Performing Capers

Performing Capers episodes:

• 10.25.2021

  Episode 35: The In/Out Crowd with Rhiana Laws

  In this episode of our The In/Out Crowd podcast we are joined by Rhiana Laws. Rhiana is a Dance Artist based in Scotland. She works with 'Safe To Be Me' - a project for young people in schools that provides...

  
• 09.27.2021

  Episode 34: The In/Out Crowd with Emma Thorne

  In this episode of our The In/Out Crowd podcast we are joined by bisexual YouTuber, Emma Thorne. Working in the VFX industry by day, by weekends and evenings she takes to YouTube to discuss everything from consumer protection to misogyny,...

  
• 08.30.2021

  Episode 33: The In/Out Crowd with Queer the Ballet

  In this episode of our The In/Out Crowd podcast we are joined by NYC-based ballet dancer, Adriana Pierce. Through her #QueerTheBallet initiative, Adriana showcases queer stories and identities in ballet and highlights the stories of queer folks from all walks...

  
• 08.02.2021

  Episode 32: The In/Out Crowd with Amazin LeThi

  On this month’s The In/Out Crowd podcast, we are joined by a brilliant special guest, Amazin LeThi. Amazin LeThi is a global LGBTQ advocate, keynote speaker, athlete and cultural change leader. She is the only Asian LGBTQ Athlete to...

  
• 07.12.2021

  Episode 31: The In/Out Crowd with Somewhere: For Us

  In this episode of our The In/Out Crowd podcast we are joined by Thomas and Kathryn from the Scotland-based LGBTQ+ magazine Somewhere: For Us. They offer some advice to their younger selves and older selves. Plus, they play another game...

  
• 06.18.2021

  Episode 30: The In/Out Crowd

  As part of Pride Month, we delighted to bring The In/Out Crowd to a podcast near you……erm…..here! We’re here, we’re queer, we’re a podcast! Ta-dah! Each month, The In/Out Crowd can be found once a month on our social channels...

  
• 02.10.2021

  Episode 29: Finding Your Feet - With special guest Vince Virr

  In this special LGBTQ+ History Month edition of our Finding our Feet podcast, we are joined by dance artist, Vince Virr. Vince has worked with us for many years as a dancer in productions including 'Within This Dust', and...

  
• 12.15.2020

  Episode 28: Finding Your Feet - With special guest Linzi McLagan

  Joining us today is dance activist and educator, Linzi McLagan! Linzi works as Head of Education at YDance and is a self-confessed learning lover. She joins us for a chat about 3 significant moments in her life. She...

  
• 11.18.2020

  Episode 27: Finding Your Feet - With special guest, singer Mark Franks from The Overtones!

  After a wee lick of paint, we are back with a new format! Welcome to Finding Your Feet with our special guest, Mark Franks. Mark is a singer/songwriter from the platinum-selling vocal harmony group, The Overtones. Mark worked with...

  
• 09.29.2020

  Episode 25: Performing Capers - Dancing in Lockdown

  On today’s Performing Caper’s Podcast we have our Creative Learning Coordinator, Sarah chatting with two of our lovely Body members, Jorja and Lesley, about teaching and training online. Jorja discusses what it’s like teaching online vs in a studio setting...

  
• 09.22.2020

  Episode 24: Performing Capers - Working Class Access

  On today’s episode of “Performing Capers”, we have two of our core team members, Trainee Fundraiser, Dylan, and Dance Artist, Alex, chatting about working class access to contemporary dance and the arts as a whole. Drawing from their own experiences...

  
• 09.17.2020

  Episode 23: Performing Capers - Yoga and Dance

  On today’s episode of ‘Performing Capers’ we are joined by Edinburgh based photographer, performer and yoga instructor Sophie O’Brien and our Dance Artist Alex. Having met as colleagues at a previous performance job, now close friends, they chat about the...

  
• 09.08.2020

  Episode 22: Performing Capers - Welcome to Village Hall

  On today’s ‘Performing Capers’ podcast, we are joined by our Artistic Director, Tommy, and our Dance Artist, Alex. They’re having a chat about the launch of our brand-new online platform … Shaper/Caper’s Village Hall! Our Village Hall is our online...

  
• 09.01.2020

  Episode 21: Performing Capers - Intersectionality: Tolerance vs Acceptance

  This week’s ‘Performing Capers’ podcast is a discussion about Intersectionality: Tolerance vs Acceptance. Brought to you by our Co-Chair of The Body, Lesley, and our Dance Artist, Alex, they bring up topics recently raised during our company training about unconscious...

  
• 08.25.2020

  Episode 20: Performing Capers - A chat about visibility

  For this week’s Performing Capers Podcast, we have our dance artist Alex chatting with their good friend and fellow artist Emma Lynn Harley. Chatting about their experiences as being bisexual folks, what it means to be bisexual, the issues facing...

  
• 08.17.2020

  Episode 19: Performing Capers - A chat with Polish artists, Remi and Kasia, about LGBTQ+ life in Poland

  On this week’s Performing Capers podcast, we catch up with dance artist Katarzyna Leszek and artist, Remigiusz Jabłecki, Both Remi and Kasia joined our very first LGBTQ+ magazine show, The In/Out Crowd, to talk about the political situation in Poland...

