Episode 141: Jordan & Skinner

IT’S SPOOKY SEASON Elaine and Louise chat with the incredible Jordan & Skinner. Otherwise known as theatre maker Melanie Jordan and director and artistic director of Stellar Quines Caitlin Skinner. We chat about their new show THE TIME MACHINE (click for tickets/date/venues). A feminist retelling. The four have a brilliant and inspiring conversation Melanie Jordan Melanie is an actor, director and theatre maker based in Glasgow who makes performance in theatres, on screens and on the streets which is visually driven, physically dynamic and exposes our shared humanity with curiosity and humour. Melanie is Physical Theatre Practitioner with Surge and co-Artistic Director of feminist theatre company Jordan & Skinner. Melanie creates devised small-mid scale touring productions, and works with both professionals and communities. She specialises in Physical Theatre, Circus, Street Performance and Clown, and teaches across Scotland and internationally. Caitlin Skinner Artistic Director & Chief Executive Officer of Stellar Quines Theatre Company. Caitlin joined Stellar Quines in April 2021. She is also one half of feminist theatre company Jordan & Skinner and director of new writing theatre company Pearlfisher. She was formerly Artistic Director of the Village Pub Theatre and Associate Director at Theatre. Her recent directing credits include Distance Remaining by Stewart Melton (Helen Milne Productions) Alone by Janey Godley (National Theatre of Scotland) Five from Inside by Rona Munro (Traverse Theatre). She was also recently Associate Director on Lament for Sheku Bayoh by Hannah Lavery (National Theatre of Scotland). Website: Jordan & Skinner Instagram: @jordanandskinner Twitter:@joandskin PLANNED PARENTHOOD DONATE DONATE ABORTION SUPPORT NETWORK UK ASN.COM- DONATE LINKTREE P&N Linktr PayPal https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/persistentandnasty for those who can donate. A million thanks and love. Resources https://www.samaritans.org/?nation=scotland http://www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk/ https://rapecrisisni.org.uk/ https://rapecrisis.org.uk/ https://www.artsminds.co.uk/ https://www.bapam.org.uk/ https://freelancersmaketheatrework.com/sexual-violence-support-services/ Stonewall UK Trevor Project Mermaids UK Switchboard LGBT+ GATE WeAudition offer: For 25% off your monthly subscription quote: NASTY25 Backstage Offers: Get a free 12 months Actor Subscription: https://join.backstage.com/persistentnasty-uk-12m-free/