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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 safe and supportive, but that is also an act of protest. Persistent and Nasty is about changing the cultural narrative through the stories we tell.
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Episode 179: waiting for train at the bus stop - Mwansa Phiri
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 brilliant human.
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waiting for a train at the bus stop
'17 minutes. That's how long it takes to die by train. I looked it up once'. Chilufya – you can call her Chili – doesn't know whether she is coming or going. Which makes perfect sense since her name literally means 'the lost one' and lost is exactly how she's felt most of her life. Struggling with low self-esteem and a waning sense of self, she finds herself being drawn into a dangerously controlling relationship. Interweaving spoken-word theatre with Zambian oral traditions this dark comedy is a solo show exploring coercive control.
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Episode 178 Hooked Mr Sister
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-sister
https://www.instagram.com/hollyandbrookearehooked/?hl=en
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Hooked: Nr Sister
Holly and Brooke are hooked on each other. Watch the duo stumble through the vows they have taken to be besties forever, or as they like to call themselves, Mr Sisters. From money saving experts 'Nifty and NooNoo' to dating in the dark at 'Le Nuit de Sexe', Mr Sister is a wonderful mix of sketch and character comedy that truly is a spectacle of imagination and comedy. Someone once said, 'If you don't get your own sketch show, I'll be disappointed', and Hooked would hate to disappoint. ‘Spectacle of imagination and comedy’ (FunnyWomen.com).
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Resources
Samaritans - Rape Crisis Scotland - Rape Crisis UK
ArtsMinds - BAPAM
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Stonewall UK - Trevor Project - Mermaids UK
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Episode 177: Slash - Leah Hennessey & Emily Allan
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.edfringe.com/whats-on/slash
Slash
The Blond (Emily Allan) and The Dark Haired One (Leah Hennessey) attempt to transcend the banality of identity and the terror of consciousness through cosplay, anglophilia, critical theory and song. Incorporating fan-fictional pairings such as Lennon/McCartney and Sherlock/Watson, interspersed with meta commentary by infamous second-wave feminists (Camile Paglia, Andrea Dworkin) and mashed up 80s punk songs, they guide the audience through an infernal fantasia of perverted intertextuality. Described as 'prankish genius' (TheParisReview.org) and 'the ultimate fanfiction play' (Syfy.com), Slash is a pop-feminist tour de force about the erotics of collaboration and friendship.
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Email – persistentandnasty@gmail.com
Instagram - @persistentandnasty
Twitter - @PersistentNasty
Coffee Morning Eventbrite - Coffee Morning Tickets
LINKTREE - LINKTR.EE
Resources
Samaritans - Rape Crisis Scotland - Rape Crisis UK
ArtsMinds - BAPAM
Freelancers Make Theatre Work
Stonewall UK - Trevor Project - Mermaids UK
Switchboard LGBT+ - GATE
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Episode 176: OommoO - Lula Mebrahtu
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.edfringe.com/whats-on/oommoo
Oommoo
Real-life events of a first-generation immigrant navigating the duality of two cultures, Habesha (Eritrean/Ethiopian) heritage and British identity. It looks at the effects of memory loss on a displaced community. When you've left everything behind for the promise of something "better", and it's not better… When you have nothing but memories and memory is fading… What do you have? Interviewing language, customs and music with wearable tech MiMu gloves, it's a poetic reflection of an emotionally visceral experience unpacked through an Afro-Futuristic East-African lens. Neither a musical, drama or gig theatre... It's a new kind of storytelling.
https://www.lulamebrahtu.com/
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Email – persistentandnasty@gmail.com
Instagram - @persistentandnasty
Twitter - @PersistentNasty
Coffee Morning Eventbrite - Coffee Morning Tickets
LINKTREE - LINKTR.EE
Resources
Samaritans - Rape Crisis Scotland - Rape Crisis UK
ArtsMinds - BAPAM
Freelancers Make Theatre Work
Stonewall UK - Trevor Project - Mermaids UK
Switchboard LGBT+ - GATE
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Episode 175: Six Chick Flicks - Kerry Ipema & KK Apple
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-or-a-legally-blonde-pretty-woman-dirty-danced-on-the-beaches-while-writing-a-notebook-on-the-titanic
Six Chich Flicks or a legally blonde pretty woman dirty danced on the beaches while writing a notebook on the titanic.
Fresh from Off-Broadway, the sold-out, smash-hit comedy finally comes to Edinburgh. Six Chick Flicks parodies your favourite movies in one hysterical, fast-paced show. NYC performers Kerry Ipema (One Woman Sex and the City) and KK Apple (UCB Theatre) bring all the most iconic moments and montages to life with songs, dance breaks, and biting wit. 'This is pop culture parody at its best' (NOWToronto.com). 'A true treasure' ***** (Winnipeg Free Press).
https://www.sixchickflicks.com/
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Email – persistentandnasty@gmail.com
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Coffee Morning Eventbrite - Coffee Morning Tickets
LINKTREE - LINKTR.EE
Resources
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ArtsMinds - BAPAM
Freelancers Make Theatre Work
Stonewall UK - Trevor Project - Mermaids UK
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Episode 174: Gunter & Growler with writers Lydia Higman & Dee Mulrooney
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 @7.00pm. We talk about both shows, patriarchy, witchcraft, the power of the earth and our connection to it, the importance of telling of history to learn and grow from it and so much more. A cracking episode with two brilliant humans.
https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/gunter
https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/growler
GUNTER
A true story of deception, magic and torture. 1605. Two boys have been murdered. Their mum wants justice. Hot from their five-star sell-out show Belly Up, DIRTY HARE present Gunter: a chaotic reimagining of the most notorious bewitchment case you've never heard of. 'A company to watch' ***** (TheatreReviews.co.uk). Cast: Julia Grogan, Norah Lopez-Holden, Hannah Jarrett-Scott and Lydia Higman.
GROWLER
Growler is an 82-year-old, drum-banging shamanic vulva. She's wise as witches, with a tongue like a lash and a heart of gold. She'll take you on an alchemical, theatrical odyssey on her quest to 'heal the past to heal the future'. Through storytelling, spoken word, song and comedy, no stone is left unturned and no one is left behind. Confronting and adorable, blazing the streets with her message to 'love the eejit out of ourselves', Growler is an inferno at which we can remember our common humanity and warm the cockles of our collective heart.
OUR WEBSITE - www.persistentandnasty.co.uk
Persistent Pal & Nasty Hero - Pals and Hero Membership
Support In The Room - https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/in-the-room
Email – persistentandnasty@gmail.com
Instagram - @persistentandnasty
Twitter - @PersistentNasty
Coffee Morning Eventbrite - Coffee Morning Tickets
LINKTREE - LINKTR.EE
Resources
Samaritans - Rape Crisis Scotland - Rape Crisis UK
ArtsMinds - BAPAM
Freelancers Make Theatre Work
Stonewall UK - Trevor Project - Mermaids UK
Switchboard LGBT+ - GATE
PLANNED PARENTHOOD DONATE - DONATE
ABORTION SUPPORT NETWORK UK - ASN.COM- DONATE
WeAudition offer:
For 25% off your monthly subscription quote:
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The feminist collective dissecting the Scottish arts scene. A lovey range of screen and stage, with interviews that range from the big names to the unheard of. I love listening and learning about other women’s work, process, and thoughts on the industry.
Been a lifeline tying me to the arts through 2020.
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Funny, informative and even at times powerful. The brave choice to speak out about the unsaid issues in society can only enlighten and improve the world, so remember......to stay nasty!
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Such a brilliant podcast - funny, informative, entertaining and important conversation and an amazing range of guests!