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The first of our season of Stand Up Tragedy Presents... that will showcase full length shows that we have showcased at our SUT Presents nights. These shows will make you cry until you laugh and laugh until you cry and demonstrate our intention to create a safe space to talk about unsafe things.

How To Be Fat by Mathilda Gregory was performed in July 2015 as a preview for it's Edinburgh run.

For more Mathilda go here: https://mathildia.wordpress.com

Follow her on twitter: https://twitter.com/mathildia

Content Note: Discussion of being a person with a fat body, including dieting, eating disorders and weighing.

Come and see our next Stand Up Tragedy Presents live at The Dogstar in Brixton on Thursday 18th February: http://www.facebook.com/events/1129825877029165/
 

SUT Presents - How To Be Fat

In GBA 288 we get better acquainted with Peta Lily We talk about making performance from our personal lives, dark clowns and red nose clowns, creating solo shows, gender, identity, movement, memory, memoir, mime, physical theatre, bodies and lots more.

Content note: bereavement, breast cancer

She plugs:

Her workshops: http://www.petalily.com/
Her shows: https://www.facebook.com/Peta-Lily-Shows-301578776530474/
Look out for a development read through of Topless in May

We mention:

Devoted and Disgruntled: https://www.devotedanddisgruntled.com/
Camden Peoples Theatre: https://www.cptheatre.co.uk/
D & D: 
Making Work That Helps Liberate Men From Patriarchy/Masculinity WITHOUT Dominating Feminist Spaces https://www.devotedanddisgruntled.com/events/dd-gap/reports/making-work-that-helps-liberate-men-from-patriarch/
Wikipedia on Peta: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peta_Lily
bell hooks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_hooks
Open Space Technology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology
#ManSurvey: http://www.mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/
Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity
Sharon Burrell: http://www.to-the-moon.net/who-we-are.html
La Boite Repertory Theatre Brisbane: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Boite_Theatre_Company
Desmond Jones: http://www.desmondjones.co.uk/
Marcel Marceau: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Marceau
Edinburgh Fringe: https://www.edfringe.com/
London Mime Festival: http://mimelondon.com/
Gaulier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Gaulier
Phelim McDermott: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phelim_McDermott
Complicite: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complicite
Total Theatre Magazine: http://totaltheatre.org.uk/
Release Technique: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Release_technique
Lecoq: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Lecoq
Dark Clown: http://www.petalily.com/clown-dark-clown-theatre-practice-blog
The Pip SimmonsTheatre Group: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pip_Simmons_Theatre_Group
Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/
Théâtre du Mouvement: http://theatredumouvement.fr/en/
Etienne Decroux: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne_Decroux
Claire Heggin: http://theatredumouvement.fr/?rub=1&docId=213161
Chakra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakra
Richard III: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_III_(play)
Martha Graham: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Graham
Tales From Vienna Woods: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_from_the_Vienna_Woods
Arnold Mindell - The Flirts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Mindell
Debrah Winger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debra_Winger
Terms of Endearment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Endearment
Betty Blue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Blue
Ann Bancroft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Bancroft
The Graduate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Graduate
84 Charing Cross Road: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/84_Charing_Cross_Road_(film)
Hamlet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet
Mullholland Drive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulholland_Drive_(film)
Black Swan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Swan_(film)
Vaudeville: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaudeville
Gertrude: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_(Hamlet)
Anaïs Nin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana%C3%AFs_Nin
Girls: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls_(TV_series)
Lena Dunham: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena_Dunham
Eminem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminem
8 Mile: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_Mile_(film)
Jean Jeunet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Genet
Hiroshima Mon Amour: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima_mon_amour
UCL: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/
Liberating Men: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07x5vsh

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Getting Better Acquainted 

GBA 288 - Peta Lily

This is the first episode of a new strand of GBA called GBA Replayed which showcases some of the conversations recorded in the early years of Getting Better Acquainted.

As mentioned in the intro, Sam did came back on for follow up conversation a couple of years later: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-128-sam-2
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In GBA 18 we get better acquainted with Sam.  She talks about having a premature baby, being a young mum, nearly marrying a man she met on holiday in the Dominican Republic when she was 16 and other stories of innocence and experience. 

It's a brave and frank discussion full of hope and warmth as well as sadness and her young baby provides a soundtrack and commentary for this intimate and moving conversation.

Sam plugs: Nothing.

