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The Bodcast

by Matt Sutton

What we do. Who we are. A podcast from the UK City of Culture, mate.

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Episodes

  1. Episode 16: How's It Been? (Part 3) - Tom Saunders (Hull Truck) and Terry Herfield

    How's it been...? It’s not been easy for anyone, has it? But everyone in the Arts has been wondering if our cultural life will ever be the same when Lockdown finally ends...or if it should be. The Bodcast hears from 8 people from Hull and East Yorkshire’s creative community; they tell us how...

  2. Episode 15: How's It Been? (Part 2) - Annie Kirkman and Chiedu Oraka

    How's it been...? In the second part of this series, we hear from theatremaker/creative ANNIE KIRKMAN and rapper CHIEDU ORAKA. It’s not been easy for anyone, has it? But everyone in the Arts has been wondering if our cultural life will ever be the same when Lockdown finally ends...or if it should...

  3. Episode 14: How's It Been? (Part 1) - Paul Smith and Anna Bean

    How's it been...? It’s not been easy for anyone, has it? But everyone in the Arts has been wondering if our cultural life will ever be the same when Lockdown finally ends...or if it should be. The Bodcast hears from 8 people from Hull and East Yorkshire’s creative community; they tell us how...

  4. Episode 13: What's Next (Part 2) - Michael Jibson and Andrew Pearson

    What's Next (part 2) Michael Jibson is one of Britain's finest actors. He has won two Olivier Awards for memorable West End performances and he regularly appears on our stages and screens in acclaimed shows, programmes and films. His experience working on the hit musical Hamilton has inspired…

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  5. Episode 12: What's Next (Part 1) - Carl Wheatley

    What's Next (part 1) Carl Wheatley has appeared in every slot in the Radio Humberside schedule and is one of the region's most well-known voices. But after a quarter of a century in his dream job he got the chance to start another one. As chief executive of NAPA (Northern Academy of Performing...

  6. Episode 11: Freedom Festival '19 SPECIAL - Mikey Martins

    FREEDOM FEST 2019 SPECIAL - Mikey Martins Freedom Festival is in its 12th year, and Mikey Martins has been at the helm since 2016. It is a fixture of Hull's (and the international) cultural calendar and thrills and surprises 130,000 citizens and visitors each summer with world-class art and...

  7. Episode 10: Jack Gleadow & She Productions

    We're into DOUBLE FIGURES! In the 10th instalment, we talk to funny bugger JACK GLEADOW, in front of a live! ('larve' if you're from Hull) audience at Hull Truck Theatre before his Edinburgh preview. http://www.jackgleadow.co.uk/ Up in Beverley, the first SHE Fest is happening and Alice and Jess...

  8. Episode 9: Writing Hull - Dave Windass & Elizabeth Godber

    Writing Hull It’s a Bumper Bodcast No.9! Dave Windass has done many things in his career(s) to date and the Hull theatre landscape is all the richer because of him. Elizabeth Godber and her company Smashing Mirrors take us back a century and tell us the Remarkable Tale of Dorothy Mackaill – the...

  9. Episode 8: Writing Hull - Hester Ullyart

    Writing Hull Hester Ullyart likes it darker. She has written - and performs - Paragon Dreams at Hull Truck's Studio theatre until May the 4th. It explores the low-lit, unnoticed corners of the city, and drags up the buried truth from the murk and mud of the Humber. We talk about taking the leap,...

  10. Episode 7: Writing Hull - Maureen Lennon

    Writing Hull Maureen Lennon is the writer of Middle Child Theatre's latest, and largest-scale show yet. Quite a task, but she's up to it. Maureen co-founded Bellow Theatre after graduating from university, and draws on folk and legend to tell the tales of the silenced in unexpected stages. Her...

  11. Episode 6: Writing Hull - Jim English

    Writing Hull Seeing Hull, and its people, on stage or screen was once a rare thing. That began to change about 40 years ago and our stories are now regularly seen. Jim English: Actowriter or Writeractor? Does it matter? He's really good at both... Support The Bodcast by donating to their Tip Jar:...

  12. Episode 5: Writing Hull - Lydia Marchant

    Writing Hull Seeing Hull, and its people, on stage or screen was once a rare thing. That began to change about 40 years ago and our stories are now regularly seen. Lydia Marchant has been writing plays since she was 13. She has honed her craft at some of England's best regional and national...

  13. Episode 4: Writing Hull - Tom Wells

    Seeing Hull, and its people, on stage or screen was once a rare thing. That began to change about 40 years ago and our stories are now regularly seen and heard. In the first of a series of conversations with the writers who have written Hull, The Bodcast meets playwright Tom Wells. Support The...

  14. Episode 3: From ZERO to SHOW in 24 hours!

    Can you conceive, write, rehearse and perform a play in one turn of the earth? Middle Child Theatre held their first Lock In Festival at their Darley's home on Hull's Great Thornton Estate. Teams of writers, musicians, performers, designers and directors were given ideas by the estate's residents...

  15. Episode 2: How the Bid Was Won (2013 and All That)

    The second instalment of The Bodcast - a podcast about the culture of Hull. We take a look back to 2013 and the successful bid to make Hull the UK City of Culture 2017. Revealing and in-depth interviews with people who played a key part in winning the title: Karen Okra, Andy Pearson and Matt...

  16. Episode 1: Dr Robb Robinson, first City of Culture season launch

    The first installment of The Bodcast, a podcast about the culture of Hull. We talk festivals and events of summer 2016, the opening season's events of the 2017 UK City of Culture, and Matt interviews historian Dr Robb Robinson of Hull University. twitter: @bodcasthull

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

What we do. Who we are. A podcast from the UK City of Culture, mate.

HOSTED BY

Matt Sutton

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What we do. Who we are. A podcast from the UK City of Culture, mate.

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