Persistent and Nasty
277 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★ - 2 ratingsPersistent and Nasty is a script-reading, debate and art as activism initiative for women and gender minorities in the stage and screen industries. We are committed to an intersectional approach and aim to use the space we’ve created to provide a platform for the spectrum of marginalised voices in our culture.
Through a series of script readings, live debates and a regular podcast series, we aim to amplify the unrepresented voices in theatre and film.
Our goal is to create a project that is safe and supportive, but that is also an act of protest. Persistent and Nasty is about changing the cultural narrative through the stories we tell.
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Episodes
Episode 204: Hen Night Horror
July 11, 2024 14:56 - 36 minutes - 67.7 MBToday Elaine chats with Alison Cleland the co-creator of Hen Night Horror. We chat about the show, the importance of comedy and music and making theatre for everyone. Hen Night Horror is touring Scotland right now tickets available below. https://www.beaconartscentre.co.uk/events/hen-night-horror https://thegaiety.co.uk/events/hen-night-horror/ https://eden-court.co.uk/event/hen-night-horror Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/hennighthorror Hen Night Horror An original musical comedy by Frase...
Episode 203: the Astrolo-J Monologues with Jordy Joans
June 14, 2024 13:22 - 27 minutes - 50.8 MBToday Elaine chats with Jordy Joans about their new show Astrolo-J Monologues which has its premier on the 29th June at The Storytelling Centre Edinburgh at 7.30pm. This is the Queer Vagina Monologues we’ve all been waiting for. https://scottishstorytellingcentre.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:5376/913:22284/ To help support this project please donate to the Kickstarter fund using the link below https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jordy-joans/the-astrolo-j-monologues THE ASTROLO-J MONOL...
Ed Fringe 2024 Podcast Series Details
May 24, 2024 06:00 - 16 minutes - 30.3 MBToday Elaine is giving you all the details you need on how to be a guest on the Persistent and Nasty Podcast at The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2024. If you are a woman, non-binary, or LGBTQ+ creative presenting your work at the Festival this year and want to amplify your voice, signal boost your work and generally have a casual chat about smashing the white heteronormative capitalist patriarchy, then we want to hear from you! Please fill in form below https://forms.gle/6obqxzCCWyY9aVSS6 1...
Episode 201: Maureen Lennon
May 09, 2024 11:42 - 51 minutes - 93.6 MBToday Elaine chats with playwright Maureen Lennon about her new show Dead Girls Rising, the importance of regional theatre, the power to art and artist have to ask the difficult questions and much more. Ticket details for Dead Girls Raising: https://www.silentuproarproductions.co.uk/coming-soon Maureen Lennon Maureen is a Hull based writer, a graduate from the English and Theatre Studies BA from The University of Bristol and the Writing for Performance and Publication MA from The Universit...
Episode 200: Jen Smith of CIISA
May 03, 2024 14:41 - 33 minutes - 61.6 MBToday Elaine and Louise chat with the inaugural interim CEO of CIISA the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority about why they were set-up, how they will work, what their mission is and much more. https://ciisa.org.uk/ - top CIISA The purpose of the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (CIISA) is to uphold and improve standards of behaviour across the creative industries and to prevent and tackle all forms of bullying and harassment, including bullying and harassm...
Episode 199: Charlotte McLean
April 18, 2024 10:18 - 39 minutes - 72 MBToday Elaine chats with dancer, performer, choreographer Charlotte McLean about her career, the power of dance and the everything that surrounds menstrual health and the womb and Charlotte’s new work Futuristic Folktales. Which was co-created by an exciting multi-disciplinary creative team including Helen McIntosh, Nelly Kelly, Malin Lewis, Astro Scheidegger, Orrow Bell, Alison Brown, Emma Jones, and Rob Evans, Futuristic Folktales is a collaboration-driven show that aims to disrupt, and refr...
Episode 198: Claire S Duffy
April 12, 2024 10:32 - 1 hour - 160 MBA surprise extra episode this week. Elaine chats with writer Claire S Duffy. We chat everything from screen writing, Old Hollywood, first dates and her book event on the 13th April 2024 at St Enoch Centre Glasgow for her series Shadow City. Where Claire will be joined by actress Kirsty Strain for a Q&A. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meet-the-author-cs-duffy-tickets-868880824937 Claire S Duffy CS Duffy is an indie author from Glasgow, Scotland. She was a screenwriter for over a decade unti...
