Billie Eliot Sound Portfolio

"We wunt be druv" is the unofficial county motto of Sussex meaning "we will not be driven", asserting that people from the English county of Sussex have minds of their own, and cannot be forced against their will or told what to do. Each year, this motto is doused in petrol and displayed ablaze, held high with pride in the processions on the 5th of November. But in 2020 the Covid-19 pandemic meant that Bonfire was cancelled for the first time since the Second World War. Against the will of Lewesians and Sussexians alike, there were no fires light nor bangers thrown. Instead on the 5th of November 2020 everyone was ordered to stay inside and listen to the silence that took its place. BUT never fear, as Bonfire Night returns this November 2021 with an extra loud BANG, tune in to this short where Billie speaks with local townspeople out on the streets about what Bonfire means to them and how they are feeling in anticipation of the return of the biggest event of the Lewes Calendar.

Good old Sussex by the Sea...

What is shame? Why does it exist and why dont we talk about it? Can we work to heal and ultimately dismantle it at all? This AudioZine explores shame in all its mysterious guises as we make out its murky existance beneath the surface. Artists, poets and musicians come together in a powerful attempt to unpack their shame and let it dissolve... 

Music Directors: Gabriella Biazotti and Annie Elliott 

Producer/Project Manager: Billie Eliot Turner

Contributors in order of appearance: Yolande Ward-Streeter, Anneleen Leger, Maddie Broad, Gabriella Biazotti, Katie Whitehouse, Tamsin Cornish and Kasia Soraya 

One of a series exploring the lives of players on the first women's football team in the world to be paid as much as the men's. 

In this episode, Lewes FC Centre Forward Ellie Leek comes into the studio to talk to us about being a woman in sport, homophobia within the male side of the game, what it's like going out with another footballer, the ins and outs of her starsign and the brilliant Big Gay Bingo night she's organised to celebrate LGBTQ+ History month and raise money for MindOut charity. An episode with lots of laffs, inspiration and important discourse. 

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Lewes FC is changing the face of football, chipping away at the patriarchy and reintroducing the beautiful game as a space for everyone. This podcast is one of the only podcasts about sport that sustains female majority listenership... More episodes here https://open.spotify.com/show/4KnqHBdQ6BprLvLcwm84vt

What does it mean to be a woman in 2021? A short creative reflective celebration of Womanhood with words from Charlie West, Gabriella Biazotti, Veronique Hawksworth, Maddie Broad, Jo Headland, Annie Elliott and Billie Turner.
Music by Annie Elliott.
Producer-Director Billie Eliot 

Must we really embrace grief even at its most difficult? Might grief be a portal to some deeper healing? Should we even attempt to make meaning out of grief's mystery? One thing that is for sure, is that grief is part of life. And so here, artists and big thinkers explore ways in which that is true. This is an attempt to help us feel, in grief, that little bit more human. Project Manager/Producer: Billie Eliot. Music Directors and Composers: Gabriella Biazotti and Holly Sibley.
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Contributive words from:
Envis Klein, Annie Elliott, Tamsin Cornish, Ross Bradbury, Eddie Lovell, Matt Alton, Billie Turner, Anneleen Léger, Emilie Hoggarth 

Showreel featuring:
1)Comedic Chat from Episode 1 of Podcast Everyone Is Interesting; 'Perfectly Funny with Lilian Belli'
2)Gender Equality in Football, clip of interview with LewesFC Director Karen Dobres