Breaks & Joins Podcast
These chats about repair (our stuff, ourselves and our communities) range from mending textiles to the repair of broken bones, from up-cycling in the pandemic to community conflict in Bangladesh, from home made Punk Clothes to celebrating scars. Growing out of a Community project in Lewisham, South East London the podcasts give more space for longer conversations, and you'll be able to hear Rose Sinclair, textile specialist, Raj Bhari, Peacebuilder, talking with Clare MacDonald, artist and Unitarian Minister, Dr Sylvan Baker, founder of The Verbatim Formula,textile dyer Liz Honeybone from the National Theatre costume department, Theatre Designer Amanda Mascarenhas chatting with Mo Sumah, host of the Mend it with Mo repair cafe, Suzi Warren, founder of Stitch it Dont ditch it, theatre academics Sudip Chakroborthy and Ali Campbell on national identities, and Rachel Ho, ceramicist and creator of the scarred pots.They're interviewed by Sue Mayo, edited by Chuck Blue Lowry, music by Bob Karperhttp://www.suemayo.co.uk/
Breaks & Joins Podcast
Series 8, Episode 6: Abu Ansari
Content alert: This podcast includes reference to suicide
Abu Ansari is a performer and facilitator working in Chicago and London. He spent 20 years performing on Chicago stages and worked as a performance-based facilitator addressing a variety social issues. He co-founded Mango Riot Theatre in the UK, launching a program that engages youth in colonial history debates. While earning an MA in Applied Theatre, he explored loneliness and minority stress through participatory workshops for LGBTQ+ communities in London. His current project, The Other L Word, invites adults to share experiences of loneliness through performance, aiming to challenge societal structures that perpetuate isolation.
Weblink: www.mangoriot.org
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