#23 - Thai Beginnings to Happy Endings with Lilly SnatchDragon

This week, Rosie and Lilly discuss the very important topic of how to get a UK Passport, as well as: Thai Lady; Best Weight Loss; Eco-Friendly Washing Machines; Pride and Prejudice; The Three Aspects of Lilly; Attention Grabbing Hooker; World Theatre Vs. Acting; Creative Geniuses and Roleplay Games; Forgetting Stage Combat is Pretend Fighting; Chinese Water Sleeves; Jack of All Trades; Did He SAY That?!; Eyes Wide Open; Total Life Turn Around; Surprise Prejudice; Western Stereotypical Views of East Asian Women; Racism Actually Happens; Being From Everywhere; England is COLD; Interesting Interpretation of Finders Keepers; Saving Up for Burlesque; Burlesque with Traditional Art Forms; What Do You Find Offensive Onstage; Rubyyy and Cairo Co-Opt Lilly; Limitations We Place On Ourselves; Body Image; Friends Feeding Confidence; Not In the Memo; English Breakfast; Baked Bean Phobia; Kittening; Creating a Character; Calling Out Racists; Lilly is Filthy; How Far Can I Push It; Drag as Abstract; SM to Compere; No Longer a SideKick; Lilly Lab!; Kudos for Comperes; Loads of Exciting Stuff Happening; Stage Euphoria; Bad is Not Bad; See Lilly Live!

About Lilly SnatchDragon:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lilly.snatchdragon
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lillysnatch
Instagram: http://instagram.com/lillysnatch/


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#22 - Peeking Behind the Sparkly Mask of Marcus Reeves

This week, Rosie and Marcus find out surprising connections and have a good old chat all about: Jack of All Trades; Shiny Distractions; YouTube And the Rise of the Digital Artist; Immediate Feedback and Global Reach; Internet Arguments and Trends; Staying or Leaving Facebook; Personal Page VS Persona Page; YouTube and Creative Content; Filming Live Experiences; Invasive Photography; Rant Detour!; Arty Childhood; Textiles and Acting; The Brillo Pad of Drama School; Music Obsession Not Helping Going to Art School; Sister Wendy the Musical; Sick of Nuns; How Do You Fit In Cabaret; Southbank Centre Unlocks a Block; Shouting into a Void; Depression and Mental Health; See it Through; Making a Music Video; Advice on Motivations; Editing takes AGES; You’re Always DOING Something!; Holiday Guilt; Freelancer Lifestyle VS Mortgages Cats and Babies Syndrome; Youtube Channel like a TV Channel; Content is King; Let’s Talk about Sexxx With Rubyyy Jones!; The Internet is Amazing; Jealousy is Not About You; Give Yourself the Permission; There is Nothing to Stop You Doing It; Artistic Life Comes Full Circle; Walking Out with No Bow; At Least the Ceiling Was Secure; Rosie’s Brain Signs Off Early.

About Marcus Reeves

Writer and performer Marcus Reeves’ performance career spans work as an actor, stand-up comic, singer songwriter and performance poet. As part of London’s alternative cabaret scene he has performed alongside such luminaries as David Hoyle, Dickie Beau and Jonny Woo to name a few.

Through Mary King’s Voicelab, Marcus has performed at the Royal Festival Hall with Mercury Music Prize winners Elbow, jazz improvisation icon Bobby McFerrin and supported New York a capella group Naturally Seven in a choir led by UK jazz legend Ian Shaw. More recently he joined the London Gay Mens Chorus to sing on the debut EP from Fingersnap, the new project from David McAlmont and Guy Davies, sang in Our Lady J’s ‘Train-To-Kill’ gospel choir at Soho Theatre and supported Rupaul’s Drag Race star Adore Delano at The Meth Lab.

Mixing his roots as a singer songwriter with influences from musical theatre, pop, rock and dance music, Marcus has recently found his true voice with his own brand of ‘nouveau cabaret’ (as described by Vince Clarke of Erasure). With live performances, readings and screenings of his work at venues including BAC, the Cochrane Theatre, the Kings Head, the Southbank Centre and the ICA, Marcus continues to establish a firm reputation as a versatile man of words and music.

