Getting Better Acquainted

This is GBA 200 pt 1 with guest host Helen Zaltzman.

The #GBA200 season will celebrate 200 episodes of Getting Better Acquainted with a week of daily episodes where the script is switched and the people I know interview me. It's taking place from the 16th-20th of March. The guest hosts are Helen Zaltzman, Chella Quint, Sophia Walker and James McKay, Jen Adamthwaite and Charley Harrison. During this week we'll learn what Getting Better Acquainted might be like if it was made by someone else, and whether I'm a consistent character or not; we'll explore and celebrate how combinations of people and places create wildly different conversations.

I'll also be re-sharing and discussing the first 200 episodes of GBA on the show's twitter feed, using the hashtag #GBA200. If you want to join in the celebrations by sharing your favourite episodes, you would be very welcome to do so!

I plug:

Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/

Storylines: http://www.ampersandmedia.co.uk/current.php

Edinburgh - SUT: https://www.facebook.com/events/1378858509079820/

What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://www.facebook.com/events/1554323898168649/

Mentioned in the episode:

I Hated Being Young: https://soundcloud.com/the-dave/i-hated-being-young

Four Days in a Room: https://soundcloud.com/fourdaysinaroom/sets/highlights-from-four-days-in-a

Matt Hill: http://rethinkdaily.co.uk/

Richard: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-richard-episodes

Jen: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-jen-episodes

Jo: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-52-jo

Apples for Everyone: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/

RethinkDaily: http://archive.rethinkdaily.co.uk/

Numbers: https://t.co/6jywRxG5xC

Quantum Leap: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Leap

Answer Me This! http://answermethispodcast.com/

Richard Herring - Collings and Herrin: http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/collingsherrin/archive/

This American Life: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/

Radiolab: http://www.radiolab.org/

WTF: http://www.wtfpod.com/

Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/

The Open Episodes: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-open-episodes

Risk! http://risk-show.com/podcast/3177/

GBA Specials: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/gba-specials

Helen on SUT: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/selected-tragedy-vol-6-tragic-history

Forty Hall: http://www.fortyhallestate.co.uk/

Enfield Council: http://www.enfield.gov.uk/

Dad episode - virginity: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-118-dad-3

Dad Episodes: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-dad-episodes

Anthony Kiedis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Kiedis

Martin: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-67-martin-the-sound-man

Everyday Sexism: http://everydaysexism.com/

Arthur Miller: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Miller

Ian Curtis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Curtis

Slipknot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slipknot_%28band%29

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In GBA 199 we get better acquainted with Adele Hampton. She talks spoken word, journalism, finding her voice, navigating the intersections of class, race, gender and sexuality, her specific experiences of growing up biracial, moving to London from America and so much more.

Adele plugs:

Her video production work: Contact her at Adele Hampton on facebook. Check out her previous video work: http://adelehampton.com/

I plug:

The upcoming #GBA200 season (16th-20th March 2015) where I will be celebrating 200 hundred episodes of Getting Better Acquainted with a week of conversations where the table is turned and other people run the show and I am the guest.

And Tragic Spring: https://www.facebook.com/events/588668424609848/

We mention:

Sophia Walker: https://www.facebook.com/SophiaWalker

Can't Care Won't Care: http://www.rondotheatre.co.uk/production/1159/

Around the World in 8 Mistakes: http://sabotagereviews.com/2013/08/29/edinburgh-fringe-review-around-the-world-in-eight-mistakes-by-sophia-walker/

Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/

Oxford Brookes: https://www.brookes.ac.uk/

New College of Humanities: https://www.nchum.org/

My dad: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-dad-episodes

Adele's dad: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3563885/

http://www.transcendingsurgeon.com/

Miner's Strike: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_miners%27_strike_%281984%E2%80%9385%29

Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/

Doctor Who: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who

Daniel Radcliffe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Radcliffe

Rhianna: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhianna_(singer)

Annie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_(2014_film)

Ferguson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Ferguson_unrest

The Wire: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wire

Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/

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In GBA 198 we get better acquainted with Jack Rooke. He talks about co-writing a show about the death of his dad with his Nan, the barriers to education and the arts that people from working class backgrounds have to deal with, how suicide is presented in the media, watching daytime TV and so much more.

