Persistent and Nasty

A throw back to last years Halloween special.

Happy Halloween everyone. Stay Nasty.

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Today Elaine chats with Scottish actor Hannah Jarrett-Scott. We discuss everything from our favourite fruit to LGBTQIA representation on screen to women in sport. A great, fun, and important episode.

Hannah Jarrett-Scott

Hannah is a Scottish actress who trained at Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Hannah is dedicated to creating important and meaningful art. Hannah also played football from a young age and has her own podcast Match of the gay

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Twitter: @hanjaysco

Instagram: @hanjaysco

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Today Elaine speaks with Lily O’Farrell feminist, political cartoonist. We chat everything from women feeling free to discuss their sexual experiences and sexuality to the change that needs to happen in our society.

Lily O’Farell

Lily is an English cartoonist who focuses on feminist and political cartoons. She started out in comedy facilitating spaces for male comedians. During 2020 Lily was furloughed and it has given her the chance to focus fully on her work. Lily has just released a book which you can get here kyle theory.

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Website: www.vulgadrawings.com

Instagram: @vulgadrawings @vulgamemes

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Today Elaine speaks with Scottish actor/writer Louise Stewart. We chat everything from a great cup of tea to the class divide in our industry to the side hustle to always learning new skills.

Louise Stewart

Louise is a Scottish actress based in London. After completing a degree in English Louise studied at Langside College in Glasgow. Since graduating she has working in theatre and telly. Mainly in the comedy side of things. Although she is always ready and willing to get her teeth into the drama side of things.

Louise has also studied photography and has just finished a her course in comedy writing and producing.

Twitter: @LouiseStewart

Instagram: @loulouloustewart

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We are back. Have you missed us? We have missed you. We are kicking off the second series of the Persistent and Nasty Podcast with not one but two incredible guests. Today Elaine speaks with Australian powerhouses:

Director Gracie Otto & Producer Cody Greenwood.

We chat all about their brilliant new documentary Under The Volcano, filming with an all-female team, the highs and lows of making a documentary and their other wonderful work. It’s so great to be back and even better to be back with these amazing women.

You can find all the ways to watch the documentary by clicking on the website link below.

@UTV_Movie underthevolcanomovie.com

Gracie Otto

Gracie is an Australian filmmaker who in her younger years played football (soccer in Oz) for NSW Women’s Indoor team. Gracie directs everything from fashion to short films & features to TV and documentaries. All with amazing level of artistry and creativity. In 2012 Gracie set up her own company Ralf Films and then in 2015 Gracie co-founded the all-female production company Dollhouse Pictures alongside filmmakers Rose Byrne, Jessica Carrera, Shannon Murphy and Krew Boylan.

Gracie also has her own cooking show Breakfast with

Along with Under the Volcano, Gracie also has the Amazon Prime show

The Moth Effect currently streaming.

Twitter: @gracieotto

Instagram: @gracieotto @dollhouse_pictures/

Website: gracieotto.tv www.the-dollhouse.com/

CODY GREENWOOD

Cody is an Australian producer who in 2016 founded Rush Films. Rush Films to date has been involved in factual productions - shorts, series, and features. Cody began her career in London, before moving to LA to join production company The Masses, which was founded by the late Heath Ledger. At The Masses, she production managed music videos, short film content for the Museum of Contemporary Art and developed TV projects for leading US Networks including MTV.

In 2021 Cody was the recipient of Screenwest’s bespoke mentorship program ‘Breaking The Celluloid Ceiling’. She is currently being mentored by industry heavyweight Liz Watts (Animal Kingdom, The King).

Along with Under The Volcano, Cody has another wonderful documentary Girls Like Us and a beautiful short Sparkles.

Twitter: @codygreenwood_

Instagram: @codygreenwood/ @RUSH_filmsco/

Website: rushfilms.com.au

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https://rapecrisisni.org.uk/

https://rapecrisis.org.uk/

https://www.artsminds.co.uk/

https://www.bapam.org.uk/

https://freelancersmaketheatrework.com/sexual-violence-support-services/

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Episode 100 - Kyra Jones by Persistent and Nasty

In today’s episode Elaine, and Misha chat with the incredible Zinnie Harris. Award winning playwriter and director. We discuss Zinnie’s first short film A Glimpse. The inspiration for the film, how important hope is to keep going and that you do not to be the

ZINNIE HARRIS

Zinnie is a multi-award winning playwright and theatre director, now starting to write and direct films. Her stage plays include FURTHER THAN THE FURTHEST THING (Tron Theatre/ Royal National Theatre), MEET ME AT DAWN, (Traverse Theatre / Edinburgh International Festival), THIS RESTLESS HOUSE (Citizens Theatre / National Theatre of Scotland / Edinburgh International Festival), and HOW TO HOLD YOUR BREATH (Royal Court Theatre). She wrote two 90 minute TV dramas for Channel 4 (RICHARD IS MY BOYFRIEND and BORN WITH TWO MOTHERS), and episodes for the BBC1 Drama SPOOKS.As a theatre director she has directed numerous main stage productions for the RSC, the Traverse Theatre, Royal Lyceum Theatre, and the Tron theatre. She won Best Director at the CATS 2017, for her direction of Caryl Churchill’s A NUMBER at the Lyceum Theatre, where she is an Associate Director. A Glimpse is her first short film. She is currently in development with Compact Pictures working to write and direct her first feature film.

