Persistent and Nasty

Elaine chat’s the wonderful Lisa Kennedy of The Braw and The Brave Podcast. They discuss Lisa’s pathway into the industry, the importance of dance and the privilege it is to speak to people about their passions.

A wonderful joy filled episode.

Lisa’s live show with Blythe Duff 15th April

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/irvine/harbour-arts-centre/in-conversation-with-blythe-duff/e-gerbba

LISA KENNEDY

Lisa is a choreographer, a poet and a podcast creator and host. Lisa has worked extensively in Scottish arts sector. Four years ago, she knew she wanted to have somewhere she could have deeper conversations with the people she met. And so, The Braw and The Brave podcast was born. A podcast about people and their passions.

Lisa’s IWD2023 Poem

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We’re here on a Thursday. That’s right Thursday is our new day.

Elaine’s giving you a brief hint as to what’s to come over the coming months.

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Today Elaine chats with theatre maker, performer, singer, and Artistic Director of Company of Wolves Anna Porubcansky. Anna and Elaine chat about childhood, the influence art has on us all, parenthood, and Anna’s new show Unbecoming. Which is touring Scotland from the 9th of March, Ticket & Date info HERE

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ANNA PORUBCANSKY

Anna Porubcansky is a musician and performer whose training includes classical, traditional, and choral singing, natural voice, and vocal anatomy. She is co-artistic director of Company of Wolves. Originally from the USA, she has lived internationally for twenty years (Russia, Austria, Poland, UK) and has studied traditional song, lamentation, and polyphony with artists from Siberia, Georgia, Ukraine, and Poland. She works as a music director and live sound designer, blending traditional song and experimental electronic music, and as a voice coach, where she focuses on the relationship between voice, breath, movement and body. Most recently, Anna has designed sound for Hysteria! (Oran Mor) and The End of Things (Company of Wolves); performed in Seven Hungers and Invisible Empire (Company of Wolves), and is currently making unbecoming, her first solo performance. She has co-produced all of Company of Wolves’ performances to date, and holds a PhD in ensemble theatre and community engagement from Goldsmiths, University of London.

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Today Elaine and Louise chat all things Awards Season. We know there is a LOT going on but sometimes we just need to laugh and talk about pretty outfits. We all got to do what we got to do to get through.

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Today Elaine chats with the creative team of the film

On The Twelfth Day of Findom. This wonderful bunch discuss the story, the inspiration behind it and their fundraising campaigns to get this brilliant project made. We have writer and co-director Joanne Thomson; co-director Caitlin Black and the producer is our very own Misha McCullagh.

On the Twelfth Day of Findom

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A tinny rendition of Twelve Days of Christmas fills a fluorescently lit supermarket aisle as Emma stacks shelves lethargically. A message comes through on her phone. She fishes it out her bra and wipes her boob imprints from the screen. Another rejection from uni. “Unfortunately, we felt you lacked a certain empirical grasp on the subject of Economics and therefore-” Great. She spots another notification. Instagram. 1 message request. Tap. “Ur feet look good. They must be sweaty against those patent loafers. Please may I spoil you?”. Uh-oh. Emma has stumbled upon the world of Findom. And she likes it. Money for nothing? What could go wrong? Over the course of 12 days, the story looks at the culture of our bodies as commodities and where consent lies within that sexual exploration. We go on a rollercoaster of morals behind sex work with a character who’s never really had to think about it; until she takes an involuntary dive into the world herself. Left to question her own empowerment within a new-fangled relationship, she wonders if she really is coming out on top. A window into a little-known world, this is a sexual power trip gone wrong. With Christmas fast approaching, Emma comes to the realisation that a trickle of money has made her unknowingly trade her own safety. Buy one get one free. From behind the camera, we watch her boundary lines become less and less defined until we are left with the sinking feeling that we’re the ones who’ve been complicit all along.

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Twitter: @twelfthdayfilm

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Today Elaine and Louise chat with filmmaker, director, poet and performer Sarah Grant. We chat Sarah’s new short film Candy which is available till 24th December 2022 16DAYS16FILMS

Access to the industry for those from a working-class background. The lack of understanding that free training opportunities are not free for women, those from working class backgrounds carers. We also talk the place where the joy and rage meet and make wonderful art.