His debut solo album Quicksilver - The Masquerade Macabre is available now from the shop. He is currently developing a new song cycle The Dark Side of the World, re-working his project Postcards from God - The Sister Wendy Musical and recently launched his own YouTube chat show Behind the Mask, also available as a podcast with extra unaired material.

Website: http://www.reevescorner.co.uk/home.html

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/marcusreevestv
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarcusReevesFanPage
Twitter: https://twitter.com/marcus_reeves
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/marcusreeves



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#21 - Clowning Around with the Loveable Kiki Lovechild

Photo by Mr Suave

This week, Rosie was thrilled to be chatting with Kiki Lovechild. Much laughter ensued, but also chat about: Furlesque; 400 Year Old Art Forms; Do Your Parents Know What You Do??; 4 Year Old Clown Commander; Performance Seeking Missile; Song to Silence; Classical Charts into Magic; Not Traditional School; Angela de Castro; Do It Properly!; Being a Performer is Being a Business; Happy Accidents are the Best; Sweaty Accidents are Better; Chance Can Give You More Ideas; Vaudeville History Holds the Key; Kiki the Writer!!; Disturbingly Positive; Street Performance; Audiences are Mysterious; Christmas Audiences are… Different…; Giants of Negativity VS Miniature Positive Incidents; Psychology Confessional; Convoluted Passages to Performance; Escapology and Children’s Parties; Balloon Model Hoover; Kiki’s Lobotomy Business; If Something Scares You, You Should Probably Do It (Maybe); Variety of Fringes; Post-Its; Free Show Outside Kiki’s House; The Worst Show Became the Best Show; How to Respond When You Make Bad Things; Living Up To Expectations; Flabby, Uninspiring Jesus; Experiencing Art Through Posters; Can You Tell If It’s Funny?; Video Your First Outing; NSFW Fan Dance Surprise; Vaudeville Factoid: Break A Leg; Very Superstitious; Idols Watching Your Failures; You Can Accept the Applause. 

About Kiki

Kiki is a multi-skilled silent clown. Based in London, UK, he has performed his unique routines around the United Kingdom and abroad. 

Over the years thousands have enjoyed his tried and tested routines, which draw upon his training and experience in a variety of skill-sets, including mime, physical theatre, puppetry, illusion, escapology and more. 

Kiki is probably best known on the UK cabaret circuit for introducing the world to Furlesque - his quirky puppet burlesque creations. These routines have made him a regular at high profile burlesque events.

A natural performer and attention seeker, Kiki had his first regular paid performance job at the age of 8, and has polished and refined his craft a little since then. He has trained in mime with celebrated physical theatre tutor Desmond Jones, clowning with the world famous Angela de Castro, puppetry with The Little Angel Theatre and circus skills at Circus Space. While all of these have proved invaluable, nothing has taught Kiki more than years and years of experimentation in front of real world audiences. 

After many years of performing short cabaret routines, in 2013 Kiki launched his first hour long solo clown show. A brief preview of the show at Madame Jojos in February met with an enthusiastic audience response, and the run of the show at Brighton Fringe attracted good audiences and 5 star reviews, followed by a successful run in Grimsby. 

Kiki likes writing in the third person.
Website: http://kikilovechild.co.uk/kiki/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kikilovechild
Twitter: https://twitter.com/

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#20 - Review of the Year Part Two with Holli-Mae Johnson and Franco Milazzo

Part Two of the fantastic evening with Franco and Holli, this time talking about what a critic is, does, why we need them and how we can all just get along. In detail: Why Do We Need Critcs?; What Are They Anyway?; Critic Doesn’t Mean Criticism; Judge What You See; Attaching Your Real Name to Reviews; Attitudes Changing After Writing; Separating Art from the Artist; Quality Control; Who Do We Listen To?; FringePick; On the Same Team; How To Receive Criticism; Being Honest; Not Here To Change Your Show; Don’t Interfere With the Process; Cabaret-Specific Behaviour; Write to Franco!; Cabaret Is Not a Niche; Burlesque Criticism is Very New; Financial Independence is Literary Freedom; Events of the Year; Madame Jojo’s; Royal Vauxhall Tavern’s Future; Bar Wotever; Facebook Real Name Debacle; Conchita Wurst and The Year of Drag; Draggy, Circusy Year; Panti Bliss And Her Amazing Speech; Snoop Dogg; Michael Gove Loves Chap Hop; The Bruno Story; Audience Member Really ENJOYS The Show; Being Flipped Off; Hen Party Puke; Alp Haydar is a Legend; Collective Awe; Tell the World About Greatness.

