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Persistent and Nasty is a script-reading, debate and art as activism initiative for women and gender minorities in the stage and screen industries. We are committed to an intersectional approach and aim to use the space we’ve created to provide a platform for the spectrum of marginalised voices in our culture. Through a series of script readings, live debates and a regular podcast series, we aim to amplify the unrepresented voices in theatre and film. Our goal is to create a project that is ...
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In the last of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe series of this year Elaine chats with writer/director Mwansa Phiri. This episode is slightly different as we discuss the experience of the festival, the highs, the lows and what the month has been like for Mwansa. We also chat future plans and next year’s show. It’s another brilliant episode with another…
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Elaine chats with the brilliant Holly and Brooke about their show Hooked: Mr Sister. On @Just the tonic at the Caves @1.05pm till 27th August. We chat soulmates, being women in comedy, moving from serious drama to comedy and much more. Another brilliant episode with brilliant humans. https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/hooked-mr-sisterhttps://www…
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Elaine and Louise chat with the creators of Slash Leah Hennessey and Emily Allan. Slash is on @ Summerhall until the 27th August @10.15pm. We chat the creating the show, finding that person you connect with both personal and creatively and all things Fanfiction. Louise is in her element. Another great episode with brilliant humans. https://tickets.…
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Elaine and Louise chat with Lula Mebrahtu or Lula.XYZ about her exciting new show OommoO which is on @Summerhall in the Red lecture Theatre @4.15pm until the 27th August 2023.We chat the creation of the show, telling stories with the beat of life, loss and so much more. It’s another wonderful episode with another wonderful guest. https://tickets.ed…
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Elaine chats with the co-writer and the two performers of Six Chich Flicks, Kerry Ipema & KK Apple on @Bristo Sq until the 28th August 2023 @8.25pm. We chat, movies, working in New York, survival jobs, the patriarchy and much, much more. Another brilliant episode with brilliant, funny humans. https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/six-chick-flicks-o…
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SPECIAL EPISODE. Today Elaine chats with not one but two creatives who both have shows on at the Edinburgh festival. First time we have had a collar like this and it was gorgeous. Elaine speaks with writer of Gunter - Lydia Higman on @Summerhall till the 27th August @9.10pm and creator of Growler - Dee Mulrooney also @Summerhall until 26th August @…
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Elaine chats with artistic director and performer Georgia Gegura of Yuck Circus in now till the 28th August @Assembly George Sq Gardens @4.20pm. We chat returning to the Edinburgh Festival, women in circus, creating her own circus company, passing your skills on t the next generation, the importance of community work, showing taboo subjects to open…
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Elaine and Louise chat with writer, comedian performer Sophie Zucker about her show Sophie Sucks Face which is on now until 28th August @Underbelly Bristo Sq @10.15pm. We chat the inspiration for the show, her writing jobs on The Daily show and Dickinson, making people laugh, enduring love and much more. Another brilliant episode with another brill…
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Elaine and Louise chat with writer/director Lucy Hayes about her new play Bitter Lemons on from now till 28th August @Pleasance Courtyard Beneath @2.20pm We also talk the themes of the play (brief mentions of abortion), to knowing what you want, moving from being an actor to a director, being bold, the disparity in pay in women’s football and much,…
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Elaine and Louise chat with actor/writer Peyvand Sadeghian about her show Dual دوگانه on from the 17th – 28th August @ Pleasance Dome @2.55pm. We chat about the inspiration for the show, Peyvand’s own life as a dual citizen of Britain and Iran, peoples preconceived ideas of Iran and dismantling them, the big training question and creating your own …
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Elaine and Louise chat with comedian, writer, performer Kelly McCaughan about her show Catholic Guilt on now until the 27th August @Underbelly, Bristo Sq @10.15pm We chat the inspiration for the show, fancying Jesus, being a “sexy clown” and much more. Another great episode with another great human. https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/kelly-mccau…
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Elaine and Louise chat with the wonderful Larisa Faber & Eugénie Pastor, the creator and co-performers of Stark Bollock Naked which is on now till the 28th August 2023 at Assembly Roxy (downstairs) @3.10pm. We talk the inspiration for the show, the biological clock and all that means, drama training – to train or not to train, the joy of finding pe…
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Elaine chats with writer/performer Eva Lily about her new show I’ve Got Some Things To Get Off My Chest on from now until the the 28th August at Gilded Balloon Teviot @1.40pm. We chat boobs, the inspiration for the show, being a theatre kid, medical misogyny, our love of the NHS, the joy of the festival and the power of making your own work. A grea…
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Elaine and Louise chat with the brilliant Cora Bissett about her show What Girls Are Made Of on at Assembly Rooms – Music Hall from 3rd to 27th August 2023. We chat the show, the music industry, carving your own path and so much more. A brilliant, inspiring episode with a brilliant, inspiring human. https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/what-girls-…
