Resonance 104.4 - Out in south London: Recent Episodes
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Out In South London is a weekly LGBT radio show on Resonance 104.4FM every Tuesday at 6.30pm devised and presented by comedian Rosie Wilby.
Rosie talks to director Matthew Mishory about his film 'Joshua Tree, 1951', Patrick Strudwick about Damian Barr's book 'Maggie and Me' and Bea Flatt about her show 'Pianoke'.
Rosie talks to Champagne Charlie about his Cabaret show 'Lush Life', Boogaloo Stu about his new album 'Magic Soul' and to Nathan Evans about LGSO's Easter Concert.
Rosie talks to Nikolai Forster, director of 'Beautiful Thing'. We hear from Clayton Littlewood on the LGBT history tour through Soho, and talk to Alana Avery, Jamie Pallas and Hel Gurney about the project All About Trans.
Our first hour-long show is packed with music and lots of recommendations for shows to see.
Luke Meredith alias Mister Meredith tells us about the different shows he presents in April. There’s cabaret, there’s sing-along and even a murder mystery, which is still in rehearsal: “Silencing of Miss Scarlett” on 5th, 11th, 19th and 26th at Proud Cabaret. On the studio piano he also gives us a taste of his cabaret act singing ‘Old Time Religion’ and the ‘Doctor Who Love Song’. Check his Mister Meredith website to find where you can catch him and keep up to date with him via Twitter @Mister_Meredith.
Thomas Moore, Artistic Director of the Pressure Theatre Company, shares with us what his play “Shredding Memories” is about. What would life be, if one could buy or replace one’s memory? He also reveals that the title comes from a poem that he published for a friend. “Shredding Memories” plays at the Tara Arts Theatre from 11th to 13th April. His theatre company is the first company in the UK that establishes a full time company of actors practising the American technique of Viewpoints & Composition.
Singer-songwriter CN Lester is also a classical mezzo-soprano and appears in Puccini’s “Il Tabarro”, a gala concert on 12th April presented by the Co-Opera Company at the John McIntosh Arts Theatre. CN also tells us about being involved with the Cinema Museum and more opera projects. At the piano CN gives us a preview of “Aether”. More about CN on cnlester.com.
Rosie met director Jeffrey Schwarz, who made the documentary “Vito”. It portrays the gay rights activist Vito Russo, who brought us the “Celluloid Closet” as a book, which was made into a film in 1995. Jeffrey tells us how much Vito shaped the LGBT community from the 1970s until his early death in the 1990s. He experienced Stonewall, the first steps of the gay rights movement, the repressive times of the 1980s and the fight against AIDS. We also learn more about Vito’s “Celluloid Closet” and hear how times have moved on – or perhaps not in Hollywood. “Vito” will be available on DVD from 25th March 2013 and you can follow Jeffrey Schwarz on Twitter @schwarzjeffrey. Below the full-length interview, which had to be shortened for the broadcast.
Down the line from the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith is Hannah Quigley, Associate Director of “Vanessa and Virginia”, who introduces us to a new play about Virginia Woolf and her sister Vanessa Bell. The play is based on Susan Seller’s book of the same name and traces their lives from Victorian childhood to bohemian adulthood as seen through Vanessa’s eyes. The show premiered at a Virginia Woolf conference in Provence, France and can now be seen in London for the first time. “Vanessa and Virgina” is produced by Moving Stories and runs at the Riverside Studios from 26th March to 14th April 2013 and combines original music, poetic texts and the heart, soul and human stories of the two sisters.
Rosie talks to drag artist and gay rights activist Bette Bourne about a documentary about her made by Jeremy Jeffs. Rod Shelton presents his book 'Bokassa's Last Apostle'.
Comedian Leslie Jordan presents his show 'Fruit Fly' and Wendy Baverstock reviews Sue Perkin's 'Heading Out' and the film 'Gayby'.
Guy Hornsby, Executive Director of the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith and one of the programmers of ‘Deep Desires and Broken Dreams’ shares his enthusiasm with us about this week-long gay film season. He tells us how tricky it can be to find an actual copy of the film, once it is decided to include the film in the programme. He also reminds us why gay film festivals are important as ever. The festival runs from 21st to 27th February and includes films such as “Keep The Lights On” and “Laurence Anyways”, which we have featured on the show.
Artist Simon Croft discusses his work that is shown at ‘Loudest Whispers’, the annual Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Exhibition. As Simon is a trans-man, his art focuses on change and transition. The exhibition runs until 28th March 2013 at the Conference Centre at St Pancras Hospital.
Writer and Comedian Mark O’Connell presents his latest book ‘Catching Bullets – Memoirs of a Bond Fan’ which was featured at the Polari salon at the Southbank Centre on 28th January. Mark’s grandfather was a chauffeur for the producers of the Bond films. He tells us how he caught the ‘Bond bug’ and chats about the continuing fascination of James Bond and what it meant to be gay in the 1980s. You can keep up to date with Mark O’Connell on Twitter.
Jennifer Grant, Founder and Director of Diva Destinations, talks about the holidays and services her company offers for lesbians and the LGBT community. She says, it is less awkward to talk to a ‘fellow traveller’ about their needs rather than having to pretend to be ‘sisters’ or ‘brothers’ when actually being a same sex couple.
Rosie talks to Ira Sachs, director of the award-winning film ‘Keep The Lights On’, in New York. He tells us about the anxieties in a long-term gay relationship and “coming of ‘middle’ age”. He also tells how he found the two main actors Thure Lindhardt (Erik) and Zachary Booth (Paul). More about his work on irasachs.com.
Singer-songwriter Erin McKeown brought her guitar along and gave us samples of her new album “Manifestra”. She explains what motivated her to produce an album that was more political than her previous ones and her cooperation with fellow musicians through modern technology.
Writer Karen McLeod reveals that she hosts the art party ‘Moona’, where she presents her new performance ‘Barbara Brownskirt’, the bitter, unpublished lesbian poet act, which will also be at ‘Duckie’. Karen is also the author of ‘In Search of the Missing Eyelash’ and the blog ‘The View From The Thirteenth Floor”. ‘Moona’ is next on 23rd February at the Horse Bar in Waterloo.