He *is* crowdfunding his show: http://t.co/TWiOZCoU3K

Here he is in a video telling you about it: http://t.co/pZ50wGETXV

Content Note: Bereavement and reference to suicide and mental health.

Jack plugs:

@JackRooke: https://twitter.com/jackrooke

Good Grief: http://www.thegoodgriefproject.com

Child Bereavement Network: http://www.childhoodbereavementnetwork.org.uk/

Plan If: http://www.planif.org.uk/

I plug:

The upcoming #GBA200 season where I will be celebrating 200 hundred episodes of Getting Better Acquainted with a week of conversations where the table is turned and other people run the show and I am the guest.

We mention:

Roundhouse: http://www.roundhouse.org.uk/

Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/

Wilderness Festival: http://www.wildernessfestival.com/

Charley Harrison: http://charleylucyharrison.com/

About A Boy: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0276751/

Owain: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-16-owain

University of Westminster: http://www.westminster.ac.uk/

Trafalgar Studios: http://www.trafalgar-studios.co.uk/

Meera Syal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meera_Syal

Arts Council: http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/

The Free Fringe: http://freefringe.org.uk/

This Morning: http://www.itv.com/thismorning

Loose Women: http://www.itv.com/loosewomen

The Chase: http://www.itv.com/thechase

Doctors: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mh9v

Bang Said the Gun: http://www.bangsaidthegun.com/

The Surgery - Radio One: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wkj8

Widow's Parents Allowance: http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/jul/15/widowed-parents-allowance-cut

Bono: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bono

CALM: https://www.thecalmzone.net/

My Aunt: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-125-margaret

Lana Del Rey: http://lanadelrey.com/

L'Wren Scott: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Wren_Scott

Mick Jagger: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Jagger

Samaritans: http://www.samaritans.org/

Bowl of Oranges: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUym7n7fJTQ

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0W1v0kOELA

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In GBA 197 we get better acquainted with Toni. She talks about being a sex worker and sex worker rights activist, decriminalisation, the problems with the Swedish Model, the language and stigma around sex work, harm reduction, how various systems of oppression intersect around the lives of sex workers and more.

Toni is a member of the Sex Worker Open University: http://www.sexworkeropenuniversity.com/

Content Note: Some reference to violence against sex workers and to rape and sexual assault, although none of these references are graphic or personal accounts.

Toni plugs:

@SexWorkerOU: https://twitter.com/SexWorkerOU

CONFIDE: Helpline: http://confideinfo.com/about/

I plug:

Tragic Winter @ Hackney Attic: 28th February:

http://www.facebook.com/events/1516191711967276/

We mention:

International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers: http://www.december17.org/

Carol Leigh: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Leigh

Tres Cosas Campaign: https://3cosascampaign.wordpress.com/about/

Decriminalisation: http://prostitutescollective.net/2010/09/28/decriminalisation-of-prostitution-v-legalisation-2/

Swedish/Nordic Model: http://www.sexworkeropenuniversity.com/blog/swou-statement-on-poverty-sex-work-and-the-swedish-model-poverty-is-objectifying-demeaning-and-coercive1

Amnesty International - the backlash: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/agm-decisions-to-date

http://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/2013/06/amnesty-human-rights-and-criminalisation-sex-work

Friends: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends

Petite Jasmine:

http://titsandsass.com/the-bloody-state-gave-him-the-power-a-swedish-sex-workers-murder/

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/alex-bryce/petite-jasmine-sex-workers_b_4439049.html

Arrested Development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrested_Development_%28TV_series%29

Tina Fay: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Fey

Morecambe Bay Cockle Picking Disaster: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Morecambe_Bay_cockling_disaster

ECP: http://www.nswp.org/members/europe/english-collective-prostitutes

http://prostitutescollective.net/

x: talk: http://www.xtalkproject.net/

NSWP: http://www.nswp.org/

Ipswich Serial murders: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipswich_serial_murders

Associated Press: http://www.ap.org/

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In GBA 196 we get better acquainted with Siobhan. She talks about making comedy, being a sign language interpreter, the politics of marriage, honeymooning in lapland, grief and bereavement, spreading eccentric joy, feminism, being an identical twin and so much more. The conversation focused on Siobhan's breasts much more than either of us were expecting.