Episode 197: P&N & Short Circuit Collab - Women in Film
April 11, 2024 11:49 - 1 hour - 148 MBWe’re back and it’s a special episode we have for you. It’s our first live podcast panel event. Which was in collaboration with Short Circuit. We are over the moon with this collab as it’s allowed us the bring you The Women In Film: Braking Barriers and Changing Narratives panel discussion with three incredible women. Nikki Parrott, Raisah Ahmed and Sarah Grant. Statement on the future of Short Circuit shortcircuit.scot/delivery-statement Nikki Parrott Tigerlily Productions is a multi-award-...
Episode 196: Goodbye 2023
December 26, 2023 08:00 - 40 minutes - 73.9 MBWE WILL BE BACK IN 2024 UNTIL THEN #STAYNASTY In our last episode of the year. Elaine and Louise chat about the growth of Persistent and Nasty their individual achievements and what they’re looking forward to for 2024. HIPA GUIDES: HIPA GUIDES 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 – [email protected] Instagram - @persistentandnasty Twitter - @Per...
Episode 195: Jordy Joans
December 14, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 139 MBToday Elaine and Louise chat with the brilliant artist Jordy Joans. We chat Jordy’s path into the industry, music, drag, wring your own material, the struggle of autobiographical performance and so, so much more. Jory will be putting a callout out in January/February 2024 for their final Drag show in June of 2024 so please follow all of Jordy’s socials, so you don’t miss out. Jordy Joans Jordy Joans is an award winning non binary & trans femme artist from Edinburgh, Scotland, who works acr...
Episode 194: Jo Rush & Natasha Jenkins talk UGLY! A Cinderella Story
December 01, 2023 13:01 - 47 minutes - 86.2 MBToday 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://lanternhousea...
Episode 193: Aqsa Arif
November 23, 2023 13:03 - 48 minutes - 89.5 MBThis week Elaine chats with artist Aqsa Arif about her work, her new project Anam Ki Almari at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, the importance of intergenerational conversations and the need for true representation. Anam Ki Almari is showing at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum from November 2023-April 2024. https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/news/new-exhibition-at-kelvingrove-art-gallery-and-museum-explores-glasgow-s-links-to-slavery-and-empire https://aestheticafilmfestival.filmchief.co...
Episode 192 W.I.T.C.H By Louise Oliver
November 13, 2023 09:31 - 19 minutes - 34.9 MBSpooky Season maybe officially over but not here at Persistent and Nasty. We still have amazing creepy stories for you so stay tuned. Our final spooky tales is here. W.I.T.C.H. written by Louise Oliver and performed by Misha McCullagh and Elaine Stirrat Louise Oliver Louise is an actor, writer and producer based in Glasgow. She has a Masters in Theatre Studies from the University of Glasgow and trained as an actor at the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts. You can find out more ab...
Episode 191: Home Body By Rowan Heggie
November 09, 2023 09:00 - 19 minutes - 35 MBSpooky Season maybe officially over but not here at Persistent and Nasty. We still have amazing creepy stories for you so stay tuned. Our next episode of the final 3 spooky tales is. Home Body written by Rowan Heggie and performed by Amelia Donkor. Rowan Heggie Rowan (they/them) is an actor, writer, clown, and visual artist. They have collaborated with artists and companies to develop new works of performance and theatre, and work with Stellar Quines on their Younger Quines project in Fi...
Episode 190: The Inertia Years By Ambrose Kelly
November 08, 2023 11:05 - 24 minutes - 45.5 MBSpooky Season maybe officially over but not here at Persistent and Nasty. We still have amazing creepy stories for you so stay tuned. Our next episode is the third of the final 3 spooky tales. The Inertia Years written by Ambrose Kelly and performed by Performed by Paula Nugent. Ambrose Kelly Ambrose Kelly (she/her) is a 25-year old writer and multidisciplinary artist living in Edinburgh, Scotland. She currently works in Arts and Culture. Working across fiction, poetry, visual arts and hop...
Episode 189: Sarah Hopfinger
November 07, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 111 MBToday Elaine chats with artist Sarah Hopfinger about her up show Pain and I opening at The tramway on the 8th November then heading to Findhorn on the 11th November. Before a tour round Scotland in 2024. We chat chronic pain, capitalism, loving your body and much more. Ticket links and Audio & Graphic Score Link below https://www.tramway.org/event/bbcdeede-e0be-4264-9c89-b03700b23a24 https://universalhall.co.uk/event/pain-and-i/ https://www.sarahhopfinger.org.uk/pain-and-i-audio-graphic-sco...