About Franco:Since 2012, Franco Milazzo has been the publisher and editor-in-chief of This Is Cabaret, the only website shortlisted for a London Cabaret Award. The Daily Beast called him "a man with an encyclopedic knowledge of the city's cabaret culture," which was kind of them. When not penning withering or enthusiastic reviews for TIC of whichever show he stayed awake through the previous night, he can be found writing music, comedy, opera, theatre and food for Londonist. This votary of cabaret enjoys good books and walks by the sea.
Website: www.thisiscabaret.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisiscabaret
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThisIsCabaret

About Holli:Holli-Mae Johnson is the founder and editor of 21st Century Burlesque Magazine, a pioneering publication created seven years ago to unite, document and celebrate the global burlesque community. Holli is actively involved in the burlesque community on a day to day basis and is privately consulted by performers and producers at every level for promotion, critique, recommendations and encouragement. As a documenter and critic, she has seen countless burlesque and variety performances from across the world and provides an intimate perspective and insight into the lives and careers of burlesque’s greatest pioneers, performers and personalities.Website:http://21stcenturyburlesque.com/
Twitter:https://twitter.com/burlesqueonline
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/BurlesqueOnline


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#19 - Review of the Year Part One with Franco Milazzo and Holli-Mae Johnson!

This is a SUPER SPECIAL PODCAST EPISODE!! Rosie has the privilege of chatting for hours with the people behind the websites: Holli-Mae Johnson from 21st Century Burlesque and Franco Milazzo from This is Cabaret for a festive review of what's been great in 2014 (and some hints at what 2015 might hold). This first part is all about the shows. Shows shows shows. And performers. We love them. So we talked about: What Do Critics Do; Fetishistic Fans; Banks of Knowledge; Know What You’re Looking At; Archiving and Recording; THE SHOWS!; Circusfest; Mimetic Festival; Vaults Festival 2015; Red Bastard Changes You; MimeticFest Awards; How Much We Love Anna Lou; Cabaret des Distractions; Reuben Kaye; Lady Rizo; Baby Lame; Miss Behave’s Gameshow; Alternative Eurovision; London Wonderground; La Soiree; Scottee; Mrs Hudson’s Christmas Corker/Spymonkey; Fascinating Aida; A Load of Crepe by The Late Night Shop Cabaret; Monica Salvi; Midnight Circus; Chrisalys; Greenwich Circus Festival; Circus Space/National Centre for Circus Arts; The Chap Olympiad; Blitz Party; SS Atlantica; Boom & Bang Circus at the Roundhouse; Phil InGud; Barelesque; Between the Sheets; Curiosity Cabaret; Des O’Connor; Dr. Clive’s Circus; The Old Operating Theatre; The Middle of the Road; Bourgeois & Maurice and David Hoyle; Royal Vauxhaull Tavern; White Mischief; EastEnd Cabaret – Sexual Tension; Cabaret at Scarfe’s Bar; Dusty Limits and Lili La Scala; Vicky Butterfly; Another Fucking Variety Show; Briefs!; Esquire deLune; House of Burlesque; Tempest Rose; Bettsie Bon Bon; Scarlett O’Hora; Rubyyy Jones’ Young Feminist Whores; Bonnie Fleur; Pi the Mime; Meth & The Meth Lab; Lolo Brow & Cabaret Derangium; Are You Game… Stay Tuned for Part Two!

About Franco:Since 2012, Franco Milazzo has been the publisher and editor-in-chief of This Is Cabaret, the only website shortlisted for a London Cabaret Award. The Daily Beast called him "a man with an encyclopedic knowledge of the city's cabaret culture," which was kind of them. When not penning withering or enthusiastic reviews for TIC of whichever show he stayed awake through the previous night, he can be found writing music, comedy, opera, theatre and food for Londonist. This votary of cabaret enjoys good books and walks by the sea.
Website: www.thisiscabaret.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisiscabaret
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThisIsCabaret

