Creative Loving Spirit Paul Macauley

Helen Seymour is a spoken-poet-word-artist-human-performance-person based in Canterbury, and the writer and performer of the shows ‘To Helen Back’ and ‘Helen Highwater’. We speak about Helen’s performance beginnings in poetry slams and the early influences which inspired her to bring an element of surprise into her work and play with audience expectations, how being onstage invited her to be and share more of who she really is, what makes the collaboration with her director work as well as it does and how she sees success as being standing by everything you do and being content with that.

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Website: http://www.whatthehelen.net
Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/HeronSeasaw
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whathelens/

Creative Loving Spirit is produced by Paul Macauley. You can find out more about this and other things he makes at: www.paulmacauley.net

The music in this podcast is taken from 'In Between The Blinks' by Gudjohr, used with kind permission. Check out this excellent album here: gudjohr.bandcamp.com

Michelle Donkin is a writer and producer and the co-founder of Brighton based Cast Iron Theatre. Our conversation begins with how childhood Michelle was inspired by Star Trek to write herself onto the bridge of the starship Enterprise before realising that exploring human relationships was more interesting than space. We talk about her time spent studying film and scriptwriting at the the National film and Television School, her move into theatre and producing and universal themes like finding your voice and creating what is authentic to you, helping others as you go and how to stay kind to yourself as you live and create.

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Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/@michelledonkinW

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Website: https://www.castironbrighton.weebly.com
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/@cast_ironacts
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/castirontheatre
Instagram: http://instagram.com/cast_iron_theatre

Creative Loving Spirit is produced by Paul Macauley. You can find out more about this and other things he makes at: www.paulmacauley.net

The music in this podcast is taken from 'In Between The Blinks' by Gudjohr, used with kind permission. Check out this excellent album here: gudjohr.bandcamp.com

Sophia Carr-Gomm is a filmmaker and director based in East Sussex. She is the director of short films ‘The Wider Sun’ and ‘Nobody's Darling’ as well as several music videos, all created through her production company Certain Light Films. We talk about Sophia’s background and career as an actor and how despite apparent success she felt compelled to change direction, finding a new purpose in filmmaking and directing. We also speak about her love for the collaborative nature of the filmmaking process, the mental health pressures on working as an actor and the inspirational effect you can have on others if you are working from an impassioned, healthy and enjoyable place in what you create.

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Website: https://sophiacarrgomm.com
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/@SophiaCarrGomm
Insta: http://instagram.com/sophia_papaya

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Insta: https://www.instagram.com/certainlightfilms/?hl=en
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/certainlightfilmsltd/

Creative Loving Spirit is produced by Paul Macauley. You can find out more about this and other things he makes at: www.paulmacauley.net

The music in this podcast is taken from 'In Between The Blinks' by Gudjohr, used with kind permission. Check out this excellent album here: gudjohr.bandcamp.com

Sarah James is an artist based in Brighton. She creates artwork through drawing in mixed media, exploring birds and wildlife and architecture. In our conversation we talk about Sarah gave herself ‘the job’ of artist as a child, the beauty she finds in the ugly, dishevelled and overlooked, the importance of seeking inspiration in the work of others, the meditative and calming experience she finds in drawing and the positive effect this has on her mental health, sharing artwork online and how she gets herself unstuck.

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Insta: http://instagram.com/sarahjamesart/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/iam_sarahjames

Creative Loving Spirit is produced by Paul Macauley. You can find out more about this and other things he makes at: www.paulmacauley.net

The music in this podcast is taken from 'In Between The Blinks' by Gudjohr, used with kind permission. Check out this excellent album here: gudjohr.bandcamp.com

Hatty Jones is a writer and performer based in London, whose plays include ‘That Girl’ which is based on her experiences as a child actor. We talk about Hatty’s training as an actor and her journey to increasingly create the roles and opportunities she seeks as a performer, which has lead to her originating projects for theatre, web series and short films. We discuss writing and the practices that help her get a script written, the lessons Hatty has taken from being part of a writing group, the necessity of deadlines and rules to help get things done, and the advice she would give her younger self setting out to become a writer.

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Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Hatty_Jones
Insta: https://instagram.com/hattyj0nes

'OFFSTAGE' WEB SERIES

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCcQ9s7jcurVUqZNmEdIbkA

Creative Loving Spirit is produced by Paul Macauley. You can find out more about this and other things he makes at: www.paulmacauley.net

The music in this podcast is taken from 'In Between The Blinks' by Gudjohr, used with kind permission. Check out this excellent album here: gudjohr.bandcamp.com

Scott Lee Andrews is an artist and songwriter from Wales who has released and performed music as Exit_International, Mutation and Jaws of Deaf. We talk about growing up in a small town and finding the heroes in the alternative music culture with its big characters and musical and visual inspirations, Scott’s decision to study music production instead of pursuing going to Oxford, creating work that subverts mundane reality and pushes buttons, his growing appreciation for the fundamental power of art and music to connect with and move people, and how attention from BBC Introducing put Exit_International’s song about a petrol powered dildo on to the Radio 1 playlist.

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Bandcamp: https://scottleeandrews.bandcamp.com
Insta: https://instagram.com/scottleeandrews

FOLLOW EXIT_INTERNATIONAL
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0R6Pk0StQGdN83NWJRS4VR?si=KvntSaVAQVeqzKhWyKIsog
Insta: https://instagram.com/exit_international_band
Twitter: https://twitter.com/exit_int_music
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExitInternational
Website: https://undergroove.bigcartel.com/artist/exit_international

Creative Loving Spirit is produced by Paul Macauley. You can find out more about this and other things he makes at: www.paulmacauley.net

The music in this podcast is taken from 'In Between The Blinks' by Gudjohr, used with kind permission. Check out this excellent album here: gudjohr.bandcamp.com