Episode 188: Victim Blaming by Fergus John McCann
November 02, 2023 22:45 - 17 minutes - 32.5 MBEpisode 188: Victim Blaming by Fergus John McCann by Persistent and Nasty
Episode 187 Apphia Campbell and Tinashe Warikandwa
October 31, 2023 20:50 - 39 minutes - 72.8 MBA surprise episode. Elaine chats with writer Apphia Campbell and performer Tinashe Warikandwa about Through The Mud which opens on the 2nd November at the Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh. We chat the premise of the show, working together, the Black Lives Matter Movement and much more. https://lyceum.org.uk/events/through-the-mud – dates-and-times THROUGH THE MUD Through The Mud from Fringe First award winner, performer and playwright, Apphia Campbell (Black Is the Color of My Voice and WOKE). Join...
Episode 186: Caught. - Eleanor Capaldi
October 31, 2023 06:00 - 10 minutes - 19.8 MBIt’s spooky season. We will be platforming the writers who submitted to our spooky season call-out. A mixture of scenes, monologues, and stories all with an element of the macabre about them. Our call-out was open to women, trans, and non-binary voices. Next up in our spooky season series is Caught written by Eleanor Capaldi and performed by Mish McCaullgh Eleanor Capaldi Eleanor (she/her) is a writer & director based in Glasgow. Short film Bookmarks, a Tiny Little Pic supported by GMAC a...
Episode 185- The Night Before By Siobhán Murohy
October 28, 2023 21:09 - 9 minutes - 17.9 MBIt’s spooky season. We will be platforming the writers who submitted to our spooky season call-out. A mixture of scenes, monologues, and stories all with an element of the macabre about them. Our call-out was open to women, trans, and non-binary voices. The second story from Siobhán Murphy is The Night Before performed by Emilie Patry. Siobhán Murphy I am a Glasgow-based freelance writer and editor with a background in ELT and educational publishing. I am a passionate writer, and, previo...
Episode 184 Trapped - Penultimate Girl - Siobhán Murphy
October 28, 2023 21:04 - 8 minutes - 16.3 MBIt’s spooky season. We will be platforming the writers who submitted to our spooky season call-out. A mixture of scenes, monologues, and stories all with an element of the macabre about them. Our call-out was open to women, trans, and non-binary voices. We have our first of two stories from the same author.First up and third episode three of the spook season is Trapped: PENULTIMATE GIRL written by Siobhán Murphy and performed by Rebekah Lumsden Siobhán Murphy I am a Glasgow-based freelan...
Episode 182: Reunion by Torya Winters
October 23, 2023 00:00 - 9 minutes - 17.6 MBIt’s spooky season. Over the next 10 days we will be platforming the writers who submitted to our spooky season call-out. A mixture of scenes, monologues, and stories all with an element of the macabre about them. Our call-out was open to women, trans and non-binary voices. Our first episode is Reunion written and performed by Torya Winters. Torya Winters Torya is an Edinburgh based actor and writer, and graduate of RCS. She was shortlisted for the Scottish Arts Club Flash Fiction Award...
Episode 181: Holly Jack
October 12, 2023 10:15 - 48 minutes - 89.6 MBElaine and Louise chat with actor Holly Jack about her career and her first venture into filmmaking with her short film Safe Home which she wrote and directed. This film was a reaction to what happened to Sarah Everard and we do touch upon this a little. So a trigger warning for around the 20 minute mark of the episode. We also chat Holly’s work in River City and living in LA. Below is the link to grab tickets to see Safe Home at the Edinburgh Short Film Festival https://www.edinburghshortf...
Episode 180: Disciples Co-Directors Rachel Drazek & Ellen Renton
October 02, 2023 12:17 - 46 minutes - 84.9 MBElaine 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 Nor...
Episode 179: waiting for train at the bus stop - Mwansa Phiri
September 04, 2023 08:26 - 29 minutes - 54.3 MBIn the last of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe series of this year Elaine chats with writer/director Mwansa Phiri. This episode is slightly different as we discuss the experience of the festival, the highs, the lows and what the month has been like for Mwansa. We also chat future plans and next year’s show. It’s another brilliant episode with another brilliant human. https://linktr.ee/mwansarp PODCAST SURVEY - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdcubjL4oZn3H63Z671OOmgNanXWCxjGUZPdjkKtw...
