated for the Governor General's Literary Award. Talisman's 2014 production will be the English-language premiere of 'Billy (The Days of Howling)'. In autumn 2014, 'Pour Réussir un Poulet' written and directed by Fabien, was produced by La Manufacture Theatre and presented on stage at Théâtre La Licorne in Montreal. Catherine-Anne Toupin, writer of 'Right Here, Right Now' performed at the performed at the Traverse as part of New Writing from Quebec, graduated from The Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Montreal in 1999. She has become a well-known actress in Quebec and can be seen each week on two very popular television series. She has also written three full length plays, and many short plays, which have all been produced. She spends most of her time acting, both on stage and on screen while also working as a script editor for a television show she created, called 'Boomerang'. Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain www.grobylinctonmedia.com
Theatre director Michael Rudman talks to BTG London Editor Philip Fisher about a long career in theatre, running the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, Hampstead Theatre in London and the Lyttelton at the National Theatre on the South Bank. He also discusses his productions of Death of a Salesman in the West End and on Broadway and his long association with Felicity Kendal. Michael Rudman's memoirs are published by Capercaillie Books as I Joke Too Much: The Theatre Directors Tale, and were reviewed by Philip Fisher in August 2014.
TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Associate Director, Emma Callander, interviews well known playwrights and theatremakers whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, Emma speaks to David Greig. Traverse Associate Artist, David Greig has been on the Scottish theatre scene since 1993 when Stalinland was produced by the Citizen's Theatre and he received his first professional commissions from The Traverse Theatre and The Royal Court. He has written many plays, most of which have premiered in Scotland. From 2005 to 2007 he was the first Dramaturg of The National Theatre of Scotland. Since his first main stage production Europe at the Traverse Theatre in 1996, his work has been produced extensively abroad. His plays have been translated and produced in most of the countries of Europe, the USA and Canada, Brazil, Australia, Japan and Korea. David Greig has produced around 50 plays, texts, adaptations, translations and libretti in the first two decades of his career. He has produced adaptations of Tintin in Tibet (2005) for the Barbican, London and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2013) for the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Other recent plays include The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart (2011) and The Events (2013). This year, he co-curated the National Theatre of Scotland's The Great Yes, No, Don't Know Five Minute Theatre Show with the late David MacLennan. Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain
TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Associate Director, Emma Callander, interviews well known playwrights whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, Emma speaks to Valentijn Dhaenens. After obtaining a Master’s Degree in Dramatic Arts at the Royal Conservatory in Antwerp, Valentijn co-founded his own theatre company, SKaGeN. From 2006, the company has been rewarded with structural subsidisation from the Flemish / Belgian Government for their work as one of the leading modern theatre groups in Belgium and Holland. Outside SKaGeN he has worked extensively as an actor in over 30 productions for Belgium’s major companies such as NT Gent, Kaaitheater Brussels and Ontroerend Goed. His international breakthrough came with his own written and directed solo-show BigMoutH that is touring extensively to major festivals and venues worldwide. A follow up called SmallWaR was presented at the Traverse Theatre as part of its Edinburgh Festival 2014 programme. Aside from his theatre work, Valentijn is a sought-after narrator for documentaries such as The boy is gone by Christophe Bohn. Occasionally he is a guest lecturer at Belgian and Dutch theatre schools. To a broader audience, Valentijn is best known for his acting in several TV shows and films, most notably for his lead-role in De helaasheid der dingen / The Misfortunates by Felix Van Groeningen which won numerous prizes worldwide such as the Prix Art et Essai at the Cannes Film Festival 2009. Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain
TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Associate Director, Emma Callander, interviews well known playwrights whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, Emma speaks to Chris Goode. Chris is the lead artist in Chris Goode & Company. This a collaboration between Chris, producer Ric Watts, writer and critic Maddy Costa, and a fluid evolving ensemble of makers, designers and performers with a group of associate artists at its core. The company launched in March 2011 and fully realised projects to date include: THE ADVENTURES OF WOUND MAN AND SHIRLEY, a new version of Chris’s acclaimed solo storytelling show for Edinburgh and BAC in 2011 and a UK tour in 2012, KEEP BREATHING(Drum Theatre Plymouth, 2011),OPEN HOUSE, (held at Transform at West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2011 and Mayfest 2012), GOD/HEAD(Ovalhouse and Theatre in the Mill, 2012), 9(co-production with West Yorkshire Playhouse, April 2012), MONKEY BARS (Co-produced with the Unicorn Theatre and premiered at Traverse Theatre, 2012), THE FOREST AND THE FIELD (Ovalhouse, 2013). Men in the Cities (in association with the Royal Court) was a part of the Festival programme at the Traverse in 2014. Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain
TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Associate Director, Emma Callander, interviews well known playwrights and theatremakers whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, Emma Speaks to John McCann. John's play Spoiling is part of the Traverse Festival 2014 programme. John is originally from County Armagh in Northern Ireland. He now lives in Scotland where his short play This Long Time was given a staged reading at the Traverse Theatre as part of Ten and where another play, The Next Of It, was read as part of Stellar Quines' Rehearsal Room 16. He was one of four emerging writers selected to participate in the Playwrights' Studio Scotland mentoring programme during 2009-2010. His latest play, The Cleanroom, was recently staged by Tinderbox Theatre Company in Belfast as part of the acclaimed True North ensemble project. Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain
TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Associate Director, Hamish Pirie, interviews well known playwrights whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this very special episode, Hamish speaks to Emma Callander, the newly appointed Associate Director of the Traverse. Emma is a freelance director and Co-Artistic Director of Theatre Uncut. She was resident at the National Theatre of Scotland 2009/10 through the Regional Theatre Young Directors Scheme. She has developed and directed a number of plays for A Play, A Pie and A Pint in Glasgow including Dalgety by David Greig, Supply by Cathy Forde and most recently, The Queen of Lucky People by Iain Heggie, which was performed at the Traverse Theatre in April 2014. She has regularly directed new plays for the Bristol Old Vic and Tobacco Factory Theatre. Following its sell out run at the Edinburgh Festival 2013, her most recent production Banksy: The Room In the Elephant by Tom Wainwright played at the Arcola in London then toured nationally throughout Spring 2014. *Warning this episode does contain language which may not be suitable for children* Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain
TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Associate Director, Emma Callander, interviews well known playwrights whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, we bring you a Class Act 2014 special. Class Act is the Traverse Theatre’s flagship education project which introduces pupils from five schools across Edinburgh to playwriting. Aged between 15 and 17, Class Act participants have tried their hand at writing a short play, with the help of five professional playwrights. At all stages of the project, the young writers have been treated in the same way as a Traverse commissioned playwright would be. This year Class Act has engaged with 70 pupils, whose hard work and imaginations have produced 49 fantastic plays – which were performed at the Traverse at the end of January. The five schools who have been part of Class Act 2014 are Broughton High School, Craigmount High School, James Gillespie’s High School, Trinity Academy and Wester Hailes Education Centre. They have worked with professional playwrights’ Peter Arnott, Catherine Grosvenor, Nicola McCartney, Stef Smith and Gerda Stevenson. Throughout Class Act, the Traverse team has been hugely impressed by the inspiration, insight and dedication that the young writers have given to the project. In this TravCast, we speak with professional playwrights Peter Arnott, Nicola McCartney and Stef Smith about their experiences as playwright/tutors on the Class Act project. We also hear from three pupil playwrights from Trinity Academy; Josie Bage (Turbulence), Alistair Clarke (Smoke & Mirrors) and Alex McIntosh (Bella, Horrida Bella). Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain
TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Associate Director, Hamish Pirie, interviews well known playwrights whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, Hamish Speaks to Jenna Watt. Jenna is an award winning live artist, director and theatre maker. Her other works include Little Vikings are Never Lost (The Arches, National Review of Live Art) and It's OK, It's Only Temporary; the apple smashing piece (The Arches, Forest Fringe, Edinburgh Peer Group, The Basement). Jenna has directed and created work for The National Theatre of Scotland, Traverse Theatre, Lung Ha's Theatre Company, Forest Fringe, The Arches, Edinburgh Science Festival, The Basement and the National Review of Live Art. Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain
TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Associate Director, Hamish Pirie, interviews well known playwrights whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, Hamish speaks to Iain Finlay MacLeod. Iain Finlay MacLeod is a playwright, screenwriter and novelist based on the Isle of Lewis. Alongside his work as a writer he also works as a director on both single and multi-camera projects. Iain’s original stage plays include Somersaults (NTS), The Bends (Playwrights Studio/RSAMD), The Pearlfisher, I was a Beautiful Day, Homers and Alexander Salamander or The Story of a Teenage Pyromaniac, all for the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. He also adapted David Lescot’s play Une Homme en Faillte as Broke for the Traverse. I addition, Iain Finlay has written Atman and Salvage for Tosg Theatre and the libretto for The Silver Bough which was produced by Youth Music Theatre UK. Iain also collaborated on the multimedia opera St Kilda which was performed in English, French and Gaelic at the Edinburgh International Festival 2009. The production, for which Iain wrote the libretto and wrote and directed the filmed elements was originally performed in 2007 in six European venues simultaneously, which were linked by live satellite connection with St Kilda. Iain has also written extensively for radio including The Summer Walking which was adapted from his play The Pearl Fisher, White Nights and Raven Black both adapted from the novels of Anne Cleaves, The Kitchen Child, adapted from Angela Carter’s short story, Frozen and 15 Minutes to Change the World all for BBC Radio 4. He is also the author of The Treasure of Puymule for Catherine Bailey Productions. Iain was a co-writer of the Gaelic-language film Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle, which was produced by Chris Young at Young Films and is the author of three Gaelic-language novels, The Klondykers, Am Bounty and Empire all of which are published by Gaelic Books Council. Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain
TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Associate Director, Hamish Pirie, interviews well known playwrights whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, Hamish Speaks to Lesley Hart. Lesley won Playwright Studio Scotland's New Playwright Award in 2011, and went on to write 3 Seconds through the PSS mentoring scheme. Her first play for radio, Personal Best, was broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland in June 2010. In 2009 she wrote MIX and Second Life, two short plays for the Traverse Theatre which received performed readings as part of the ‘Wildfire’ series. Lesley's play writing has its roots in the Traverse Young Writers group, to which she belonged 2001-2002. As a feature writer, Lesley has produced hundreds of articles for publications including 4 Talent, the Channel 4 website, Product Magazine and brochures for National Theatre of Scotland. Between 2003 and 2011 Lesley also wrote a weekly op-ed column in the Press & Journal newspaper. As an actress, Lesley has worked extensively in theatre, film, television, and radio drama. Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain
With Kirsty Lang. Alexei Sayle, often described as the godfather of alternative comedy, is returning to solo stand-up shows after a break of more than 16 years. Sayle, who was known throughout the 1980s for his politically charged rants, reflects on the reasons for his stage come-back, and gives his views on the current generation of comedians. Anna Maxwell Martin, Tamzin Outhwaite and Gina McKee star in Di And Viv And Rose, a play written by Amelia Bullmore, well-known to TV audiences for her own roles in Twenty Twelve and Scott and Bailey. The play examines the relationship between three women, from a university house-share in 1983 to the traumas of middle age. Novelist Naomi Alderman reviews. Violinist Vanessa-Mae is taking a year's sabbatical from performing, in order to try to qualify as a skier in the Thai Winter Olympics team. She explains her motives and talks about why she's prepared to risk - through possible injury - her musical career. The Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh celebrates its 50th birthday this year. It's marking the occasion with a competition for new playwrights, to write a play in just 500 words. The theatre is now staging the 50 winning entries. Two of the writers discuss the challenge of writing such a short drama and playwright Zinne Harris, one of the judges, considers how to make an impact with a script only one page long. Producer Rebecca Nicholson.