  
• 08.10.2020

  Episode 18: Performing Capers - Chat with one of our Trustees, Allan McIntyre

  On today’s ‘Performing Capers’ we are joined by our Artistic Director, Tommy Small, and one of our Trustees, Allan McIntyre. As well as chatting all things Shaper/Caper, Allan and Tommy also have a few fun behind the scenes stories to...

  
• 08.06.2020

  Episode 17: Performing Capers - Rainbow Ramblings

  Today’s ‘Performing Capers’ is brought to you by our Dance Artist and LGBTQ+ champion Alex McCrossan and is based all around our plans for an LGBTQ+ company policy. Alex chats briefly about their experiences of being a non-binary dance artist...

  
• 07.28.2020

  Episode 16: Performing Capers - Micro Bursaries with Jorja and Eleanor

  With thanks to the National Lottery Community Fund, we are super excited to announce that we have managed to offer two bursaries to a couple of members of our Youth Advisory Council The Body! Jorja will be joining us to...

  
• 07.19.2020

  Episode 15: Performing Capers - Introducing The In/Out Crowd

  On this week's episode, Shaper/Caper's Tommy and Alex talk about our new LGBTQ+ project, The In/Out Crowd. It's a fun, magazine style, online show looking at culture and politics with reviews, quizzes and debates! Also, Alex talks about their...

  
• 07.13.2020

  Episode 14: Performing Capers - Behind the scenes at Children's Capers

  So far, we’ve had 81 Children’s Capers episodes and over 70k views…… and we aren’t stopping any time soon! On today’s podcast, Shaper/Caper’s Alex and Sarah take a deep dive into the creation and development of our online children’s workshops,...

  
• 07.06.2020

  Episode 13: Performing Capers - Jorja and Myrthe from The Body talk about managing routines and habits during lockdown

  On this week’s podcast episode we are joined by two of our Body members Jorja and Myrthe. They will be discussing Jorja’s recent blog created during the lockdown period with lots of tips and tricks including ways to manage our...

  
• 06.30.2020

  Episode 12: Performing Capers - Pride Month with Andromeda and Phoenix

  As part of Pride month, our podcast features another member of The Body, Andromeda, joined by her brother Phoenix where they are discussing their thoughts around Pride both pre and post lockdown. They chat about both of them being part...

  
• 06.27.2020

  Episode 11: Performing Capers - Pride Month with Tommy, Alex, Eleanor and Myrthe

  As Pride month draws to a close, today’s podcast is a bit of a trip across Europe! We have Artistic Director, Tommy and Dance Artist, Alex here in sunny Scotland joined by The Body members Eleanor in Germany and Myrthe...

  
• 06.07.2020

  Episode 10: Performing Capers - Mindfulness with Shaper/Caper's Sarah and Dylan

  In this Performing Capers podcast, Sarah Greene and Dylan Boswell, team members of Shaper/Caper, have a chat about all things Mindfulness. They discuss what it’s like leading a Mindfulness practise in person compared to digital sessions and how the lockdown...

  
• 05.26.2020

  Episode 9: Performing Capers - Clare & Lesley from our Youth Advisory Board talk about dance, disability and their experiences.

  As lockdown continues, so does our Podcast Series! This week’s episode features another couple of members from our Youth Advisory Board ‘The Body’. We have recent dance degree graduates Lesley Howard and Clare Adam chatting about their experiences as dancers...

  
• 05.21.2020

  Episode 8: Performing Capers - Training and Graduating During Lockdown with The Body members, Eleanor and Hannah

  Today on ‘Performing Capers’ we have two members of our Youth Advisory Board, ‘The Body’, chatting about the experiences and difficulties dancers in training and recent dance graduates are facing during the current lockdown restrictions. They talk about the dance...

  
• 02.21.2020

  Episode 7: Performing Capers - Tommy & Alex talk about Section 28, coming out and Madonna!

  Tommy chats about what it was like to grow as gay man in the 80's during the AIDS crisis and the aftermath of Section 28 whilst Alex chats about their mum working as a charge Nurse during the crisis. ...

  
• 02.04.2020

  Episode 6: Performing Capers - Vince & Lisa talk 9/11

  Join dancers Vince & Lisa as they talk about performing in our critically acclaimed production, Within This Dust, which is inspired by the iconic images by photographer Richard Drew that capture a man falling from the World Trade Center during...

  
• 02.04.2019

  Episode 5: Performing Capers - A young person in conversation with a pro dancer

  One of our young people in conversation with one of our professional dancers.

  
• 01.16.2019

  Episode 4: Performing Capers - The Body's creative responses to Paper Moon

  In this week’s podcast, our Creative Learning Dance Artist, Sarah Greene and Dance Trainee, Alex McCrossan, talks to members of Shaper/Caper's Youth Advisory Council called The Body. The Body have, once again, been creating their own works of art inspired...

  
• 01.05.2019

  Episode 3: Performing Capers - Mid rehearsal week blether with cast of No Offence

  This week we catch up with Tommy and the dancers as they research and develop a new show for young people aged 12 to 15 called ‘No Offence’ that explores LGBTQ issues in the 21st Century.

  
• 12.13.2018

  Episode 2: Performing Capers - After show chat with cast from Paper Moon

  In this episode, we catch up with performers Rob and Miranda about the creative process of making Paper Moon for Cumbernauld Theatre.

  
• 12.01.2018

  Episode 1: Introducing The Body of Work

  In our first every podcast, our Creative Learning Dance Artist, Sarah Greene, talks to members of Shaper/Caper's Youth Advisory Council called The Body.