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Elaine and Louise chat with actor, writer, producer, filmmaker April Wish about her new show Wendy, My Darling on at the The Space @Surgeons Hall 4th -12th August 2023. We chat the creation of the show, Hollywood, being a mother in the industry, following your true self and much more. Get your tickets here:http://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/wendy…
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EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2023 SERIESElaine chats with performer Sian Clark about her new show Icon on at Summerhall from 2nd August till the 27th. We discuss the show, training, performance art, being a woman in stand-up, our mutual fear but love of horror, stage fright and our existential crisis.https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/iconhttps://w…
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EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2023 SERIESElaine chats with writer Ashlee Elizabeth Lolo her new show Blueprints which is on at Pleasance Courtyard from the 17th August till the 28th August. We talk about where we are and where we want be, respecting your elders, the importance of teaching your craft and the joy of black love and how we need more of it …
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EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2023 SERIESElaine chats with performer Sophie Craig about her new show I Love You Now What? on at Pleasance Courtyard from 2nd August till the 28th. We discuss the play it’s origins, grief, losing a parent, coming from a working-class background and being a woman in comedy. A packed episode. https://tickets.edfringe.com/wh…
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EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2023 SERIESElaine chats with performers Jess Brodie and Victoria Bianchi about There show Hel Yourself. We also discuss friendship, being a parent and navigating the festival and how we work together when we’re not in the same city. Help yourself is on at Help Yourself Have you ever felt like you didn't have the words? Hav…
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EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2023 SERIESElaine chats with playwright Ciara Elizabeth Smyth about her new show Lie Low which is on at the Traverse Theatre 3rd-27th August 2023 & Abbey Theatre 17th -29th July 2023. We discuss the play, changing focus from preforming to writing, the importance of Government support for the arts and much more.Tickets for …
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EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE 2023 SERIESTRIGGER WARNING: EPISODE HAS REFERENCES TO SEXUAL ASSAULT, POST NATAL PSYCHOSIS. Elaine and Louise chat with Emily Beecher about her Edinburgh Festival show Summer Camp for Broken People. The origins of the show in reaction to a SA that happened to Emily and her subsequent breakdown and stay at the priory. We ch…
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Elaine and Louise chat summer holidays, update on short film In the Room. Vote For ELAINE for Equity Women’s and Scottish Committee and Ed Fringe podcast and blog series. Oh, and there is talk of embracing the rage. OUR WEBSITE - www.persistentandnasty.co.uk for Newsletter and Edfringe form go to Get Involved tab. VOTE FOR ELAINE - https://www.equi…
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Elaine chats with Caitlin Skinner and Hannah Lavery about Quines Cast.We chat about how Quines Cast came to be, the live recordings and their themes and what that brought up for them. The 3rd Quines Cast is taking place tonight at Glasgow’s Women’s Library https://stellarquines.co.uk/show/quines-cast/QUINES CASTJoin your hosts Hannah Lavery and Cai…
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SHE LIVESThe website is live. Snippets from the launch. OUR WEBSITE - www.persistentandnasty.co.ukPersistent Pal & Nasty Hero - Pals and Hero MembershipSupport In The Room - https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/in-the-roomEmail – persistentandnasty@gmail.comInstagram - @persistentandnastyTwitter - @PersistentNastyCoffee Morning Eventbrite - Coffee Morni…
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A wee update on why we’ve been so quiet. HIPA working group’s guides for freelancers and organisations – navigating sexual harassment at work. harassment-in-the-performing-arts-guides-for-freelancers-and-organisations/OUR WEBSITE - www.persistentandnasty.co.ukPersistent Pal & Nasty Hero - Pals and Hero MembershipSupport In The Room - https://www.cr…
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In today’s episode Elaine chats with spoken word poet, theatre maker, facilitator, writer, and singer. We chat pathway into the industry, the music scene and the misogyny that comes along with it. We also talk her new show Love the Sinner which is on at the Tron Theatre Glasgow 11th, 12th and 13th May 2023 and The Traverse Theatre Edinburgh 16th, 1…
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In today’s episode Elaine chats with director, producer, and co-founder of The Playwrights Laboratory. We talk career, the things that really need to change in our industry, moving back home and having to start from scratch. If you are in London you can get tickets for Playwright Laboratory at the Arcola Theatre here https://www.arcolatheatre.com/w…
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In today’s episode Elaine and Louise chat with poet, screenwriter, theatre maker and all round wonderful human Leyla Josephine. We chat Leyla’s work, power dynamics, what we would do if we had a lot of money and the age-old question. Do we have to suffer to make great art…NO the answer is NO. You can get Leyla’s poetry book In public/In Private her…
