Rebecca Buckle: Firstsite Art Gallery Uni Theatre Performing Puppet Making Unfamiliars On Freaks!

A lovely not edited again real in-depth zoom recorded again podcast chat in two parts as we had some technical difficulties with zoom which which meant we had to zoom twice so hopefully anyone whose listening doesn’t mind as it’s been a lot easier to still to do through zoom since lockdown due to Covid- 19 from 7.7.2020 back in the summer in July. I did with my lovely fellow creative guest Rebecca Buckle. Rebecca Buckle is a fellow creative neurodiverse magical women artist as I would describe her as we both talk about this on the podcast and how she describes herself too. Who works at Firstsite Art Gallery which is where I met her last year around May /June I think when I was volunteering and she had recently got the job as a Gallery Assistant and as I got to get to know her and her knowing me during my time volunteering on shifts with her also thought she would make a interesting podcast guest so I told her and asked her and luckily she was interested which was great but we didn’t actually do a podcast recorded chat until then a year later finally we did it. Unfortunately though when we finally decide to to plan a date to do it COVID -19 comes so on zoom was a safer easier option as it’s mentioned at the beginning. Rebecca makes handmade puppets in her spare time to use to make performing theatre shows and has experience working in a school. She studied a creative performance acting degree. We both were part of a Arts event back in January earlier this year as part of Unfamiliar’s a Colchester based art event. The wonderfully fellow creatively talented Gemma Abbott my friend who I told Rebecca about and so then that’s how she was able to be apart of this particular Unfamiliar’s event as it appealed to Rebecca who organises for other local artists to join and be a part of share there creativity every four months and this one was themed On Freaks held at the wonderful venue Colchester Art Centre. I did a live podcast recording with small audience but still was so exciting still to have some people come watch me and her for my second live podcast with the great fellow artist as my guest in interviewed Lisa Temple Cox who I loved chatting too and Rebecca herself did a live theatrical style dance performance piece on stage. Which was great to watch and see her do as obviously having studied performance art it made perfect sense for her to show off this work! So overall we have a great chat so please I hope this is an enjoyable listen for you all! Do let me know what you think and share it spread the word about this podcast would be much appreciated too of course! It all helps. Thanks again. Roseanna