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Getting Better Acquainted Replayed

GBA Replayed - GBA 18 - Sam

In GBA 290 we get better acquainted with Hamja Ahsan. He talks about his forthcoming book Shy Radicals, the zine festival DIY Cultures that he curates for, the successful campaign to free his brother Talha Ahsan, society as a teen movie, being bullied at school, mental health issues, male suicide, the history of state crimes, imprisonment, extradition and internment and so much more.

Content note: Mental Health Issues, Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar, Suicide, Mania, Bullying, Incarceration

Hamja plugs:

DIY Cultures - 14th May:
https://www.richmix.org.uk/events/exhibitions/diy-cultures-2017
https://www.facebook.com/events/259081314527166/
http://diycultures.tumblr.com/

DIY Knowledge - 3rd May - 2ndJune:
https://www.richmix.org.uk/events/exhibitions/diy-cultures-exhibition-diy-knowledge

Shy Radicals - published by bookworks and out any time now!
https://www.facebook.com/ShyRadicals/
http://shyradicals.tumblr.com/

I plug:

The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/

Voting for GBA or The Family Tree for the British Podcast Awards Listener's Choice Award: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote/

We mention:

Talha Ahsan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed_Talha_Ahsan
Hamja Ahsan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamja_Ahsan
Liberty Award: https://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news/press-releases/liberty-honours-human-rights-heroes-annual-awards-ceremony
Hillsborough Justice Campaign: http://www.contrast.org/hillsborough/
Sheila Coleman: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/sep/16/kevin-sampson-hillsborough
Guildford Four: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guildford_Four_and_Maguire_Seven
Birmingham Six: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_Six
Through The Wind and the Rain: http://www.contrast.org/hillsborough/issue17.shtm
Red All Over the Land: http://redallovertheland.com/
Riot Grrrl: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riot_grrrl
Hamja on Hillsborough Voices - Media Diversified: https://mediadiversified.org/2016/12/08/political-book-of-the-year-hillsborough-voices-the-real-story-told-by-the-people-themselves/
Black Panthers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_Party
Suffragettes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffragette
Tolpuddle Martyrs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolpuddle_Martyrs
ANC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_National_Congress
Malcolm X: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X
George: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-6-george
https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-106-jack-and-george
Orbital: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_(band)
Kurt Cobain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Cobain
Elliot Smith: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_Smith
Mark Fisher: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/18/mark-fisher-k-punk-blogs-did-48-politics
What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity
Mean Girls: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_Girls
Clement Attlee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_Attlee
Moazzam Begg: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moazzam_Begg
Cage: https://cage.ngo/
Gareth Pierce: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gareth_Peirce
In the name of the father: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Name_of_the_Father_(film)
Susan Cain - Quiet: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/mar/22/quiet-power-introverts-susan-cain-review
Joe Moran - shrinking violets: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/01/shrinking-violets-field-guide-shyness-joe-moran-review
Nina Power: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina_Power
Political Prisoner Radio: http://www.blacktalkradionetwork.com/politicalprisonerradio/
Law and Disorder Radio: http://lawanddisorder.org/
Heathers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathers

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Getting Better Acquainted

GBA 290 - Hamja Ahsan

"Sometimes you want to make the dictionary sexy but it's just not a sexy thing," says Kory Stamper, lexicographer for the Merriam-Webster dictionaries. Sorry if this is disillusioning news for you. The dictionary is not a sexy thing, but as Kory explains, it is a fascinating, complicated, exacting thing. 

There's more about this episode at http://theallusionist.org/authority.

Stay in touch at http://twitter.com/allusionistshow and http://facebook.com/allusionistshow.

The Allusionist is a proud member of Radiotopia.fm for PRX.org. Join us for Radiotopia's live tour of west coast cities this May - http://radiotopia.fm/live.

The Allusionist

Allusionist 54: The Authority

In GBA 294 we get better acquainted with Charmian. She talks about finding your feet at unexpected moments, talking to your past selves, wanting to be a centaur, school reports as first reviews, complicated families, how bullies bring out her inner vigilante and so much more. 

