The Soloist: Recent Episodes
Steve Greer
Nic Green is a performance maker and Live Artist based in Glasgow, Scotland, whose work is characterised by collaborative and relational practices with people, place and material. Her most well-known shows include the multiple-award winning exploration of modern-day feminisms Trilogy (2009) and Cock and Bull (2015) which uses the repetitive rhetoric of Conservative Party conference … Continue reading "The Soloist – Nic Green"
Ishbel McFarlane is a performer, writer and theatre maker whose work focuses on social justice, feminism, place, history and language. She’s most widely known for her show O is for Hoolet – a solo show about the Scots language which led her to work with BSL and Gaelic specialists to provide training on Scotland’s minority … Continue reading "The Soloist – Ishbel McFarlane"
Christian Noelle Charles is a Black female artist working through video, print-making and live performance - a New York native currently living and working in Glasgow, Scotland whose work takes inspiration from today's pop culture, modern performance techniques, and personal experiences.
A conversation with performer and director Ewan Downie about his time with Poland’s Song of the Goat, the work of his own laboratory theatre Company of Wolves – co-directed with Anna Porubcansky – and the creation of his new solo show, Achilles.
A conversation with performer and playwright Kieran Hurley about gig theatre, storytelling from behind a desk, the long-missed Arches and the optimism of making shows about the end of the world.
A chat with queer artist and theatre-maker Scottee about class, building an audience and the motivations for making solo work.
A conversation with prolific playwright Jo Clifford about her work as a performer, her life as a trans woman and her latest play, Eve.
A conversation with solo theatre-maker and comedian Rachel Mars about her collaborations with Greg Wohead and nat tarrab, and what (if anything) makes work 'queer enough'..
Recorded in summer 2017 ahead of her appearance at the Edinburgh Fringe, I chat with FK Alexander about I Could Go On Singing, a one-to-one performance in which she sings Judy Garland's Somewhere Over the Rainbow, over and over, while holding your hand.