Telling Family Stories - Janet Behan and Damian Le Bas
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Actor Janet Behan and writer Damian Le Bas join Creative Conversation host, Yang-May Ooi, in today’s show to talk about Telling Family Stories in the context of their respective Irish, Gypsy and Chinese backgrounds. Along the way they explore language, stereotyping and identity. Damian Le Bas is a writer of Gypsy and Irish descent. His book The Stopping Places is a personal journey exploring his heritage and the history of the Romany people. Janet Behan is an actor and playwright. Her father was Irish and her mother was from Yorkshire. Her latest play Kathleen and Me is the story of her irish grandmother told in Kathleen Behan's own words. For those of you who may not know Yang-May Ooi outside of this podcast, she is of Chinese heritage, born in Malaysia. She wrote and performed a play, Bound Feet Blues, inspired by her great-grandmother who had bound feet - and there is also a family memoir in book form of the same name. For photos, links and music credits, go to the shownotes page at bit.ly/creativeconversations-podcast or www.tigerspirit.co.uk/blog and click through to Creative Conversations. Creative Conversations with Yang-May Ooi – Season 04 Episode 05 ¦ Telling Family Stories - Janet Behan and Damian Le Bas CCV0405 ~~ Creative Conversations is a podcast about creativity in the arts, life and business. It is part of the Tiger Spirit family of creative content, conceived and presented by writer and podcaster Yang-May Ooi ¦ www.tigerspirit.co.uk
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05/29/2021
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76 minutes
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Creative Conversations ¦ Bold Creativity, Smart Action
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