Episode 178 Hooked Mr Sister
August 27, 2023 07:50 - 28 minutes - 53 MBElaine chats with the brilliant Holly and Brooke about their show Hooked: Mr Sister. On @Just the tonic at the Caves @1.05pm till 27th August. We chat soulmates, being women in comedy, moving from serious drama to comedy and much more. Another brilliant episode with brilliant humans. https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/hooked-mr-sister https://www.instagram.com/hollyandbrookearehooked/?hl=en https://www.tiktok.com/@hollyandbrookearehooked Hooked: Nr Sister Holly and Brooke are hooked on...
Episode 177: Slash - Leah Hennessey & Emily Allan
August 24, 2023 21:29 - 29 minutes - 53.9 MBElaine and Louise chat with the creators of Slash Leah Hennessey and Emily Allan. Slash is on @ Summerhall until the 27th August @10.15pm. We chat the creating the show, finding that person you connect with both personal and creatively and all things Fanfiction. Louise is in her element. Another great episode with brilliant humans. https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/slash Slash The Blond (Emily Allan) and The Dark Haired One (Leah Hennessey) attempt to transcend the banality of identit...
Episode 176: OommoO - Lula Mebrahtu
August 24, 2023 17:51 - 31 minutes - 57 MBElaine and Louise chat with Lula Mebrahtu or Lula.XYZ about her exciting new show OommoO which is on @Summerhall in the Red lecture Theatre @4.15pm until the 27th August 2023. We chat the creation of the show, telling stories with the beat of life, loss and so much more. It’s another wonderful episode with another wonderful guest. https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/oommoo Oommoo Real-life events of a first-generation immigrant navigating the duality of two cultures, Habesha (Eritrean/Et...
Episode 175: Six Chick Flicks - Kerry Ipema & KK Apple
August 23, 2023 12:23 - 49 minutes - 90.8 MBElaine chats with the co-writer and the two performers of Six Chich Flicks, Kerry Ipema & KK Apple on @Bristo Sq until the 28th August 2023 @8.25pm. We chat, movies, working in New York, survival jobs, the patriarchy and much, much more. Another brilliant episode with brilliant, funny humans. https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/six-chick-flicks-or-a-legally-blonde-pretty-woman-dirty-danced-on-the-beaches-while-writing-a-notebook-on-the-titanic Six Chich Flicks or a legally blonde pretty...
Episode 174: Gunter & Growler with writers Lydia Higman & Dee Mulrooney
August 17, 2023 14:46 - 51 minutes - 94.2 MBSPECIAL EPISODE. Today Elaine chats with not one but two creatives who both have shows on at the Edinburgh festival. First time we have had a collar like this and it was gorgeous. Elaine speaks with writer of Gunter - Lydia Higman on @Summerhall till the 27th August @9.10pm and creator of Growler - Dee Mulrooney also @Summerhall until 26th August @7.00pm. We talk about both shows, patriarchy, witchcraft, the power of the earth and our connection to it, the importance of telling of history to ...
Episode 173: Yuck Circus - Georgia Deguara
August 14, 2023 12:47 - 31 minutes - 57.8 MBElaine chats with artistic director and performer Georgia Gegura of Yuck Circus in now till the 28th August @Assembly George Sq Gardens @4.20pm. We chat returning to the Edinburgh Festival, women in circus, creating her own circus company, passing your skills on t the next generation, the importance of community work, showing taboo subjects to open up much needed conversation but always with movement and fun and much more. Another brilliant episode with another incredible human. https://tic...
Episode 172: Sophie Sucks Face - Sophie Zucker
August 11, 2023 13:20 - 31 minutes - 58.3 MBElaine and Louise chat with writer, comedian performer Sophie Zucker about her show Sophie Sucks Face which is on now until 28th August @Underbelly Bristo Sq @10.15pm. We chat the inspiration for the show, her writing jobs on The Daily show and Dickinson, making people laugh, enduring love and much more. Another brilliant episode with another brilliant human. https://underbellyedinburgh.co.uk/event/sophie-sucks-face Sophie Sucks Face From The Daily Show's Sophie Zucker comes a one-woman m...
Episode 171: Bitter Lemons - Lucy Hayes
August 10, 2023 17:11 - 37 minutes - 68 MBElaine and Louise chat with writer/director Lucy Hayes about her new play Bitter Lemons on from now till 28th August @Pleasance Courtyard Beneath @2.20pm We also talk the themes of the play (brief mentions of abortion), to knowing what you want, moving from being an actor to a director, being bold, the disparity in pay in women’s football and much, much more. Another brilliant episode with another brilliant human. Bitter Lemons In the pressurised worlds of football and finance, two women...
