MakeyUppers Podcast

Alternative Bedtime Stories - The Cinderella Episode


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In this, our first (re-uploaded and better sounding) episode, we talk about the beginnings of MakeyUppers.

We talk about:

  • How the Cinderella sketch was written by Gemma years before we met
  • How we met and bonded over mutual disillusionment with the acting industry
  • How we discovered that it was a feminist piece...and that we were too
  • Discovering our skills and shared passion for multi-role-ing, physical theatre and clowning
  • Accidental Theatre's Scratch Night in Belfast and needing deadlines
  • Our subsequent realisation of how anti - feminist the sketch actually was and how we developed a new sketch in response
  • How our work has always reflected where we're at in our personal lives
  • What clowning is...? What great acting needs.

 

**PLEASE NOTE** I think 'technical issues' are the term used to explain the imperfections in the recording - I'm (Sorcha) choosing to see them as 'learning curveys'...!

 

P.S. The clips of the sketch are from our rehearsal before the recording - I somehow managed to not record that one... Seamless!

 


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MakeyUppers PodcastBy Sorcha Shanahan