Siobhan plugs:

We Are Funny Variety @ Dirty Dicks: 25th February: https://www.facebook.com/events/807156749349594/

I plug:

Tragic Winter @ Hackney Attic: 28th February:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1516191711967276/

We mention:

Stand Up Tragedy: www.standuptragedy.co.uk/

Tragic Heroes: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sets/tragic-heroes

CUNTH: http://www.cunth.co.uk/

Charley Harrison: http://charleylucyharrison.com/

We Are Funny: http://wearefunnyproject.com/

Tragic Christmas: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sets/tragic-christmas

BSL: http://www.british-sign.co.uk/

SSE: http://www.signedlanguage.co.uk/signsupportedenglish.html

Sense: http://www.sense.org.uk/

Usher Syndrome: http://www.sense.org.uk/content/usher-syndrome

Disability Challengers: http://www.disability-challengers.org/

Cochlia Implant Video: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2590509/Watch-The-moving-moment-deaf-woman-overcome-emotion-HEARS-time-having-cochlea-implants-switched-on.html

Ged: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-31-ged

Womanism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Womanism

Louisa Omielan: http://www.iloveluisa.com/

Nadia Kamil: http://nadiakamil.co.uk/

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In GBA 195 we get better acquainted with Jess. He talks about positivity as a political act, being a tour guide, the representation of minority religions, teaching English in China, the impact of his sister's life and death on his family and exploring the infinite and the unknown.

Jess plugs:

Upcoming short film in production: working title Duty of Care: http://www.ideastap.com/People/Jess-Brownrigg @JessBrownrigg

Thinking beyond ourselves.

Extra plug:

Stand Up Tragedy: Tragic Winter 28th February: http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Hackney_Picturehouse/film/Stand_Up_Tragedy_Tragic_Winter/

We talk:

Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/

Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/

Stand Up Tragedy Story: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/tragic-beginnings-act-1

Tour Guide Spark Story: https://www.mixcloud.com/sparklondon/a-grand-gesture-jess-brownrigg/

Kepler Telescope: http://kepler.nasa.gov/

New Scientist: http://www.newscientist.com/

Aristotle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle

38 Degres: http://www.38degrees.org.uk/

George Mobiot on growth:

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/27/if-we-cant-change-economic-system-our-number-is-up

Green Party: http://www.greenparty.org.uk/

The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Songlines-Vintage-Classics-Bruce-Chatwin/dp/0099769913

Rik Mayall: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rik_Mayall

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In GBA 194 we get better acquainted with Paula Varjack. She talks about finding herself through becoming someone else, creating performed documentary, how money and art and identity intersect, singing the Cat in the Hat to the tune of Radiohead's Creep, the ethical and practical concerns of producing shows and more. I also get a chance to tease out some of the nuances around my attitude to copyright.

Paula plugs:

Her website: http://www.paulavarjack.com

How I Became Myself (By Becoming Someone Else): http://www.paulavarjack.com/projects/How-I-Became-Myself-(By-Becoming-Someone-Else).html

Contacting her if you are an artist wanting to get involved with Show Me the Money: http://www.twitter.com/paulavarjack

Extra plugs:

The Fail Better Podcast: http://www.londonfieldsradio.co.uk/2015/02/01/fail-better-podcast-episode-1-amy-acre-james-harris/

Anti-Slam Anti-Valantines - 14th Feb Hackney Attic: http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Hackney_Picturehouse/film/Anti_Slam_Valentine_S_Special/

