Episode 6 - Shilpa T Hyland

Welcome to Episode 6 comrades. Louise sits down with one of her all time favourite people, Shilpa T Hyland. A recent graduate with an MA in Classical and Contemporary Text at the Royal Conservatoire Scotland, Shilpa is a pioneer board member for Stellar Quines, and is co-founder of the company Modest Predicament. She has previously worked as a trainee director for the National Theatre of Scotland on 306: Day and NTS/The TEAM at Edinburgh International Festival on Anything that Gives off Light and was the Assistant Director on Blood of the Young's 2018 smash hit production of Pride and Prejudice (sort of) at the Tron Theatre.

Perth Theatre named Shilpa as the first recipient of its Cross Trust Young Director Award and she is currently in rehearsals for her chosen production; Zinnie Harris' adaptation of Strindberg's Miss Julie. Miss Julie will open at Perth Theatre on the 14th February, running until the 23rd February, before going on tour. You can find out more and book tickets here - https://www.horsecross.co.uk/whats-on/miss-julie-37402

Apologies for any noise bleed in this particular podcast. We occasionally have to roam around to make the podcast happen, and that can mean sometimes being in a public space, with unavoidable background noise.

This podcast was recorded on December 3rd 2018.

Find out more about Modest Predicament at https://www.modestpredicament.co.uk

Follow Shilpa on Twitter @ShilpaTHyland / @modestpred

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