Charmian plugs: 

Soixante Mirth: http://charmianhughes.co.uk/
at the Brighton Fringe 7,8,14,15 May 8.20pm Blue Man: https://www.brightonfringe.org/box-office/shows/view/charmian-hughes-soixante-mirth
at the Buxton Fringe 20th, 21st July  10.30pm
at the Edinburgh Fringe 2.25pm Stand 4 - August

I plug:

The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/

We mention:

Antony and Cleopatra: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_and_Cleopatra
Banshee Labyrinth: https://www.thebansheelabyrinth.com/
Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/
Raj Rage: http://www.chortle.co.uk/shows/edinburgh_fringe_2014/c/23073/charmian_hughes%3A_raj_rage%21
Royal Festival Hall: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/venues/royal-festival-hall
Philippe Gaulier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_Gaulier
Enterprise Allowance Scheme: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_Allowance_Scheme
joungellours
John Gordillo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gordillo
Four Days in A Room: https://soundcloud.com/fourdaysinaroom
Shelter: http://www.shelter.org.uk/
ADHD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADHD
The Artists Way: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Artist%27s_Way
Jerry Cottle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Cottle
Seasick Steve: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasick_Steve
My Dad: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-dad-episodes
Lulu: http://www.lulu.com/
BFI: http://www.bfi.org.uk/
WB Yeats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._B._Yeats


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GBA 294 - Charmian Hughes

On #KilljoyFM, Ray Filar is joined by Victoria Sin, Juno Mac and Travis Alabanza to discuss femme as radical politics, femininities, and whether femme threatens feminism. 

http://novaramedia.com/?p=6254

Novara Audio: Radio for a Different Politics

KilljoyFM: F.E.M.M.E

In part 1 of this two part GBA special we join my 93 year old dad on a two day trip to some of the places where he grew up. My dad had wanted to take this trip for a while and me and my little sister (technically my half sister) managed to arrange to take him in February 2017. My 12 year old niece is the last member of the team on this roadtrip adventure. In this episode we travel from London to my dad's childhood home in Sea Mills which is now a suburb of Bristol. Day 1 of the journey takes us through time, space, memory, lost branches of the family tree, dementia and old age and the ways places and people change.

Next week in part two of episode 299 of Getting Better Acquainted we travel into Bristol to the Bristol Museum and other places my dad visited as a child.

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Getting Better Acquainted Special

GBA 299 - GBA Special: Visiting My Dad's Childhood: Day 1

To celebrate the 300th episode of GBA I'm putting out a season of 3 special episodes, which continues with today's conversation. In many ways this feels like a regular GBA episode and is a good example for new listeners of what the show is usually like. It's also a conversation with someone who it's taken 299 episodes to persuade to come on as a guest.

Part of the motivation for that is encourage people to donate to Refuaid which you can do here:
http://stories.co.uk/
https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/sparkrefuaid

In GBA 300 we get better acquainted with Matt. We talk about forming a theatre company together as students, 16 years of friendship, the different collaborations we have had over the years, who is actually the hardest working person in UK podcasting, the different interests and experiences that have led to him becoming a major force in British podcasting and how experiencing and healing from a spinal injury caused by a carcrash has influenced his outlook on the world. This episode also features a cameo from previous guest (and Matt's wife) Louise and contains the moment I met their child for the first time!

He doesn't plug anything but you can find out about all the things he does via his website: https://rethinkaudio.wordpress.com/

I plug:

Donating to GBA: http://bit.ly/2szNgUN
The Family Tree: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/
Freelance Stuff: http://www.davepickeringstoryteller.co.uk
Mansplaining masculinit: http://www.mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk/

We mention:

Lancaster University: http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/
Jen: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-jen-episodes
Zoe: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-zoe-and-gay-episodes
Richard: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-richard-episodes
Pink Floyd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Floyd
Iraq War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War
Agitprop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agitprop
Proscenium Arch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proscenium_arch
Ged: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-31-ged
Ringworm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringworm
Helen Zaltzman: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-9-helen-zaltzman
http://helenzaltzman.com/
Matt's true story at Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/podcasts/anatomy-of-a-road-traffic-accident-matt-hill-2/
Rethink Daily: http://archive.rethinkdaily.co.uk/
New York Times Daily: https://www.nytimes.com/podcasts/the-daily
Radio 4: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4
Kerrie: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-14-kerrie
Four Thought: Liberating Men: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07x5vsh
Louise: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-louise-episodes-1/
South Park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Park
Cbeebies: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies
Ministry of Stories: http://ministryofstories.org/
Private Eye Podcast: http://www.private-eye.co.uk/eyeplayer/podcast
BAFTA: http://guru.bafta.org/series/the-guru-podcast
Sachsgate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Russell_Brand_Show_prank_telephone_calls_row
British Podcast Awards: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/
Sony Radio Awards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Academy_Awards
Pete Price: http://ppmtelevision.com/
Crystal Maze: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Maze
Knightmare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knightmare
Micheal Fenton Stevens: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/sets/the-michael-fenton-stevens
Hackney Hear: http://www.hackneyhear.com/
Soho Stories: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/may/17/london-soho-stories-sex-drugs-rock-and-roll
Adam Curtis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Curtis
Spark London: http://stories.co.uk/

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GBA 300 Season

GBA 300 Matt

Chapter one of Robert Lous Stevenson's Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde.

