Robin Wiener has been a journalist for 45 years, most of it with ABC News (US), as a senior news producer and bureau chief, leading work in Washington DC, Hong Kong, Rome, South Africa, Los Angeles and London in a career which has seen her produce ABC's authoritative content on everything from US politics and the Vatican to the first democratic elections in post-apartheid South Africa, the OJ Simpson trial, the Hong Kong handover and the death of Princess Diana. She now works freelance, covering US sporting fixtures in the UK.

In addition she is a proud patron of the arts and has been one of Dark Unicorn's major supporters since our inception, so it was a pleasure for DU Artistic Director Paddy Cooper to sit down to talk about her life, career, love of theatre and exactly what it was about Michael Jackson that she once had to find a way to report.

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CREDITS: Written, Presented and Edited by Paddy Cooper

Title Sequence: Matt McGurk (http://www.matthewmcgurk.com)

Title Music: Curtis Batson (http://www.curtbmusic.com)

Special thanks to: The estate of James Lipton

Executive Producer: Eleanor Stourton

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Actor, writer and producer Tom Palmer (EastEnders, Live at the Electric, Totally Tom) talks to Dark Unicorn Artistic Director Paddy Cooper about his life, career, his forthcoming feature film and how to get your shot-list right before approaching soap royalty.

To find out about Access All Areas Theatre, which works with people with learning disabilities, and how you can support their work, please visit: http://www.accessallareastheatre.org/

To find out about Bare Face Theatre, the AAA seed company which Tom has helped start, visit: https://ravanburn.com/bareface-collective-1

Tom's short film "Man of the Hour", which won a Best Short Film award at Cannes, is viewable now on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Man-Hour-Charlotte-Ritchie/dp/B0886JHGWZ

To keep up with information about his forthcoming feature film "All My Friends Hate Me", visit the Ravanburn Films website http://www.ravanburn.com.

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CREDITS:

Written, Presented and Edited by Paddy Cooper

Title Music: Curtis Batson

Special thanks to: The estate of James Lipton, BBC, Ravanburn Films, Totally Tom Films, The Arcola Theatre, Oliver King, Alastair Muir, Chloe Wicks.

Executive Producer: Eleanor Stourton

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London-based actor and LGBT+ activist Denholm Spurr talks to Dark Unicorn Artistic Director Paddy Cooper about his life, career, work within queer theatre and how he moved from homelessness into being one of the most recognisable faces in the capital's LGBT+ arts scene.

Happily Ever Poofter has now been re-scheduled and is playing The Two Brewers, Clapham on Sept 24/25, 2020. For more information and to book, please visit: http://www.happilyeverpoofter.com

To find out more about Denholm's new board game and to get in touch to be a test player, visit http://www.dicecruise.com

To find out more about the work of Wandsworth Oasis and how you can support it, please visit: https://www.wandsworthoasis.org.uk/

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CREDITS:

Written, Presented and Edited by Paddy Cooper

Title Music: Curtis Batson

Special thanks to: The estate of James Lipton, Eliza Goroya, Reece McMahon & The Pleasance Theatre, The King's Head Theatre, 56 Dean Street & Amazon Prime, The Production Team of Happily Ever Poofter

Executive Producer: Eleanor Stourton

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Actor, audiobook narrator and former Doctor Who companion for Big Finish Productions Elliot Chapman talks to friend and Dark Unicorn Productions' Artistic Director Paddy Cooper about life, work, sci-fi conventions, how retirement is a state of mind and the Shakespearean sights his whippet has seen in a warm, friendly, insightful interview with some questions from the public included for good measure.

To purchase Elliot's contributions to the Doctor Who audio universe, please visit: https://www.bigfinish.com/contributors/v/Elliot-Chapman-6336

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CREDITS:

Written, Presented and Edited by Paddy Cooper

Title Music: Curtis Batson

Special thanks to: The estate of James Lipton, the estate of Michael Craze, BBC, Big Finish Productions, Tony Jones/Red Rocket Rising

Executive Producer: Eleanor Stourton

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Lincolnshire-born Chloe Gale, better known as Berlin burlesque sensation Cadbury Parfait, talks to Dark Unicorn Productions' Artistic Director Paddy Cooper about her life, her path into and through performance, her commitment to daring, inclusive, body-positive and diverse burlesque and her passion for vintage fashion, even in the face of Berlin's low-key style.

