
Conversations with artists about storytelling
These interview/conversations with artists, about story & storytelling, are accidental podcasts. They're part of a Develop Your Creative Practise process I undertook in 2021-2022, funded by Arts Council England.As part of an exploration of Storytelling, I interviewed artists working across a range of disciplines, about how they work with story, their creative processes & ways of working.Each interviewee introduced me to the next person; creating a chain of conversations across the UK's artistic landscape; from directors & writers, to composters, designers & digital content creators.They're pretty much unedited & contain language, opinions or views that solely reflect the speaker.
Episodes
14 episodes
Shôn Dale-Jones on writing, directing & performing stories
Shôn Dale-Jones studied Drama at the University of East Anglia (UEA) before training at Ecole Jaques Lecoq in Paris. Before forming Hoipolloi with Stefanie Müller, he dabbled in stand-up and street performance - this passion for connecti...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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53:58

John Biddle on music & story
John Biddle is a composer and sound designer based in Leeds. Previously, as a singer, he worked with choirs such as Westminster Abbey and St Paul’s Cathedral, as well as for live broadcasts and recordings. As a baritone soloist, he ...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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1:03:33

Becky-Dee Trevenen on designing for story
Becky-Dee is a designer, making theatre to foster empathy, learning & community. Collaboration is essential to her process to develop honest, visual storytelling & expression. Her work varies from abstract to highly d...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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48:41

Paul Graham Raven on stories of the future
Paul Graham Raven is a writer & critical futures researcher, whose research is concerned with how the stories we tell about times yet to come, shape the lives we end up living. He is a writer of poetry & fictions, a ...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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47:30

Liz Mytton on writing & theatre making
Liz Mytton is a coach and trainer, playwright, poet and theatre-maker. She’s fascinated by history, including that of her own family, so Jamaica features significantly in her work – ‘Red Snapper’, about Jamaican families living un...
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Episode 10
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41:19

Ann Light on storytelling to change cultures
Ann Light is a design research & interaction theorist, writing about participatory design, collaborative future-making & transformations to sustainable futures through changing cultures. Her work addresses themes of social ...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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44:51

Janet Vaughan on telling stories through design
Janet Vaughan is a Designer & the Co-Artistic Director of Talking Birds, a Coventry-based company with a reputation for making gently provocative projects which explore, & seek to illuminate, the profound & comple...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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55:23

Tanya Vital on evolving new forms of storytelling
Tanya Vital is a graduate of RADA & National Youth Theatre, working for 2 decades in TV, film, stage & voice-over. She has featured in many award-winning shows, including DC’s Pennyworth, Red Sparrow, Emmerdale, Casualty, B...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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39:07

Rhys Jarman on Design & Storytelling
Rhys Jarman is a London based designer working in Theatre Opera & Television. His designs for Gecko Theatre include The Wedding, Institute, Missing & The Dreamer; Nassim & Time of Your Life, produced with the BBC...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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43:02

Nick Walker on Writing Stories
Nick Walker is a writer, producer & director. He has written widely for radio, including 3 series of the cult sci-fi show The First King of Mars, starring Peter Capaldi & 6 series of the Nordic noir series Annika Stranded.&...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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59:02

Myra Appannah on immersive storytelling
I'm interviewing a range of UK artists & creatives about how they create & work with story for a professional development project, funded by Arts Council England's DYCP.Myra Appannah is a BAFTA & Sundance nominated wr...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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54:17

Nathan Curry on telling stories with meaning, honesty & realism
A great conversation with Nathan Curry, Co-Artistic Director of Tangled Feet Theatre, delving into his creative process making & directing devised & text based performance.Nathan also works as an independent theatr...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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1:12:19

Orit Azaz on working with story
I'm interviewing a range of UK artists & creatives about how they create & work with story for a professional development project, funded by Arts Council England's DYCP.Orit Azaz is an artistic director, facilitator &...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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1:38:17

Simon Wilkinson on the future of storytelling
I'm interviewing a range of UK artists & creatives about how they create & work with story for a professional development project, funded by Arts Council England's DYCP.Simon Wilkinson is a multi-disciplinary artist at th...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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