Creageivity

In Creageivity 04 Gregory Gudgeon talks about performing Shakespeare's King Richard II, with puppets.
Richard is alone in his prison cell, and begins to use objects there to take the place of people in his life as he compares how far he has fallen: ' Sometimes am I king; Then treasons make me wish myself a beggar, And so I am.'  He hears distant music, and is irritated, and also soothed by it, 'In this all-hating world.'

We're delighted that Gregory offered to perform Richard's soliloquy especially for Creageavity listeners, so here's three bonus minutes: bask in the voice of a wonderful actor!

If you feel you're too old to be creative, or too creative to be old, then Creageivity is the podcast for you!

Acting seems to have been in the blood for Gregory Gudgeon from an early age, with family connections to the stage, and a childhood role in a local pantomime which captured his imagination. Later, movement training came at the Jaques Lecoq school in Paris, with productions in French, and the mentorship of the Czech actor and director, Hannah Kodicek. 

Gregory has appeared with the international touring theatre company Complicité, is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and has performed his one-man show of Richard II (along with a host of puppets) at festivals in The UK and Holland. His film career is long and varied, including 2022’s All Quiet on the Western Front, as well as a major new movie which is currently strictly under wraps! 

In an entertaining and wide-ranging interview we hear about the importance of spoons, oatcakes, and why the Royal Navy’s loss was theatre’s gain.

A must-listen!

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1087129/

http://www.complicite.org/peopleperformers/GregoryGudgeon

Intro and outro song excerpts by Mark Flett, from his album Somewhere Man
https://markflettandhisband.bandcamp.com/album/somewhere-man

If you feel you're too old to be creative, or too creative to be old, then Creageivity is the podcast for you!

Platinum and Gold record songwriter Tim Fraser got traction relatively late in his career, but hasn't looked back since, with multiple successes for major artists around the world. In this podcast he relates the story of how Tina Turner came to record one of his songs, and mentions a few other performers along the way. There's also the opportunity to hear four of Tim's recent compositions. With music spanning Rap, Pop, Rock and Show Tunes, Tim is a prolific and gifted songwriter, who nevertheless has a very practical approach to his work. His songs have also been heard on many TV series and video games.
In addition, Tim lectures at the London College of Music, and is a Director of the British Academy of Composers and Authors. As a Freeman of the City of London, he has been granted the historic right to 'relieve himself' in Saint Paul's churchyard, and to drive his sheep across Southwark bridge... both of which he claims to have done. 

see more at: https://www.tim-fraser.co.uk/

If you feel you're too old to be creative, or too creative to be old, then Creageivity is the podcast for you!

Arthur Brown's debut album The Crazy World of Arthur Brown was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic... in 1968. Since then The God of Hellfire has never stopped making music and collaborating with a wide range of amazing musicians. (In this podcast he recalls gigs with Frank Zappa, and hanging out with Jimi Hendrix in his LA apartment).
A true legend, Arthur met Claire Waller when she was running her much-loved Buttercup Café in Lewes, East Sussex, and the two slowly formed a partnership to bring Arthur's music and performance to new audiences, through multi-media shows, which may even (as we hear in the podcast) be staged in their own venue.
It's a truly inspiring story which takes in the release of the single Long Long Road - released on Arthur's 80th birthday - and exciting work with young animators and designers. Along the way we hear about the pair's love of nature, and the idyllic life they are building together in the Yorkshire Dales.   

see more at: 
https://www.thegodofhellfire.com/
https://www.facebook.com/arthurbrownmusic/

hear more at:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Wyn0ejiSIAgFhCL6zbTRm

If you feel you're too old to be creative, or too creative to be old, then Creageivity is the podcast for you!

Podcast 01 features special guest, actor LISA ARMYTAGE, who fell into acting – literally – aged 6,  when she entered the school stage headfirst as The Angel Gabriel through the wrong entrance - where the curtains were tied together at the bottom. Recovering from this mortifying beginning has been a lifelong quest. 

You may remember Lisa as a 30-something actor in the main cast of ‘Neighbours’ as Dr Beverly Marshall, mark 1. Leaving the show to spend more time with a young family, Lisa has nevertheless continued to work on stage, television, and film in a variety of dramatic and comedy roles. More recently she has re-emerged as an audiobook narrator and voice actor. She is now as busy as she was in her ‘Neighbours’ heyday. In April 2023 Lisa is in the first episode of ‘The Robots’ – a Big Finish audio production for all Dr Who fans.  

Otherwise, you can hear what she’s been up to by taking a look at her page as a narrator on Audible as Lisa Armytage. That’s Armytage with a ‘y’ not an ‘i’. Think of an ‘army’ mixed with a ‘stage’ and you’ve (almost) got it.

see more at:
https://www.spokenbylisa.co.uk/
https://www.audible.co.uk/search?keywords=lisa+armytage

If you feel you're too old to be creative, or too creative to be old, then Creageivity is the podcast for you!