Episode 38 - Alexandra Laurence

In today’s episode Elaine chats to Scots actress Alexandra Laurence. Alex trained at The Central School for speech and Drama in London. Gaining a degree in Musical Theatre. In this episode we discuss body image and the pressures put on actors by the industry and themselves. We also talk about the mental health of our performers an what we can do to support and make changes to the way deal with mental health during training and beyond. Alex also discusses her own eating disorder and who she is navigating her way through this. In 2018 Alex co-founded the https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/beyourownbeachbody/ which involved art activism and events for people to take part in the celebration of all shapes and sizes. Twitter: @alexandralaur Instagram: @alexandra.laurence You can support Persistent and Nasty and receive exclusive members only content by subscribing to our Patreon at www.patreon.com/persistentandnasty Persistent and Nasty is produced in association with Edinburgh based live-arts production house Civil Disobedience. Civil Disobedience is committed to creating and supporting queer work and theatre and art that addresses issues of inequality and injustice. You can find out more about the Persistent and Nasty project and all the work that Civil Disobedience do by visiting wearecivildisobedience.com. You can also find us on all the usual social media platforms. On Twitter @weareohsocivil On Instagram @wearecivildisobedience And on Facebook at Facebook.com/wearecivildisobedience