In this clip Marie Louise Muir interviews Owen McCafferty and Patrick O'Kane, where they discuss their working relationship and in particular their collaboration on Quietly. The original interview aired on BBC Radio Ulster Arts Extra, Tuesday 13 November 2012. Quietly, written by Owen McCafferty and directed by Jimmy Fay, made its World Premiere on the Peacock stage at the Abbey Theatre from the 14 November -15 December 2012. In 2013 it goes on tour to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, running at the Traverse Theatre from the 1 - 25 August. Information is available at www.abbeytheatre.ie
TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Associate Director, Hamish Pirie, interviews well known playwrights whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, Hamish Speaks to John Nicholson and Steven Canny who have co-authored The Arthur Conan Doyle Appreciation Society which features in The Traverse Theatre's autumn programme. This episode also features interviews with director Orla O'Loughlin and performer Javier Marzan. It also features an extract of the performance in rehearsal starring John, Javier and Gabriel Quiqley. Steven Canny (co-writer) Steven is a four-time Sony Gold winning Writer, Executive Producer and Director. As writer and adaptor work includes: No Wise Men (Liverpool Playhouse); Origins (Pleasance and Theatre Severn); Foot/Mouth (Soho Theatre);Spyski (Lyric Hammersmith & National Tour); The Hound of the Baskervilles (West Yorkshire Playhouse, national tour, Duchess Theatre, West End and 30 international productions); A Dulditch Angel (national tour); A Shropshire Lad (R4 adaptation & Cottesloe); Mnemonic (R3 adaptation for Complicite); The Virtuous Burglar by Dario Fo (World Service). Directing for stage and radio includes: Rik Mayall’s Bedside Tales; Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (with Simon Russell Beale); Brian Gulliver’s Travels by Bill Dare; Beautiful Dreamers by James Lever and Nat Segnit;Hum by Laura Wade; People Snogging in Public Places by Jack Thorne; Donation by Sean Buckley; Burglar Bewareby Matthew Broughton (Union Chapel); Eleven Lessons For The Paranoid (BAC); The Observed (BAC). As Executive Producer credits include: Just a Minute, Now Show, News Quiz and I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue. Work as Associate Director and Dramaturg with Complicite includes: Measure for Measure; The Elephant Vanishes; Mnemonic; The Noise of Time; Light; Genoa 01. Steven was Associate Director of Al Pacino’s The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. John Nicholson (co-writer, performer) John works as a writer, director and performer. He is an artistic director of Peepolykus with whom he has toured worldwide since 1995 in 10 productions including The Midsummer Rude Mechanicals (National Theatre). Performing credits include: No Wise Men (Liverpool Playhouse); The 13 Midnight Challenges of Angelus Diablo (Royal Shakespeare Company); Spyski, Jekyll and Hyde (Lyric Hammersmith); The Hound of the Baskervilles (West Yorkshire Playhouse and West End); The Wrong Door, The Bearded Ladies, P.S Sketch Show (BBC Comedy); Brian Gulliver’s Travels, Marley was Dead, Baskervilles (BBC Radio 4). Writing credits include: The Hound of the Baskervilles (West End and numerous licensed overseas productions); Rik Mayall’s Bedside Tales, Marley was Dead, Baskervilles (BBC Radio 4); Richard’s Rampage (Kevin Spacey Foundation) and Origins (Pentabus). Recent directing includes: Force 9 (NYMT winner of MTM award); The First Thing That Ever Happened (Lyric Hammersmith); Advice on Watson and Oliver (BBC2); Sick Room (National Youth Theatre); Nina Conti - Dolly Mixtures and Mike Mcshane in Mon Droit (Edinburgh Festival and Touring), Paul Merton - Out Of His Head (West End). Orla O’Loughlin (Director) Orla is Artistic Director of the Traverse Theatre. Prior to taking up post at the Traverse, she was Artistic Director of the award-winning Pentabus Theatre and International Associate at the Royal Court Theatre. Directing work for the Traverse includes the Herald Angel award winning Dream Plays (Scenes from a play I’ll Never Write) and The Artist man and the Mother Woman by Morna Pearson. Other directing work includes: For Once (Hampstead Theatre Studio, National Tour); Kebab (Dublin International Festival/ Royal Court Theatre); How Much is your Iron? (Young Vic); The Hound of the Baskervilles (West Yorkshire Playhouse/ National Tour/ West End); Tales of the Country, Origins (Pleasance/ Theatre Severn);Relatively Speaking, Blithe Spirit, Black Comedy (Watermill Theatre); Small Talk: Big Picture (BBC World Service/ ICA/ Royal Court Theatre); A Dulditch Angel (National Tour) and The Fire Raisers, sob stories, Refrain (BAC). Orla has also directed two large-scale, site-specific productions: Shuffle with the National Youth Theatre at Merry Hill, one of Europe's largest shopping centres and Underland, performed 200 feet below ground at Clearwell Caves in the Forest of Dean. Orla was winner of the James Menzies Kitchin Directors Award and recipient of the Carlton Bursary at the Donmar Warehouse. Javier Marzan (performer) Javier is a co-artistic director or Peepolykus. Work for Peepolykus includes: The Hound Of The Baskervilles, Spyski(co-produced with West Yorkshire Playhouse) Mindbender, Rhinocerous, Goose Nights. And The Horse You Rode On(The Barbican); Royal Jelly (David Pugh Productions); No Wise Men (Liverpool Playhouse); The Critc (Minerva Theatre); Jack And The Beanstalk, Cinderella, A Christmas Carol (Lyric Hammersmith); A Streetcar Named Desire(Nuffield, Southampton); Beauty And The Beast (Told By An Idiot/Hammersmith Lyric Theatre). Television includes:Mongrels (BBC 3); Clone (Roughcut TV); Extr@ (Channel 4). Film work includes: The History Play: Maggie Heart Galtieri, Hound Of The Baskervilles (BBC Radio 4); Beautiful Dreamers, Cabin Pressure, Marley Was Dead (BBC 4) Gabriel Quigley (Jennifer) Gabriel studied English Literature & Theatre Studies at the University of Glasgow. Theatre work for the Traverse includes: Gordon Brown: A Life in Theatre, 15 Secs and Chic Nerds. Other theatre work includes: Enquirer, Rupture (National Theatre of Scotland); Get Santa (Royal Court Theatre); Macbeth, The Demon Barber (Babel);Strawberries in January (Paines Plough, awarded a Herald Angel for her performance); The City, Bliss/ Mud, San Diego, Love Freaks (Tron Theatre); White Tea (Fire Exit); Six Black Candles (Royal Lyceum Edinburgh); Top Girls(New Vic); Burning Bright (V.amp Productions); Mainstream (Suspect Culture); Dissent (7:84);Trainspotting (G & J Productions); The Gun (Wildcat); Grimm Tales (Leicester Haymarket) and in many productions for Òran Mór’s A Play, a Pie and a Pint. TV work includes: New Town, Rab C Nesbitt, Gary Tank Commander, Welcome to Strathmuir, Chewin the Fat, The Karen Dunbar Show, Glasgow Kiss, Haywire, Only an Excuse, Millport, Life Support, Bumping the Odds (BBC); Taggart, Instant Credit (ITV). Film work includes: Festival (Pirate Productions); Psykotika, The Three Musketeers (Ink Animation); Mandancin (1A Productions). Gabriel has worked extensively for BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Radio 5 Live. Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain
Actor Declan Conlon, who is currently playing the character of Ian in Quietly, takes time out to discuss his acting career to date, his long and established career with the the Abbey Theatre, and the different experiences he has had playing characters on it's two stages. Quietly, written by Owen McCafferty and directed by Jimmy Fay, made its World Premiere on the Peacock stage at the Abbey Theatre from the 14 November -15 December 2012. In 2013 it goes on tour to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, running at the Traverse Theatre from the 1 - 25 August. Information is available at www.abbeytheatre.ie
Actor Patrick O'Kane, previews his Meet the Makers Abbey Talk 'Actor's Voices: the people behind the performances', as part of the run of Quietly. In this talk he is joined by producer Lynnette Moran to consider the role of actors as theatre artists within the broader spectrum of the arts. Quietly, written by Owen McCafferty and directed by Jimmy Fay, made its World Premiere on the Peacock stage at the Abbey Theatre from the 14 November -15 December 2012. In 2013 it goes on tour to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, running at the Traverse Theatre from the 1 - 25 August. Information is available at www.abbeytheatre.ie
TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Associate Director, Hamish Pirie, interviews well known playwrights whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, Hamish Speaks to Morna Pearson. Morna is from Elgin and currently lives in Edinburgh. Her first full professional production was Distracted at the Traverse Theatre in 2006, which won the Meyer-Whitworth Award 2007 and was nominated for a CATS Award. Morna was given the inaugural Rod Hall Memorial Award in 2006. Her other plays include: Elf Analysis (Òran Mór); The Company Will Overlook a Moment of Madness (National Theatre of Scotland and Òran Mór); Skin; or How To Disappear (Agent 160) and Ailie & The Alien (National Theatre Connections, 2013). Radio work includes: McBeth’s McPets (BBC Radio Scotland); Side Effects (BBC Radio 3/Bona Broadcasting). This episode also features interviews with: (In order of appearance) Garry Collins (Geoffrey Buncher) Anne Lacey (Edie Buncher) Orla O’Loughlin (Director) Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain
TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Associate Director, Hamish Pirie, interviews well known playwrights whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, Hamish Speaks to Pamela Carter. Pamela is a playwright, director and dramaturg. Pamela’s most recent plays are: Skåne (directed by Tim Carroll at the Hampstead Theatre Downstairs in October 2011; selected for Berliner Festspiele Stückemarkt 2012); Wildlife (produced and toured in Scotland by Magnetic North Theatre Company in Spring 2011); What We Know (directed by Pamela for ek in a co-production with Traverse Theatre in February); and An Argument About Sex after Marivaux’s La Dispute (a co-commission for the Traverse Theatre, Tramway and Untitled Projects and premiered in October 2009 directed by Stewart Laing). In 2011 she was commissioned by the RCS/Playwrights’ Studio Scotland to write a short play in conjunction with the RCS Masters Degree in Directing and Acting 2010/11. She has turned this into a full-length play, titled Liberty Equality Fraternity, about utopianism, swinging, and socialism. Other plays include: Slope (Untitled/Tramway; July 2006); The Last of Us (Oran Mor; May 2008). She was writer on attachment at the National Theatre Studio in 2008. She has also had writing attachments with the National Theatre of Scotland and Soho Theatre and was a member the Royal Court Writers’ Supergroup 2010. As the founder and Director of ek, she has co-written and directed Game Theory (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2007; Meyer-Whitworth Award nomination 2008); devised and directed Soul Pilots, a Dark/Lights Commission for Tramway (February 2004); directed Habitats by French playwright Philippe Minyana as a co-production with the Tron Theatre (November 2004); and devised and directed Plain Speaking, a Tramway Surge Commission (work-in-progress, November 2005). Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain
TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Associate Director, Hamish Pirie, interviews well known playwrights whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, Hamish Speaks to Rob Drummond. Rob is a writer, performer and director from Glasgow. His theatre credits include Sixteen (Arches Theatre Festival), Hunter (National Theatre of Scotland and Frantic Assembly, directed by John Tiffany and Steven Hoggett), Post Show (Arches Live!) Allotment (Govan Shopping Centre, NTS new work), Mr Write (Tron Theatre and the National Theatre of Scotland), Top Table (Oran Mor). In 2011 Rob wrote, performed and directed his critically acclaimed show Rob Drummond: Wrestling (The Arches, winner of a Vital Spark Award) for which he trained as a professional wrestler. His dark comedy Top Table appeared at Oran Mor last year. Bullet Catch enjoyed critical acclaim and a sold out run as part of the Traverse Theatre’s Festival 2012 programme Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain
TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Associate Director, Hamish Pirie, interviews well known playwrights whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, Hamish Speaks to David Ireland. David trained as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. He has worked as an actor with many theatre companies across the UK including the Royal Shakespeare Company, Manchester Royal Exchange, Glasgow Citizens Theatre and the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. David's first play WHAT THE ANIMALS SAY was produced at Oran Mor in Glasgow in May 2009 and transferred to the Belfast Festival. This was followed by ARGUMENTS FOR TERRORISM (Oran Mor), EVERYTHING BETWEEN US (Tinderbox Theatre Company/Solas Nua), THE END OF HOPE THE END OF DESIRE (Oran Mor), HALF A GLASS OF WATER (Abbey Theatre) and YES, SO I SAID YES (Ransom Productions). He has also taken part in Paines Plough's COME TO WHERE I'M FROM. David is currently working on new plays for Tinderbox Theatre Company, the Abbey Theatre and Lyric Theatre, Belfast and is adapting his play WHAT THE ANIMALS SAY into a television series for the BBC. Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain
TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Associate Director, Hamish Pirie, interviews well known playwrights whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, Hamish Speaks to Kieran Hurley. Kieran is a writer, performer, and theatre maker based in Glasgow. His work is always collaborative, even when it looks like a solo show. Writing credits include Allotment (National Theatre of Scotland), St. Anthony’s (gHost City, Edinburgh Fringe), Chalk Farm (with Julia Taudevin, Tron, Mayfesto), The Jean-Jacques Rousseau Show (co-writer, Oran Mor). His monologue piece Hitch, created in collaboration with pop band Over The Wall, was nominated for a Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland (CATS) for Best New Play in 2010 and has played throughout the U.K. and internationally and continues to tour in 2012 produced by Trigger (England tour) and the Arches, Glasgow (Scotland tour). As a recipient of the Arches Platform 18 Award he presented a new work, BEATS, with Johnny Whoop, which received rave reviews from The Scotsman (4 stars, Performance of the Week), Herald (4 stars) and The Guardian (4 stars) and has been nominated for two awards at the Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland (CATS) 2012 (Best New Play, and Best use of Music and Sound). Kieran is an associated artist with Forest Fringe, and is currently a supported artist with the National Theatre of Scotland. This is a very special episode as it is the first with Hamish at the helm. With that in mind, here is a short introduction to our new presenter. Hamish is Associate Director at the Traverse Theatre. He trained as theatre director through residencies at Paines Plough and the Donmar Warehouse. He was Staff Director on Blackwatch (National Theatre of Scotland) and UK Associate Director on Shrek The Muscical (Dury Lane). His work as a director includes: Salt Root and Roe, by Tim Price (Donmar Trafalgar Season); Extreme Rambling by Mark Thomas (Tricycle and Tour); Purgatory by Stephen Berkoff (Arcola); His Ghostly Heart by Ben Schiffer (Bush Theatre); Stacy by Jack Thorne (Trafalgar Studios & Arcola Theatre); Pennies by Mike Bartlett and Cricket Bats Unite by Tim Price/Time Cats (Latitiude/Nabokov). For Paines Plough: Paperhouse by Jack Thorne (co-produced with Later); London Pidgeons by Robin French (co-produced by Flight5065) and Whispers of Britain (co-produced by Menier Chocolate Factory). ). Hamish will direct Mark Thomas: Bravo Figaro! as part of the Traverse 2012 Festival Programme. Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain
TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Literary Officer, Jennifer Williams, interviews well known about the art of playwriting, and the role it plays in their lives. In this episode Jennifer speaks to Clare Duffy. Clare is a playwright, director and dramaturg in the final year of her doctoral research as practice in playwriting at Glasgow University. She co-founded Unlimited Theatre in 1997 and continues to write and create new work as a co-director, working nationally and internationally across different media. Unlimited Theatre moved into the West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2012. Clare co-wrote ANA with Québec writer Pierre Yves Lemieux, a bi-lingual play for Stellar Quines Theatre Company & Imago Theatre in association with the Traverse Theatre. ANA will have its Scottish premiere at the Traverse on 2 March 2012. Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain
TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Literary Officer, Jennifer Williams, interviews well known playwrights whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode Jennifer speaks to Linda McLean who was born in Glasgow where she studied and trained as a teacher. She travelled teaching English as a foreign language in Europe, America, Africa and Scandinavia before she wrote plays. Her plays for the Traverse: This is Water, Any Given Day, Strangers, Babies, Shimmer, Olga and One Good Beating. She is currently under commission to the National Theatre of Scotland, Magnetic North, and the Traverse Theatre. Her new play Sex and God for Magnetic North will be produced in 2012. Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain
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