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Sarah Grant

Sarah is a queer writer, poet, filmmaker and actor based in Glasgow. She is a BAFTA Scotland New Talent Award Nominee, a Sky Academy Arts Scholar, a Scottish National Poetry Slam Championship finalist and on the Young Women's Movement 30-Under-30 list of influential women in Scotland.

Her short film work has received awards around the world, her latest work gaining the status of BAFTA Qualifying in 2020. She is currently working on her first feature in development with Short Circuit and Screen Scotland, alongside her first industry funded short. She is a graduate of the EIFF Talent Lab and the Less is More lab.

Alongside partner, Katrina Allen, Sarah is co-writer and performer of sketch series 'BURDS' which has just been nominated for a Royal Television Society Award and received a 3x5 commission for BBC iPlayer. Sarah and Katrina are working towards their first long-form television commission on programmes such at the Comedy 50:50 female pilot programme. She is a seasoned comedy actor and you can find more about her performance history on Spotlight.

Sarah has written and performed two full length spoken word theatre shows. 'Spark' was awarded Best Spoken Word Show at the 2021 Saboteur Awards and 'Oracles' was commissioned for the Scottish International Storytelling festival.

All Sarah's work strives to be...

honest . feminist . fearless

Instagram: @sarahgrantcreative

@CandyComedy

Twitter: @SGrantCreative

Website: Sarah Grant Creative

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Today Elaine and Louise chat actor and intersectional feminist, the legend that is Kate Dickie. This is an absolute joy of an episode we cover so much. Kate shares stories from her films, her thoughts on the craft and so much more. We are her biggest fans because not only is she an incredible actor she is the most wonderful, generous, kind human there is.

Kate Dickie

Kate is a Scottish actor who trained at what is now known as Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. After this Kate worked mainly in theatre with such ground-breaking companies as Theatre Crypt, Suspect Culture and Raindog. In 2006 Kate stared in the award-winning film Red Road which moved her career into more Film and TV. Kate has starred in over 92 films and TV series. Including Game of Thrones, Star Wars, The Witch and Prometheus to name a few. You can watch Kate’s latest film Matriarch on Disney Plus

now.

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Twitter: @dickie_kate

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Today Elaine chats with visual artist/theatre maker Philippa Tomlin. We discuss all things spooky, the importance of community theatre, how in the moment young people are when performing, the joy of coming back to your creative flow and of course horror movies.

Phil currently has an exhibition at 13thnote.co.uk Glasgow till end of November 2022.

Philippa Tomlin

Philippa Tomlin (Phil she/her) is a socially engaged visual artist and theatre maker. With participation at the core of her work, she creates small intimate pieces to larger hybrid-multimedia-public-art. Her collaborative creative practice has punk roots and is positive protest, curious and challenging, it brings people together, shares stories and strives towards positive change.

Through her painting and drawing, she explores darker themes, Gothic imagery, science fiction and horror.

You can currently see her work at the Thirteenth Note until November 28th.

She would love to spray-paint more walls... So if any listeners are interested in a bespoke mural, get in touch!!

Instagram: @philippa.tomlin

Twitter: @PhilTomlin_Art

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Today Elaine chats puppeteer, performer, and playwright Megan Rose Thomas. We discuss drama schools, being a disabled performer, mental health and how that is a key part of Meg’s writing. As it’s spooky season we chat all things horror as well.

Megan Rose Thomas

Megan Rose Thomas is a Huddersfield-born, Glasgow-based actor, puppeteer and occasional magician. She's currently transitioning into playwrighting, having recently graduated from the MLitt Playwriting and Dramaturgy course at the University of Glasgow. Her plays have been longlisted for the Bruntwood International Prize for Playwriting, British Theatre Challenge, and Originals Playwriting Award. Her dissertation piece, a supernatural horror play called "Unseelie", was recently workshopped with Stage to Page.

Instagram:@megan.rose.thomas

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Today Elaine chats with writer/producer Nina Atesh.

They discuss all things horror, the lack of opportunities for working class artist to be able to afford drama schools and how we are losing those voices and the freedom the horror genre gives us. Nina’s new play The Drought is play Old Red Lion Theatre tickets available here Tickets

Nina Atesh

Nina is a playwright who recently set up her own production company Pither Productions,

Pither Productions was set up with the purpose of creating new theatre for never before seen brand new work!

We produce new writing and are keen on stories that are other-worldly, spooky, ground breaking and are particularly keen on representing female and/or working class writers

Website: pitherproductions.com

Twitter: @pitherprods

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