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In today’s episode Elaine chats with award-winning theatre maker, writer, facilitator and all round powerhouse Jenna Watt. We discuss Jenna’s path into the industry, the feeling that you can’t get into the room and how that pushes you to create your own work, writing her first long form nonfiction novel and why having a space for everyone to feel h…
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It’s an unusual episode this week. Elaine is interviewing our very own Louise Oliver. We get to celebrate one of co-founder’s and their pathway into this industry. We talk Louise’s exciting news her new venture. The launch of her film company Bar Italia Films and it's very first project -In The Room - a powerful and much needed piece. Which is curr…
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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-c…
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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. If you have a question regarding Endometriosis please get in touchpersistentandnasty@gmail.com@persistentandnasty@PersistentNastyPersistent Pal & Nasty Hero - Pals and Hero MembershipCoffee Morning Eventbrite…
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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 To everyone who has already signed up to be…
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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. To everyone who has already signed up to be a Persistent Pal and a Nasty Hero or given us a Cuppa. We are so incredibly grateful. For those wanti…
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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 Tw…
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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 16DAYS16FILMSAccess 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 cl…
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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 th…
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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. Ph…
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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 ThomasMegan Rose Thomas is a Huddersfield-born, Glasgow-based actor, puppeteer and occasional …
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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 TicketsNina AteshNina …
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Today Elaine chats with director/writer Kelly Holmes. They discuss all things horror, the process of getting a film made and their love of cinema. Both Kelly and Elaine happened to be wearing the same t-shirt when they met via zoom. The brilliant Eat The Patriarchy tees from the great The Spark CompanyKelly HolmesDirector | Writer Kelly Holmes is i…
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IT’S SPOOKY SEASONElaine chats with the wonderful Scottish actress and singer Therese Bradley. The two chat everything from horror movies, to rediscovering your joy. Motherhood and in particular coming back to the industry after having a baby and being a carer in the many different forms that role takes for a child or for elderly relatives. Therese…
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Today Elaine and Louise chat with the brilliant playwright Sara Shaarawi. They chat Sara’s new play Sister Radio which is touring Scotland right now and is a co-production between Stellar Quines and Pitlochry Theatre . The play is about Sisters Fatemeh and Shirin have been living together, in the same flat in Edinburgh, for 43 years. In this flat t…
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IT’S SPOOKY SEASONElaine and Louise chat with the incredible Jordan & Skinner. Otherwise known as theatre maker Melanie Jordan and director and artistic director of Stellar Quines Caitlin Skinner. We chat about their new show THE TIME MACHINE (click for tickets/date/venues). A feminist retelling. The four have a brilliant and inspiring conversation…
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The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022 series Elaine chats to the creators of Two Fingers Up Gina Donnelly and Seòn Simpson. How the show came to be, sex education, female masturbation. The pleasure if enjoying your own body and more. TW: there is mention of an assault case from Northern Ireland. Two Fingers Up What do you remember of sex education and…
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The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022 series Elaine chats with director Katie Jackson about their new play Visiting Cezanne. We chat the industry as a whole, coming through the pandemic, being nonbinary in the arts and much more. Visiting CezanneHow does an artist keep going when all seems hopeless? Seeking an answer, a failed artist in New York visit…
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The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022 series Elaine chats with director Jen McGregor and actor Catherine Bissett about their new play The Masks of Oscar Wilde. A great conversation about covering many things from queer culture to pushing buttons with theatre to make people really think.The Masks of Oscar WildeMan of letters. Aesthete. Victorian morali…
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The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022 series Elaine chats with Celeste Cahn. Celeste is a writer performer for America. We chat Celeste’s new play, women pleasure and much more. A Lady Does Not Scratch Her CrotchOnce upon a time, there was a young girl – not a princess or a pretty girl waiting to be one. No dress fanned out as she sat. She could barel…
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The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022 series Elaine chats with Emilia and Meg Beech of The Oxford Bells. An A Capella group bring fierce feminist songs to the Edinburgh fringe. We talk feminist songs, what singing, and music means to us and how our feminism is moving and should always be inclusive. I’ll Tell You MineA musical coming-of-age journey. Th…
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