Episode: 170 Dual - Peyvand Sadeghian
August 10, 2023 16:07 - 41 minutes - 76.3 MBElaine and Louise chat with actor/writer Peyvand Sadeghian about her show Dual دوگانه on from the 17th – 28th August @ Pleasance Dome @2.55pm. We chat about the inspiration for the show, Peyvand’s own life as a dual citizen of Britain and Iran, peoples preconceived ideas of Iran and dismantling them, the big training question and creating your own work. We also talk about how close we all live to ending up living in a dictatorship. We must fight the good fight. Another brilliant episode with...
Episode 169: Catholic Guilt - Kelly McCaughan
August 10, 2023 15:21 - 30 minutes - 55.8 MBElaine and Louise chat with comedian, writer, performer Kelly McCaughan about her show Catholic Guilt on now until the 27th August @Underbelly, Bristo Sq @10.15pm We chat the inspiration for the show, fancying Jesus, being a “sexy clown” and much more. Another great episode with another great human. https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/kelly-mccaughan-catholic-guilt Catholic Guilt NYC/Philly-based comedian Kelly McCaughan (HBO, Apple TV+) presents Catholic Guilt. Does daddy Jesus's nake...
Episode 168: Stark Bollock Naked -Larisa Faber & Eugénie Pastor
August 09, 2023 19:24 - 46 minutes - 85.8 MBElaine and Louise chat with the wonderful Larisa Faber & Eugénie Pastor, the creator and co-performers of Stark Bollock Naked which is on now till the 28th August 2023 at Assembly Roxy (downstairs) @3.10pm. We talk the inspiration for the show, the biological clock and all that means, drama training – to train or not to train, the joy of finding people to collaborate with and Larisa speaks about her experience of living in a country that was communist and then how you navigate out of then wh...
Episode 167: I’ve Got Some Things To Get Off My Chest - Eva Lily
August 09, 2023 18:43 - 42 minutes - 78.4 MBElaine chats with writer/performer Eva Lily about her new show I’ve Got Some Things To Get Off My Chest on from now until the the 28th August at Gilded Balloon Teviot @1.40pm. We chat boobs, the inspiration for the show, being a theatre kid, medical misogyny, our love of the NHS, the joy of the festival and the power of making your own work. A great chat with a great human. https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/i-ve-got-some-things-to-get-off-my-chest I’ve Got Some Things to Get Off My Ches...
Episode 166: What Girls Are Made Of - Cora Bissett
August 09, 2023 12:32 - 47 minutes - 87.7 MBElaine and Louise chat with the brilliant Cora Bissett about her show What Girls Are Made Of on at Assembly Rooms – Music Hall from 3rd to 27th August 2023. We chat the show, the music industry, carving your own path and so much more. A brilliant, inspiring episode with a brilliant, inspiring human. https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/what-girls-are-made-of What Girls Are Made Of In 1992 a schoolgirl from Fife was catapulted to a rock star life in an indie band. Touring with Radiohead,...
Episode 165: Wendy, My Darling - April Wish
August 07, 2023 15:12 - 42 minutes - 76.9 MBElaine and Louise chat with actor, writer, producer, filmmaker April Wish about her new show Wendy, My Darling on at the The Space @Surgeons Hall 4th -12th August 2023. We chat the creation of the show, Hollywood, being a mother in the industry, following your true self and much more. Get your tickets here: http://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/wendy-my-darling Wendy, My Darling Following her return from Neverland, Wendy Darling, now a certified Grown Up, moves to Hollywood to become a writ...
Episode 164: iCON - Sian Clarke
August 02, 2023 10:41 - 44 minutes - 81.1 MBEDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2023 SERIES Elaine chats with performer Sian Clark about her new show Icon on at Summerhall from 2nd August till the 27th. We discuss the show, training, performance art, being a woman in stand-up, our mutual fear but love of horror, stage fright and our existential crisis. https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/icon https://www.summerhall.co.uk/about/a-brief-history-of-summerhall/ iCON The world is in crisis and so is Sian Clarke. Never mind, it will probably be ...
Episode 163: Blueprints - Ashlee Elizabeth Lolo
July 27, 2023 07:00 - 55 minutes - 101 MBEDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2023 SERIES Elaine chats with writer Ashlee Elizabeth Lolo her new show Blueprints which is on at Pleasance Courtyard from the 17th August till the 28th August. We talk about where we are and where we want be, respecting your elders, the importance of teaching your craft and the joy of black love and how we need more of it on on our stages and screens. A packed episode. https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/blueprints BLUEPRINTS Are you destined to repeat ance...
