Clowning Around Podcast Emma Stroud

How can AI play with Improvisation?  What is it like to create shows with AI?  What are the joyous moments that this unlikely partnership creates?  Join Em as she chats to Piotr one of the creators of Improbotics (A show Em guest performs with) We chat this and how the technology is developing to create even more amazing theatre 
 
 

Follow Piotr: 

Facebook: ImproboticsLtd   

Instagram: improbotics     

LinkedIn: Piotr Mirowski     

Twitter: Improbotics     
 
 

About Piotr Mirowski: 

Since 2016, we have been pioneering improvised theater and comedy with the most unlikely cast member, a robot powered by artificial intelligence. We performed around 300 shows in the UK, Canada, Sweden, Belgium, US, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Belgium, Bulgaria, Romania, most times in person and sometimes online in a virtual reality environment designed by ourselves. We also addressed the thorny issues of risks from AI, ranging from the most hyped and apocalyptic ones, to the actual ones that involve the propagation of fake news, reinforcement of existing biases, and consequences for artistic agency and ownership. We have made our AI ourselves, and we regularly publish academic research on how humans interact with computers. Our shows are a form of public engagement about science but also a celebration of maker culture fused with making things up in improv. We illustrate a new, play for and I'm powering use of AI as a tool to stimulate human creativity and simply to have a lot of fun and silliness on a theatre stage.  

How can the power of the spoken word really change you?  How can you engage with language so it affects hearts and minds?  This week join Em as she chats to the brilliant Peju who is an amazing spoken word artist – they explore connection, deep joy, how words can be a calling and so much more. 

Contact Peju: 

Website: https://pejuabuchi.com/ 

Linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peju-the-spark-abuchi-iamb-22a6b254/ 

You can buy copies of her book here: A Poetic Odyssey of Proclamations: 31 ways to sow, grow and flow goodness into your life 

 

How do you experience magic?  What does it do to your brain?  How can you be both a Psychologist and a Magician and how do those worlds come together?  We chat this and so much more on this weeks episode of the podcast.
Follow Ben:
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/drbenlevy
About Dr Ben Levy:
Ben is a Psychologist specialising in goal achievement. He’s developed a new methodology to make teams more effective. Oh yes, he’s also a professional magician. On this podcast, Ben might talk about his methodology, his magic, or Brian McClair. Don’t get him started on Brian McClair.
 In 2021, Ben had a jolting realisation. You only need five things in place to achieve your goals...no matter what they are. As a result, Ben created a completely new approach to improving outcomes, ABC ME. He is currently consulting with four companies using the ABC ME methodology, and getting great feedback. Ben also coaches individuals using this unique system. And he’s part of Arianna Huffington’s Thrive Global coaching team. On evenings and weekends, Ben rips off his shirt, gets into a tux and performs magic at private and corporate events. Seriously

Join Em as she chats all things masks.  These are not the funny masks nor the face mask kind.  This is Em sharing how for many many years she felt compelled to wear a mask to hide who she was.  To be who she thought others wanted her to be and how overtime she has learnt to put these masks down and be who she is in all situations.

How resilant do you need to be to overcome two strokes?  How can we reclaim this word so it really lands and is not just a term that is used so lightly?  Join Em as she chats to the amazing Angie – her story will surprise you and connect with you deeply.  If you have ever been challenged then this episode will help you understand how far you have already come and so much more. 

Follow Angie:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angieread 

 
About Angie Read:
Angie Read is a two-time stroke survivor turned author, speaker, and professional life coach. Herstrokes, and the debilitating anxiety and depression they brought forward, forced her to take agood look at her life and reevaluate what truly matters. After a nearly 30-year career incorporate communications and public relations, she’s pivoted to something much more fulfilling--helping other stroke survivors reclaim their confidence. From her pain, she’s found herpurpose.

Find her at www.legacycoachingforher.com 

Join Em and award winning performance artist Laura as they chat all things shows, bravery, creativity and so much more.  If you have ever been curious to discover how one woman shows are created then listen in – if you have ver been curious about how we can all make a Spectacle of ourselves and why that can be a good thing then you will love this chat. 

Follow Laura: 

Instagram: @contra_productions 

Twitter: @laumurphrope 

About Laura Murphy: 

Laura Murphy is a genre-defying, award-winning, performance maker from Bristol, who makes text driven and dynamic physical work about things that they think need to be talked about.  

 

Internationally recognised for their innovative approach to circus and performance making, Murphy’s work is a cross-disciplinary fusion of theatre, aerial choreography, live art, dance and verbal explosions, which integrates intimacy and spectacle. They are the co-artistic director of theatre company Contra Productions, which they run in collaboration with Nicole A’Court Stuart. 

Proudly queer and neurodivergent, Laura’s work traverses the personal and the political, connecting the everyday and autobiographical testimony to wider global and social issues.  

When they aren’t making theatre, Laura likes hanging out with her partner and dogs and listening to techno.