Twitter: @ZinnieH

Instagram: @words_department

Find out more about Zinnie's debut short film at www.aglimpsemovie.com

Twitter: @AGlimpseMovie @CompactPictures

Instagram @compact.pictures

A Glimpse is screening from 17th - 23rd May as part of the Grief strand at SMHAF 2021. More information and booking: https://www.mhfestival.com/events/53-national/663-grief

Check out the full Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival programme running from 3rd - 23rd May at https://www.mhfestival.com/whats-on

You can also join Zinnie at the filmmakers Q&A at 2pm on Saturday 22nd May https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/grief-zoom-discussion-tickets-150512676467

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Resources

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https://rapecrisisni.org.uk/

https://rapecrisis.org.uk/

https://www.artsminds.co.uk/

https://www.bapam.org.uk/

https://freelancersmaketheatrework.com/sexual-violence-support-services/

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In today’s episode Elaine, and Misha chat with the sublime Claire Duffy, also known as C.S.Duffy. A scriptwriter and novelist. We discuss everything from periods, 90’s tv shows and finding your way no matter what path it takes. Oh, also lots of feminist rants. What more could you want.

CLAIRE DUFFY/C.S. DUFFY

C.S. Duffy wrote scripts for film and TV for over a decade, and when that made her so bitter, she caught herself cycling past the office of a production company giving it the finger she quit the film industry and went to teach preschool.

During the kids’ naps she wrote Life is Swede, a thriller in the form of a blog, which caused several readers to contact Swedish news agencies asking why they weren’t reporting on the murders. It led her into the wonderful world of self-publishing, and two years later her bestselling series Glasgow Kiss was selected for Crime in the Spotlight at Bloody Scotland in 2018. Her original audio series for Storytel, supernatural thriller The Stranger is running in 17 countries and three languages and was recently optioned for TV.She’s currently writing the second season of The Stranger/Annars Tar Jag Dig, working on the development of a major US/Swedish period drama in Stockholm and a feminist gangster drama set in sixties Glasgow. After emigrating to Sweden on a whim she now lives between Glasgow and Stockholm and got the idea for her first crime thriller while working on an oil refinery in Ohio.

Website: .csduffywriter.com

Website: theendtheseries.co.uk

Twitter: @theendtheseries

Twitter: @csduffywriter

Instagram: @csduffywriter

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Resources

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http://www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk/

https://rapecrisisni.org.uk/

https://rapecrisis.org.uk/

https://www.artsminds.co.uk/

https://www.bapam.org.uk/

https://freelancersmaketheatrework.com/sexual-violence-support-services/

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In today’s episode Elaine and Misha chat with Scottish writer Cat Hepburn. We discuss Cat’s new book, Gen Z the power of friendships and so much more. A brilliant episode with a brilliant human.

CAT HEPBURN

Cat is an award-winning Scottish scriptwriter, spoken word artist, educator and so much more. She is a powerful and needed voice in this world. Cat’s passion is to explore feminist issues using contemporary storytelling to inspire, provoke and make people laugh.

Dating & Other Hobbies is out April 29th with Burning Eye Books

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"As engaging on page as she is on stage, Hepburn consistently outdoes herself with courage, grace and humour" Darren 'Loki' McGarvey

"A witty, gorgeous, genital-warts-and-all take on millennial dating culture" Kirstin Innes (author of Scabby Queen)

"Incandescent word grenades for the love bombed" Phill Jupitus

"Buy it and carry it daily as a virtual best mate to get through life" Cora Bissett

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In today’s episode Elaine chats with Scottish-Palestinian actor Amira Al Shanti. We discuss her road into the industry, the power of the arts. Being the daughter of refugees and much more. Another wonderful episode with an inspiring woman.

AMIRA AL SHANTI

Amira Al Shanti is an emerging singer-actor represented by Infinity Artists Management. Her most recent appearances include ensemble in the Rumi musical concept album and has a featured voiceover in Adam with National Theatre of Scotland. Amira is currently filming Said the Dove to the Olive Tree with Interabang Productions and the Persecution of Witches in Folklore Shorts. Her previous work includes Deloris in Sister Act with Captivate Theatre, Aida in Aida with Glasgow Live Productions and Joanna Trout in Dear Brutus with Threepenny Theatrical. She has previously worked with The Vintage Girls and Little Mix Magic, and spends the occasional weekend dressing up as Princess Jasmine and Moana with Wish Upon a Star Entertainment.

Twitter: @arabforprincess

Instagram: @arabicforprincess/

PAYPALhttps://www.paypal.com/paypalme/persistentandnasty for those who can donate. A million thanks and love.

Resources

https://www.gofundme.com/f/black-women-in-film

https://www.gofundme.com/f/bme-business-fund

https://www.scottishtrans.org/support/support-groups-in-scotland/

https://www.thetrevorproject.org

https://bornthisway.foundation/

https://itgetsbetter.org

https://www.alerojasmine.com/

https://bespokebinny.com/

https://pelicansandparrots.com/

https://www.matuggarum.com/

https://sheniandteni.com/

https://lihabeauty.com

https://ibereapparel.com/

https://blacklivesmatter.carrd.co/

https://blacklivesmatter.com/

https://m4bl.org/

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/mobilebasic

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floyd

https://justiceforbreonna.org/

https://www.gofundme.com/f/i-run-with-maud

https://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/12570/black-british-owned-businesses-to-buy-from-now-fashion-beauty-design-lifestyle

https://theeverymom.com/black-history-month-books-for-kids/

https://themadmommy.com/black-owned-etsy-shops/

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