Episode 47 - Jessica Hardwick

In today’s episode Elaine chats to Scottish actress and photographer Jessica Hardwick. Jess should have been at Pitlochry Theatre then on to The Lyceum Theatre in Barefoot in The Park playing Corie. However, due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and no gatherings of more than 2 people this production has had to be cancelled for the moment. Here is hoping they can remount soon. Jessica graduated from the BA Acting course at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Since graduating she went on to win the Billy McColl Award for Most Promising Newcomer in Scottish Stage Acting 2014 and won Best Female performance at the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland 2018. Theatre work includes: Numerous productions with The Citizens Theatre, Tron Theatre, Traverse Theatre, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, Perth Theatre and Edinburgh International Festival. She has worked extensively with National Theatre of Scotland, most recently playing Roxane, In Cyrano De Bergerac and Prudencia Hart in The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, which toured all across the US and transferred to New York. Helen in Meet me at Dawn at the Arcola. Radio work includes: A Christmas Compass: East, When the Pips Stop, The Vital Spark: Intelligence, Reachers Point, Brothers, McLevy and The Pillow Book (all for BBC Radio 4). She also played one of the leads in the BBC Radio 4 six-part series The Fair Intellectual Club by comedian Lucy Porter. She recently recorded the audio book version of Canongate Books Salt on Your Tongue by Charlotte Runcie, which is now available on Audible. https://www.jesshardwickphotography.com/ For those of you struggling financially just now remember we have started a Go Fund Me Wan Mair Tune Fund to help Scottish creatives. Head to [email protected] and ask for a bread and butter form. Or if you can help by donating please follow the link below. Big Love, Elaine, Louise and Misha https://www.gofundme.com/f/wan-mair-tune-fund-coronavirus-scottish-artists?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link-tip&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&fbclid=IwAR3hXCySZF-eCLe2Kx1_T59CLkD56CIa-5y6xOdG7WDJWDUaaJ1gLA0MDlc You can support Persistent & Nasty and receive exclusive members only content by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/persistentandnasty To check in with our Nasty Action Plan and see what we're doing to keep busy & positive check in on social media: Twitter: @PersistentNasty Instagram: @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