Varjack and Simpson: http://varjackandsimpson.tumblr.com

Never Mind the Fullstops 5th March: http://varjackandsimpson.tumblr.com/fullstops

Stand Up Tragedy: Tragic Winter 28th February: http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Hackney_Picturehouse/film/Stand_Up_Tragedy_Tragic_Winter/

We mention:

Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/

The Free Fringe: http://freefringe.org.uk/

The Anti Social Network: http://www.paulavarjack.com/projects/the-anti-social-network.html

Rada: https://www.rada.ac.uk/

Chelsea Theatre: http://www.chelseatheatre.org.uk/

Lesley Ewen: http://www.generallife.org/

Everything's A Remix: http://everythingisaremix.info/watch-the-series/

Manchester Rambler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YENYMwuCG2Y

Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/

Instagram: http://instagram.com/

James Harris: http://jamesharrisstandup.com/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBzeRGnvFEJTvI-cFw-TqIA

Miranda July: http://mirandajuly.com/

No One Belongs Here More Than You: http://www.amazon.co.uk/One-Belongs-Here-More-Than/dp/1847671160

Bargehouse - GrimmTales: http://www.grimm-tales.co.uk/

Soho Theatre: http://www.sohotheatre.com/

Leicester Square Theatre: http://www.leicestersquaretheatre.com/

Hackney Attic: http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Hackney_Picturehouse/Attic/Hackney_Attic/

The Anti-Slam: http://varjackandsimpson.tumblr.com/anti-slam

Raymond Antrobus: http://raymondantrobus.blogspot.co.uk/

The Dogstar: http://dogstarbrixton.com/

Superbard: http://www.superbard.co.uk/

Creative One: https://www.creativeone.com/cmindex.aspx

Paloma Faith: http://www.palomafaith.com/

Myspace: https://myspace.com/

Cat in the Hat / Creep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wl3Yc4FgjA

Radiohead: http://www.radiohead.co.uk/

Cat in the Hat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cat_in_the_Hat

The Christmas Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfHaBbCLzDo

Dan Simpson: https://dansimpsonpoet.wordpress.com/

Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/

Public Liability Insurance: http://www.confused.com/small-business-insurance/guides/understanding-public-liability-insurance

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In GBA 193 we get better acquainted with Dan Simpson. He talks about performance and process, working with words, learning acceptance, geek culture, categorising the arts and lots more.

Dan plugs:

Anti-Slam Anti-Valantines - 14th Feb Hackney Attic: http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Hackney_Picturehouse/film/Anti_Slam_Valentine_S_Special/

Varjack and Simpson: http://varjackandsimpson.tumblr.com//

Stand Up And Slam: http://www.standupandslam.com/

https://twitter.com/StandUpAndSlam

Dan Simpson:

https://dansimpsonpoet.wordpress.com/

https://twitter.com/dansimpsonpoet

We mention:

Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/

PBH Free Fringe: http://freefringe.org.uk/

Robin Williams: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Williams

Eddie Peppitone: http://eddiepepitone.com/

Pac-Man: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man

Clyde: http://pacman.wikia.com/wiki/Clyde

Richard Marsh: https://richmarsh.wordpress.com/

Dirty Great Love Story: https://richmarsh.wordpress.com/dirty-great-love-story/

Wingman: https://richmarsh.wordpress.com/wingman/

Skittles: https://richmarsh.wordpress.com/skittles/

We Are All Orange Ghosts: https://dansimpsonpoet.wordpress.com/orange-ghosts/

Ross Sutherland: http://www.rosssutherland.co.uk/

Standby for Tape Backup: http://www.rosssutherland.co.uk/main/archives/960

Apples and Snakes: http://www.applesandsnakes.org/

Canterbury Laureate: https://dansimpsonpoet.wordpress.com/tag/canterbury-laureate/