You can follow her work via Facebook and Instagram:

http://www.facebook.com/cadburyparfait

http://www.instagram/cadburyparfait

Find out more about the work she produces with Extravagant Shambles at:

http://www.facebook.com/EXTRAVAGANTSHAMBLES

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CREDITS:

Written, Presented and Edited by Paddy Cooper

Title Music: Curtis Batson

Special thanks to: The estate of James Lipton, the estate of Keith Morris, Professor Emeritus David Ian Rabey, Shimmy Shake Berlin Burlesque Academy, Camile Photography, Veronika Marx, The Grand Club, Daniel Paikov, Frack & Spitzenhoschen and River Hughes

Executive Producer: Eleanor Stourton

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Actor, writer, comedian and star of both Horrible Histories and Thomas the Tank Engine, Tom Stourton, talks to Dark Unicorn Productions Artistic Director Paddy Cooper about his life and work, coming onto a long-running series with a very established audience and his love of painting.

You can follow Tom on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/tomstourton

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CREDITS:

Written, Presented and Edited by Paddy Cooper

Title Music: Curtis Batson

Special thanks to: The estate of James Lipton, Totally Tom, Lion TV, BBC, Scholastic Publications

Executive Producer: Eleanor Stourton

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Sketch comedy duo Barry Glennon and Sian Hutchinson - long-time favourites at the Brighton Fringe and national finalists in the UK-wide SketchOff competition, sat down in their separate homes to talk to Dark Unicorn Artistic Director (and their show pianist) Paddy Cooper about what makes them laugh, their love of live comedy and bringing their work to life with an all-LGBT+ company.

Subscribe to their YouTube Channel for their latest output: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCRfua9jq9WtRnzuum2xSig

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CREDITS:

Written, Presented and Edited by Paddy Cooper

Title Music: Curtis Batson

Special thanks to: The estate of James Lipton, BS Productions

Executive Producer: Eleanor Stourton

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Kit Hesketh-Harvey has been a fixture on the cabaret circuit for nigh on 40 years, and is also a screenwriter, librettist, broadcaster, veteran panto villain and social dynamo, among much else besides.

Famous for 30 years as one half of "Kit and the Widow", and subsequently as 50% of "Kit and McConnel", his skewering, blithely acidic and sometimes heartrending cabaret chansons have tackled every subject under the sun from fans of Stephen Sondheim and the perils of eating at Nando's to the (thankfully now abolished) Clause 28 and environmental destruction, and he now has his eye on how best to adapt to a world now acutely aware of the politics of identity.

He talks, from the former church designed by William Donthorn which he owns, which sits next to his house and within which he has passed a hermitesque lockdown, to Dark Unicorn Productions Artistic Director Paddy Cooper about the many turns and twists his career has taken, his adoration for the magic of pantomime and how a great-aunt managed to escape back to England from behind enemy lines in World War One using a ukulele and her feminine wiles.

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CREDITS:

Written, Presented and Edited by Paddy Cooper

Title Music: Curtis Batson

Special thanks to: The estate of James Lipton, James McConnel (The McConnel of that ilk), Richard Sisson, The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Jenks & Co., Gay Times, The Evening Standard, The How To Academy/FANE, Channel 4, The Daily Telegraph and The Reading Chronicle

Executive Producer: Eleanor Stourton

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Danny Rogers was the child who had it all - a great home with a loving family and a Dad who had made millions as one of the UK's most recognisable light entertainers. But by the time Danny was 11, the money had gone, his Dad was dead and he was in care.

Finding a way of embracing the spectre of his father - singer, comedian and host of 1980s Saturday night classic gameshow 3-2-1, Danny has forged a career as an actor, presenter and entertainer in his own way, and has also turned the tumultuous story of his life into a one-man show, "Bin and Gone" (special guest appearance in that, as in this interview, from the legendary Dusty Bin).

He talks to Dark Unicorn Productions' Artistic Director Paddy Cooper as they discuss overcoming obstacles, the joy of panto and acting alongside the world's most famous silent bear.

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CREDITS:

Written, Presented and Edited by Paddy Cooper

Title Music: Curtis Batson

Special thanks to: The estate of James Lipton, Paul Holman Associates, The Lowther Pavilion, The Rogers Family Photo Archive, The Royal National Children's SpringBoard Foundation, The Reedham Children's Trust, ITV Central News and Yorkshire Television

Executive Producer: Eleanor Stourton

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Award-winning indie screenwriting partnership Dan John Witherall and Colin Adams-Toomey - the creative force behind the festival-wowing 2016 indie horror feature "Lost Creek" - discuss working between continents, their separate achievements, and reminisce on their meeting at university with the man who introduced them - Dark Unicorn Productions' artistic director Paddy Cooper.

They are represented by LA agents Schemers Entertainment - http://www.schemers-ent.com

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CREDITS:

Written, Presented and Edited by Paddy Cooper

Title Music: Curtis Batson

Special thanks to: The estate of James Lipton

Executive Producer: Eleanor Stourton

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