Sarah Connors – playwright
Cornwall Woman
Within a year of giving up a successful career in education to pursue a lifelong ambition to be a playwright, was being nominated for prestigious national playwriting awards. Next year, three of her plays will be staged and big name theatres are taking a keen interest in producing her work. For this episode, recorded between rehearsals at The Minack Theatre, Sarah talks about the key advice she put into practice to help her tackle imposter syndrome and she talks candidly about the painful years trying for a baby – an experience which has fed into her powerful production Tre in which Mary...
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Ella Walsworth-Bell - poet
Cornwall Woman
Ella was 40 when she decided to start writing poetry. Since then she's created the Mor Poets collective, published Morvoren, the poetry of sea swimming, and organised workshops and poetry evenings across Cornwall. When she was a little girl, a dramatic storm brought her family to Cornwall. Her own family now live on a boat during the summer and the sea is a strong current through her writing. Join us down on the shoreline to find out what’s in store this summer for Ella. Find out more about the collective here.
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Sue Hill – theatre maker and visual artist
Cornwall Woman
Epic outdoor productions, unique open-air sculpture and mesmerising performances across Cornwall and the world – Sue Hill can do it all. She’s worked with Kneehigh, Wildworks, the Minack, the Eden Project to name just a few, flying the flag for Cornwall, her home county. Produced and presented by Karen Pirie Music by Alisdair Stirling
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Scary Little Girls
Cornwall Woman
It’s 20 years since the feminist production hub launched itself onto the world. Since then they have staged countless performances, ushered new female voices into the limelight and brought classic works screaming into the 21st century. Hear from the women who are making it happen. Find out what a Mayven is – are you one? And hear from other key women in Cornwall’s cultural scene. Produced and Presented by Karen Pirie for Western Sounds. Music by Alisdair Stirling
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Mary Woodvine – actor
Cornwall Woman
International focus is on Mary as she takes the lead in Mark Jenkin’s highly anticipated follow-up to Bait – Enys Men. She’s appeared in countless theatre productions across Cornwall and was a core member of Kneehigh Theatre in the 90s. And she’s been seen on our small screens in everything from Eastenders to Poldark. Mary talks about the challenge of taking on the intense role, the responsibility of being a leading lady in her 50s, the nightmare of her first day on EastEnders and scooping the naughtiest line of the series in Poldark.
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Trail Series Three
Cornwall Woman
A celebration of Cornwall's leading ladies in the performing arts.
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Cora Stocker - Skateboarder
Cornwall Woman
When Cora first started skateboarding there were hardly any female role models - so Cora helped launch one of the first ever events for female skateboarders. Since then she's taught scores of girls and women how to skate.
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Yasmine Fosu - activist
Cornwall Woman
Yasmine is a world class fencer, one of the leaders of Truro's Black Lives Matter protests and she has helped feed many of Falmouth's homeless people. She's currently studying international politics at Exeter University's Penryn campus.
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Rebecca Mordan theatre maker
Cornwall Woman
Rebecca runs her proudly feminist theatre company which aims to level the playing field for women in theatre, champion the lost women of history and make women in the audience leave feeling great about themselves. She's also spearheading a national project to celebrate and archive testimony from the fearless women of Greenham Common peace camp. And she and talks about her own experiences there as a campaigning five-year-old!
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Trail Series Two
Cornwall Woman
More cool Cornish woman on living life their way in Cornwall.
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Find out more about the history of Cornwall's pagan festivals, their favourite potent Cornish locations and their involvement in the All Hallow's "Dark Gathering" at Boscastle.