Benjamin Zephaniah: http://benjaminzephaniah.com/

Kate Tempest: http://katetempest.co.uk/

Rob Auton: http://www.robauton.co.uk/

Mark Grist: http://www.markgrist.com/

Tim Key: https://twitter.com/timkeyperson

Tim Minchin: http://www.timminchin.com/

Storm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhGuXCuDb1U

John Cooper Clarke: http://johncooperclarke.com/

Indie Feed: http://indiefeedpp.indiefeed.libsynpro.com/

Bang Said the Gun: http://www.bangsaidthegun.com/

Arts Emergency: http://www.arts-emergency.org/

Alternative Old Boys Network: http://www.arts-emergency.org/alternative-old-boys-network/

Future First: http://futurefirst.org.uk/

Ricky Tomlinson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky_Tomlinson

Rada: https://www.rada.ac.uk/

Central: https://www.cssd.ac.uk/

Eastenders: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m86d

Never Mind the Fullstops: http://varjackandsimpson.tumblr.com/fullstops

The Antislam: http://varjackandsimpson.tumblr.com/anti-slam

Fay Roberts: http://www.fayroberts.co.uk/

Greece - Summer Nights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW0DfsCzfq4

Paula Varjack: http://www.paulavarjack.com/

Paul Sweeney: https://twitter.com/sweencutscomedy

Hammer and Tongue: http://www.hammerandtongue.com/

Forbidden Planet: https://forbiddenplanet.com/

Call of Duty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Duty

Grand Theft Auto: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_%28video_game%29

Mark Zuckerberg: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg

Star Trek: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek

Lord of the Rings: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings

Gamergate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamergate_controversy

Fake Geek Girl: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Fake_geek_girls

Climate Change Poems:

Tipping Point: Weatherfronts http://weatherfronts.dansimpsonpoet.co.uk/

Canterbury Roman Museum Residency: https://dansimpsonpoet.wordpress.com/projects/canterbury-roman-museum-residency/

Burning Eye Books: https://burningeyebooks.wordpress.com/

Myers Briggs Personality Type: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator

NotAllMen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NotAllMen

Mansplaining: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansplaining

Ministry of Stories - Cbeebies Radio Series: http://bit.ly/MiScbeebies

The Richard Tyrone Jones Live Edinburgh Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-6-richard-tyrone

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In GBA 192 we get better acquainted with Amy. She talks about asking who is Helen of Troy, gender and performance, the cultural experience of Third Culture Kids, diversity in the arts, feminism, mythology, identity and more.

Amy plugs:

GAP Salon: https://gapsalon.wordpress.com/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/gapsalon

https://twitter.com/GAPsalon

The Helen Project: http://www.amyclaretasker.com/directors-notes/the-helen-project/

Hyphenated: http://www.amyclaretasker.com/hyphenated/

http://weareimprobable.tumblr.com/post/105599395518/hyphenated-a-viral-storytelling-project-about

Amy Clare Tasker: http://www.amyclaretasker.com/

I plug:

The next D and D event:

D&D 10, 24 - 26 January 2015: What Are We Going To Do About Theatre And The Performing Arts? http://www.devotedanddisgruntled.com/events/devoted-and-disgruntled-10-what-are-we-going-do-ab/

Stand Up Tragedy: Tragic Winter: Saturday 28th Feb at Hackney Attic: https://www.facebook.com/events/1516191711967276/ (Featuring Alice Bell: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-115-alice-bell)

We mention:

Devoted and Disgruntled: http://www.devotedanddisgruntled.com/

Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/

WOW Parties: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/wow-parties-81651

Women of the World Festival: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/women-of-the-world

South Bank Centre: http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk

Improbable Theatre: http://www.improbable.co.uk/

Open Space: http://www.openspaceworld.org/

Greek Tragedy: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sets/greek-tragedy

Megan Cohen: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-14-megan-cohen

http://plays.megancohen.com/

Iliad: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad

Odyssey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odyssey

Helen of Troy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_of_Troy

Euripides: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euripides

Simpsons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons

Friends: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia

Milihelens: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/millihelen

Marlowe's Faustus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Faustus_(play)