Episode 162: I Love You Now What - Sophie Craig
July 24, 2023 07:00 - 50 minutes - 93 MBEDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2023 SERIES Elaine chats with performer Sophie Craig about her new show I Love You Now What? on at Pleasance Courtyard from 2nd August till the 28th. We discuss the play it’s origins, grief, losing a parent, coming from a working-class background and being a woman in comedy. A packed episode. https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/i-love-you-now-what I LOVE YOU NOW WHAT? Can love survive when someone dies? 'No bastard ever warned me that your love life goes down ...
Episode 161: Help Yourself
July 17, 2023 07:00 - 49 minutes - 91 MBEDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2023 SERIES Elaine chats with performers Jess Brodie and Victoria Bianchi about There show Hel Yourself. We also discuss friendship, being a parent and navigating the festival and how we work together when we’re not in the same city. Help yourself is on at Help Yourself Have you ever felt like you didn't have the words? Have you ever felt like you wanted to say the exact right thing, but couldn't? Have you ever wanted to make someone stop crying and just shut ...
Episode 160: Lie Low - Ciara Elizabeth Smyth
July 13, 2023 07:00 - 53 minutes - 98.3 MBEDINBURGH 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/16...
Episode 159: Summer Camp for Broken People - Emily Beecher
July 10, 2023 10:14 - 1 hour - 116 MBEDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2023 SERIES TRIGGER WARNING: EPISODE HAS REFERENCES TO SEXUAL ASSAULT, POST NATAL PSYCHOSIS. Elaine and Louise chat with Emily Beecher about her Edinburgh Festival show Summer Camp for Broken People. The origins of the show in reaction to a SA that happened to Emily and her subsequent breakdown and stay at the priory. We chat about the process of writing the piece and the discussions Emily had with many different focus groups, the misogyny around what a survivor “s...
Episode 159: Emily Beecher
July 10, 2023 10:14 - 1 hour - 116 MBEDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2023 SERIES TRIGGER WARNING: EPISODE HAS REFERENCES TO SEXUAL ASSAULT, POST NATAL PSYCHOSIS. Elaine and Louise chat with Emily Beecher about her Edinburgh Festival show Summer Camp for Broken People. The origins of the show in reaction to a SA that happened to Emily and her subsequent breakdown and stay at the priory. We chat about the process of writing the piece and the discussions Emily had with many different focus groups, the misogyny around what a survivor “s...
Episode 158: Summer Break But Not Really
June 29, 2023 06:00 - 45 minutes - 82.6 MBElaine and Louise chat summer holidays, update on short film In the Room. Vote For ELAINE for Equity Women’s and Scottish Committee and Ed Fringe podcast and blog series. Oh, and there is talk of embracing the rage. OUR WEBSITE - www.persistentandnasty.co.uk for Newsletter and Edfringe form go to Get Involved tab. VOTE FOR ELAINE - https://www.equity.org.uk/about-us/how-were-run/equity-elections/committee-elections-2023 DOVE CAMPAIGN - https://www.dove.com/uk/stories/campaigns/kids-onl...
Episode 157: Quines Cast
June 15, 2023 12:15 - 39 minutes - 71.9 MBElaine chats with Caitlin Skinner and Hannah Lavery about Quines Cast. We chat about how Quines Cast came to be, the live recordings and their themes and what that brought up for them. The 3rd Quines Cast is taking place tonight at Glasgow’s Women’s Library https://stellarquines.co.uk/show/quines-cast/ QUINES CAST Join your hosts Hannah Lavery and Caitlin Skinner as they invite Scotland’s leading feminist authors, poets, playwrights, and musicians to respond to the big questions that matte...
Quines Cast
June 15, 2023 12:15 - 39 minutes - 71.9 MBElaine chats with Caitlin Skinner and Hannah Lavery about Quines Cast. We chat about how Quines Cast came to be, the live recordings and their themes and what that brought up for them. The 3rd Quines Cast is taking place tonight at Glasgow’s Women’s Library https://stellarquines.co.uk/show/quines-cast/ QUINES CAST Join your hosts Hannah Lavery and Caitlin Skinner as they invite Scotland’s leading feminist authors, poets, playwrights, and musicians to respond to the big questions that matte...