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Today Elaine chats with artist Sarah Hopfinger about her up show Pain and I opening at The tramway on the 8th November then heading to Findhorn on the 11th November.

Before a tour round Scotland in 2024. We chat chronic pain, capitalism, loving your body and much more.

Ticket links and Audio & Graphic Score Link below

https://www.tramway.org/event/bbcdeede-e0be-4264-9c89-b03700b23a24

https://universalhall.co.uk/event/pain-and-i/

https://www.sarahhopfinger.org.uk/pain-and-i-audio-graphic-score-holding

Pain and I

Glasgow-based queer disabled artist Sarah Hopfinger (she/her) presents her solo performance Pain and I at Tramway, returning to the place of its initial inception from 8-9 November, ahead of a one-night performance at Universal Hall in Findhorn on 11 November 2023.Pain and I is a bold exploration into chronic pain experience that focuses on the lived experience of the artist and performer to explore and celebrate the rich complexities of living with pain, asking ‘what can pain teach us?’ As a piece of work, it invites the audiences to reflect on what it means to care for our bodies, ourselves, and each other in times of personal and collective pain. A powerful, honest and compelling work, the audio features intimate autobiographical text framed as a love letter to Hopfinger’s body and chronic pain, paired with original classical music composition by Alicia Jane Turner (they/them). Presented by a queer disabled creative team that includes Hopfinger and Turner, Pain and I puts the disabled experience centre stage. To further platform and promote access and disability arts, the performance is BSL integrated and there is a freely accessible digital Graphic Score here. As an artist, Sarah Hopfinger’s practice encompasses contemporary performance, dance and live art. Her work is philosophically based in crip politics that embrace and celebrate disability as valid and valuable. She often works with diverse collaborators including children and adults, trained and non-trained dancers, disabled and non-disabled performers, composers and visual artists.

https://www.sarahhopfinger.org.uk/

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A surprise episode. Elaine chats with writer Apphia Campbell and performer Tinashe Warikandwa about Through The Mud which opens on the 2nd November at the Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh.

We chat the premise of the show, working together, the Black Lives Matter Movement and much more.

https://lyceum.org.uk/events/through-the-mud – dates-and-times

THROUGH THE MUD

Through The Mud from Fringe First award winner, performer and playwright, Apphia Campbell (Black Is the Color of My Voice and WOKE).

Joining Apphia on stage is Tinashe Warikandwa, set against a powerful soundtrack of original music and traditional gospel and blues sung live, two women 42 years apart become involved in the struggle for civil rights. One, notorious Black Panther Assata Shakur; the other, a university student enrolling in the heat of the Ferguson riots at the beginning of Black Lives Matter. Both challenge the American justice system, become criminalised through political activism, and ultimately are faced with the same choice: stay and fight, or flee?

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It’s spooky season.

We will be platforming the writers who submitted to our spooky season call-out. A mixture of scenes, monologues, and stories all with an element of the macabre about them. Our call-out was open to women, trans, and non-binary voices.

Next up in our spooky season series is Caught written by Eleanor Capaldi and performed by Mish McCaullgh

Eleanor Capaldi

Eleanor (she/her) is a writer & director based in Glasgow. Short film Bookmarks, a Tiny Little Pic supported by GMAC and Screen Scotland, has been nominated by Iris Prize, Performance Insurance Awards, Northampton Film Festival and LGBT2SQ+ Montreal Short Film Festival. Rianne Pictures named her a Filmmaker to Watch. Micro shorts Preservation and Rising Tides jointly won Best Story at the Film Access Scotland 1.5 awards. Latest short film Fizzing explores the story of a non-binary lesbian teenager, and is in post- production. She has been a member of development programmes including: EIFF Talent Lab, EIFF Script Starter, GFF and ScreenSkills New Talent Mentorship scheme, mentored by filmmaker Siri Rødnes, and BFI Network. She has a background in theatre with work performed with the Citizens' Theatre Young Company, Not Too Tame Theatre, and BBC Radio Scotland.

www.eleanorcapaldi.com

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It’s spooky season.

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The second story from Siobhán Murphy is The Night Before performed by Emilie Patry.

Siobhán Murphy

I am a Glasgow-based freelance writer and editor with a background in ELT and educational publishing. I am a passionate writer, and, previously successfully applied to pitch a fantasy novel to publishers and agents at Xpo North festival in Inverness. I also had a piece of short fiction published by The Selkie as part of their New Voices workshop. Recently, my short piece on top writing advice was selected as a runner up in a competition by The New Zealand writer's college, and subsequently published on their website. In my free time, I primarily write fantasy and dystopian fiction and English language and educational content. I've written two radio plays available on Soundcloud. I also write professionally for a number of educational companies. I have an MA undergraduate degree in English Literature and Spanish, during which time I was selected for the creative writing dissertation course, for which I received an A grade. You can read more of my creative work on my blog or find out about my professional work on my website. I'm currently seeking representation for my novel.

