The Performance Artist

Carran is all about family in this episode. Childhood diaries, secret boxes, hidden pasts, extended family, the unspoken sorrows and devastation, and memories of a father who described himself as a “handsome bugger”.

Carran has curated her own box of memorabilia for years before this podcast; expressing her past, especially childhood, through writing plays and performing on stage.

Having a cup of tea is an English institution; Carran's memories where the not so posh and the posh in her family met and shared a cuppa, served from the posh china tea set, are wonderful.

The story of her "Nana in Hospital" is one of hardship and mental ill health that lead Carran to uncover her Mum's subsequent adoption papers...one of many family stories she shares.

and ...as for the false teeth ...you'll have to listen to the very end to know what laughs she gets from those.

You can view all of Carran's treasures and read more of her stories on our website www.perstellas.co.uk. or view even more of her photo collection on our social media instagram @per_stellas and Facebook @perstellas

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other useful links for Carran's episode:

https://carranwaterfield.co.uk  

https://triangletheatre.carranwaterfield.co.uk

https://www.belgrade.co.uk

https://www.visitcoventry.co.uk

https://www.spinabifidaassociation.org

https://www.coventrysociety.org.uk/coventry-neighbourhoods/bell-green.html

https://www.countyasylums.co.uk/st-audrys-hospital-woodbridge/

https://ninaandfrederick.carranwaterfield.co.uk

https://twitter.com/littlebluemannw

https://www.suffolkarchives.co.uk/collections/st-audrys-hospital-melton-id407/

https://royal-naval-association.co.uk

https://rtalbot9.wixsite.com/ludicresearch/about to find out more about the clown Kurt Zarnico and the seriously funny work he undertakes

https://www.salford.ac.uk/our-staff/richard-talbot