DIVAfest: http://www.theexit.org/divafest/

Dramaturge/ Dramaturg: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramaturge

My website: hhtp://davepickeringstoryteller.co.uk

Beethoven: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven

Verbatim Theatre: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verbatim_theatre

Third Culture Kid: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_culture_kid

Teddy Roosevelt: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt

National Theatre: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/

Between Us - Arcola Theatre: https://www.arcolatheatre.com/production/arcola/between-us

Mistress Contract - Royal Court: http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/the-mistress-contract

Blurred Lines - National Theatre: http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/blurred-lines

Female Arts: http://www.femalearts.com/

So and So Arts Club: http://www.thesoandsoartsclub.com/

Women's History Month: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_History_Month

Etcetera Theatre: http://www.etceteratheatre.com/

Lucy Kerbel - 100 Great Plays for Women: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-Plays-Women-Lucy-Kerbel/dp/1848421850

bell hooks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_hooks

Andrea Dworkin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Dworkin

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In GBA 191 we get better acquainted with Jonathan Blake. He is one of the real people who are fictionalised in the film Pride. We talk about being played by Dominic West, living with HIV, LGBT rights and homophobia, the politics of the left, coming out, housing cooperatives, acting, activism, costume making and more.

Content Note: Discussion of suicide, depression, living with HIV, homophobia, transphobia

Jonathan plugs:

The reformed LGSM who can be found here: http://www.twitter.com/LGSMpride

Their Kickstarter campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1414067749/funding-for-tredegar-band-at-london-pride-2015

We mention:

Spark London: http://sparklondon.com/

Pride: http://www.pridemovie.co.uk/

Mike Jackson: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-185-mike-jackson

GBA 179 Focus E15 Mothers (feat Mike Jackson): https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-179-focus-e15-mothers

Dominic West: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_West

The Wire: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wire

Stephen Beresford: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Beresford

Matthew Warchus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Warchus

Janet Baker: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Baker

Julius Ceaser: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar_%28play%29

The Miner's Strike: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_miners%27_strike_(1984%E2%80%9385)

Margaret Thatcher: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher

"Equal" Marriage Bill: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_(Same_Sex_Couples)_Act_2013

Dulais: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dulais_Valley

Leelah Alcorn: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Leelah_Alcorn

Philip Larkin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Larkin

CBS Films: http://www.cbsfilms.com/

Sian James: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si%C3%A2n_James_%28politician%29

Rose Bruford: https://www.bruford.ac.uk/

Joe Allen: http://www.joeallen.co.uk/

Act Up / Larry Kramer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Kramer

Rupert Murdoch: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch

Norman Fowler: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Fowler

Terrence Higgins Trust: http://www.tht.org.uk/

Body Positive: http://www.self-help.org.uk/directory/aids-hiv/?entryid54=29538

George House Trust: http://www.ght.org.uk/

Greenham Common: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenham_Common_Women%27s_Peace_Camp

AZT: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/the-rise-and-fall-of-azt-it-was-the-drug-that-had-to-work-it-brought-hope-to-people-with-hiv-and-aids-and-millions-for-the-company-that-developed-it-it-had-to-work-there-was-nothing-else-but-for-many-who-used-azt--it-didnt-2320491.html

Gay is the Word: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay%27s_the_Word_%28bookshop%29

Gay Left: http://www.gayleft1970s.org/

Trotsky: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Trotsky

NUT: http://www.teachers.org.uk/

SWP: https://www.swp.org.uk/

Equity: http://www.equity.org.uk/home/

Housing Corporation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housing_Corporation

Grand Theatre: http://www.swansea.gov.uk/swanseagrandtheatre

All Out Dancing in Dalice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHJhbwEcgrA

Still the Enemy Within: http://the-enemy-within.org.uk/

Soma Mining Disaster: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soma_mine_disaster

Ken Livingstone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Livingstone

GLC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_London_Council

The Stage: http://www.thestage.co.uk/

English National Opera: http://www.eno.org/

Wagner: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Wagner

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