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It’s spooky season.

We will be platforming the writers who submitted to our spooky season call-out. A mixture of scenes, monologues, and stories all with an element of the macabre about them. Our call-out was open to women, trans, and non-binary voices.

We have our first of two stories from the same author.First up and third episode three of the spook season is Trapped: PENULTIMATE GIRL written by Siobhán Murphy and performed by Rebekah Lumsden

Siobhán Murphy

I am a Glasgow-based freelance writer and editor with a background in ELT and educational publishing. I am a passionate writer, and, previously successfully applied to pitch a fantasy novel to publishers and agents at Xpo North festival in Inverness. I also had a piece of short fiction published by The Selkie as part of their New Voices workshop. Recently, my short piece on top writing advice was selected as a runner up in a competition by The New Zealand writer's college, and subsequently published on their website. In my free time, I primarily write fantasy and dystopian fiction and English language and educational content. I've written two radio plays available on Soundcloud. I also write professionally for a number of educational companies. I have an MA undergraduate degree in English Literature and Spanish, during which time I was selected for the creative writing dissertation course, for which I received an A grade. You can read more of my creative work on my blog or find out about my professional work on my website. I'm currently seeking representation for my novel.

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It’s spooky season.

Over the next 10 days we will be platforming the writers who submitted to our spooky season call-out. A mixture of scenes, monologues, and stories all with an element of the macabre about them. Our call-out was open to women, trans and non-binary voices.

Our first episode is Reunion written and performed by Torya Winters.

Torya Winters

Torya is an Edinburgh based actor and writer, and graduate of RCS. She was shortlisted for the Scottish Arts Club Flash Fiction Award in 2021, and her short plays have been performed at the Blazing Hyena scratch night and workshopped at Stage to Page in Glasgow. She is currently working on a one woman play about maternal mental health.

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Elaine and Louise chat with actor Holly Jack about her career and her first venture into filmmaking with her short film Safe Home which she wrote and directed. This film was a reaction to what happened to Sarah Everard and we do touch upon this a little. So a trigger warning for around the 20 minute mark of the episode. We also chat Holly’s work in River City and living in LA. Below is the link to grab tickets to see Safe Home at the

Edinburgh Short Film Festival

https://www.edinburghshortfilmfestival.com/buy-tickets-2/

Below is the link to stop the arts cuts petition and please write to your MSP and MP.

https://www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/scotland-cuts-reimposed/

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Holly Jack

Holly trained in musical theatre but soon found that her main love was acting. Her first role came at just 19 when she was cast in River City. She then moved to LA for 3 years working on various projects. She returned to Scottish screens in River City once again in 2020. She has written and directed her first short film Safe Home which has recently been seen at Dinard and HB film festivals and will be seen at Edinburgh short film festival at the end of the month.

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Elaine chats with co-directors Ellen Renton and Rachel Drazek of Stellar Quines production of Disciples in association with The Traverse Theatre. Elaine, Rahel and Ellen chat the creation of Disciples, their working process, the joy of a creative rehearsal space and of course we couldn’t avoid the conversation round the Scottish Government breaking their promise to reinstate the 10% cut to Creative Scotland’s budget. Disciples is on at The Traverse Theatre Edinburgh 5-7th October 2023 and Northern Stage Newcastle 7-9th November 2023.

Tickets below

https://stellarquines.co.uk/show/disciples/

Below is the link to stop the arts cuts petition and the information on the Demo being held outside the Scottish Parliament 3rd October 2023 at 12pm.

https://www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/scotland-cuts-reimposed/

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Disciples

Disciples is a brand-new production from Scotland’s leading intersectional feminist theatre company Stellar Quines. The show is devised in collaboration with five women and non-binary performers who identify as D/deaf and disabled, led by director Rachel Drazek (Movement Director - My Left Right Foot) and poet/playwright and performer Ellen Renton (Within Sight). Disciples is a joyful, dynamic performance that comes to life through a blend of music, movement, text and image - led by poetry. Themes in the piece include finding joy, finding faith, finding power and what happens to the parts of ourselves that we are asked to hide. Questioning who gets to be the storytellers of our experiences, Disciples joins the voices of those working to break down these barriers, in the arts and beyond. Ellen said: “It’s a rare and beautiful thing to be able to build a creative space with so many D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people across the cast and team. This is not a show about disability, but it will challenge preconceptions.”

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