The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde chapter 01

The unnamed narrator from Woking, England, begins by comparing the unsuspecting human population to the contents of a slide on a microscope, those contents as unaware of the beings observing them as the Earthlings are of the Martians with "intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic" who watch them as they go about their daily activities. He claims Mars is older than Earth and wonders why man—"so blinded by his vanity"—has failed to recognize for so long the probability of the existence of intelligent life on its neighboring planet. He observes that just as Mars is cooling as it ages and its inhabitants long for a younger, verdant world, so too must humanity face the same fate. Foreshadowing the destruction the aliens will bring, the narrator reminds readers of the cruelty that humans have also brought on their fellow beings, as when native Tasmanians were wiped out by British colonialists off the coast of Australia.

The narrator speculates on the superior intelligence of the Martians and claims astronomers, including Schiaparelli, have seen clues proving their existence. One such astronomer is Ogilvy, whom the narrator recalls invited him to an observatory to study Mars after another astronomer reported a dramatic explosion of gas on the surface of the planet, which seems to be directed toward Earth. The narrator observed a similar explosion as he watched through the telescope. Ogilvy doubted the existence of life on Mars and speculated the phenomenon may be related to meteorites or volcanoes. Many other people witnessed the phenomenon, which repeated itself at midnight over a total of 10 days.

The narrator marvels at how unconcerned the population was about the celestial events, including himself at the time, busying himself with his philosophical writing and learning to ride a bike. He pointed out Mars to his wife as they took an evening walk; all was "so safe and tranquil."

The War Of The Worlds Chapter 01

The narrator recalls the night "of the first falling star." Although he speculates many must have seen it, and indeed he himself could have witnessed it, he names three astronomers who note its descent, including Ogilvy, who hurries to its landing on Horsell Common. There he discovers a large cylinder in a huge crater created by its impact. The heat of the cylinder keeps him away initially, but he moves to get a closer look when he hears noises coming from it and observes that the end of the cylinder is slowly rotating. Ogilvy realizes the object is not a meteorite but something he assumes to be humanmade and connected to the occurrences on Mars. He becomes alarmed about the welfare of the inhabitants inside, but the extreme heat of the cylinder prevents him from offering assistance.

In distress Ogilvy runs to the nearby village for help but finds no one who will listen until he meets the journalist Henderson, and the two return to the crater but are still unable to help anyone inside the silent cylinder. The men return to the village, where Henderson sends a telegraph message about the event to London.

By 8 a.m. people have gathered around the crater, and the narrator learns about the "dead men from Mars" from the paperboy and proceeds toward Horsell Common to see for himself.

The War Of The Worlds Chapter 02

Chapter One of the classic novel by Herman Melville. 

Moby-Dick, or, The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that on the ship's previous voyage bit off Ahab's leg at the knee. A contribution to the literature of the American Renaissance, Moby-Dick was published to mixed reviews, was a commercial failure, and was out of print at the time of the author's death in 1891. Its reputation as a "Great American Novel" was established only in the 20th century, after the centennial of its author's birth. William Faulkner said he wished he had written the book himself, and D. H. Lawrence called it "one of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world" and "the greatest book of the sea ever written". Its opening sentence, "Call me Ishmael", is among world literature's most famous. 

Ishmael, a sailor, describes a typical scene in New York City, with large groups of men gathering on their days off to contemplate the ocean and dream of a life at sea. He explains that he himself went to sea because, like these men, he was feeling a “damp, drizzly November in [his] soul” and craved adventure. Shunning anything too “respectable” (or expensive), he always ships as a common sailor rather than as a passenger.

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Moby Dick Chapter 01

A night where people get up on stage and do some tragedy: part cabaret, part variety show. Come and let some great performers make you sad, make you think and make you smile. Sometimes they’ll be putting a new twist on what they do with brand new material tailored towards the theme. Expect music, comedy, true stories and more, all playing up to the tragic form but not taking it too seriously. The night will end, not with a whimper, not with a bang, but with a cathartic sing-a-long.

Brought to you by Sony Radio Award nominated writer, musician and performer Dave Pickering, this monthly show will be recorded and released as a free weekly podcast at www.standuptragedy.co.uk and through iTunes.

SUT Presents - How To Be Fat

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