About Holli:Holli-Mae Johnson is the founder and editor of 21st Century Burlesque Magazine, a pioneering publication created seven years ago to unite, document and celebrate the global burlesque community. Holli is actively involved in the burlesque community on a day to day basis and is privately consulted by performers and producers at every level for promotion, critique, recommendations and encouragement. As a documenter and critic, she has seen countless burlesque and variety performances from across the world and provides an intimate perspective and insight into the lives and careers of burlesque’s greatest pioneers, performers and personalities.Website:http://21stcenturyburlesque.com/
Twitter:https://twitter.com/burlesqueonline
Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/BurlesqueOnline

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#18 - Notre Petite Gamine Anna Lou Larkin Waxes Lyrical

Photo by Rhinoa's Photography

This week, Rosie and Anna Lou spent more time talking off-mic than on mic. However, they did manage to podcast about: Getting Away With It; Child Drama; Performing and Improvising in French; Rending Yourself Unemployable; Remedial Drama Classes; Wanting to be Pushed; Work to Live VS Live to Work; Children and Gin; Social Media Makes You Look Busy; Languages and Communication; Too Young for Drama School; Gilbert & Sullivan; The Socially Acceptable Face of Writing Poetry; Attractive Pressure; Learning From Failure; Wasting a Brest Year in French Coventry; Self-Consciously Parisian; Scottish Science Bee; Mechanical Statue in Whitby; Studying Your Weaknesses; Lecoq - Who is He?; Audition in Festival Mode; Improvising in French; Stage Persona VS Charatcer; First Cabaret Gig; Limitations and Benefits of Casting; Accidental Resident; Once A Month Challenge; Confused Kids and Sleepy Achievements; RIP Madam Jojo's; Relentlessly Positive.

About Anna Lou:
Anna Lou Larkin is a teller of tales, a squeezer of boxes and a lover of ridiculous rhymes. Originally from Glasgow, she has made her way to the London cabaret scene through Shakespeare, TIE and a stint as a very ghoulish Scot at the Edinburgh Dungeons. Armed with a cheeky French degree and a love of all things Gallic and silly, the licentious French wordsmith Anna Lou was born. Resident at Cabaret Roulette for the past 2 years, she has recently debuted her first full solo hour "Anna Lou's Contes D'amour" at Mimetic Festival, which you'll be able to see at the Edinburgh Festival 2015.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Larkalou
Twitter: https://twitter.com/annaloularkin


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#17 - Fingers in Many Pies: Alexander Parsonage is Politically Savvy and Artistically Astute

This week Rosie goes underground to chat with Alexander Parsonage about: Finger in the Pie; Quitting Art School; Conceptual, Philosophical, Political; The Bollocks Myth of the Lone Genius; Hooked on Directing; KneeHigh Theatre and Magic; Bleed the University Dry; Post-University Company in Crisis; The Great Tragedy of English Theatre Education; Unhealthy Actor Lifestyle; External Revenue Source; Space and Time is Precious; Overnight Success in Cabaret; Good Direction Versus Terrible Direction; Theatre of Cold Backstage Brutality; Backing a Good Horse; Overnight Success to Overnight Flop; Threats of Litigation Lead to Breakthroughs; Publication Confusion; Cabaret =/= Theatre or Standup; The Bubble Hasn't Burst; Big Cabaret Umbrella; How Do We Survive??; European Models, Money and Barriers; International Embarrassment and Value; Low Pay No Pay and How Do We Celebrate Good Collaboration?; The Myth of the Producer; Theatre Makers = Entrepreneurs; Day Job Stigma; English Theatre is the Best in the World; Not Interested in Politics; Effective Political Voice for the Arts; Theatre About Emotion; Concurrent Realities; What Makes it All Worth It.

About Alexander:
Alexander is an award winning theatre director and co-founder of Finger in the Pie. He has worked extensively in clown, mime, visual theatre, puppetry and cabaret. His clown production – Sweeney Todd: His Life, Times and Execution! was shortlisted for a Total Theatre Award in 2009 and his follow up production Waiting for Stanley was listed in the top 10 best reviewed shows of Edinburgh 2012. He is currently working on the Mimetic Festival 2014. Alexander trained in theatre creation at the London International School of Performing Arts (LISPA) a Lecoq based pedagogy in London.
Website: http://www.fingerinthepie.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fingerinthepie
Twitter:https://twitter.com/fingerinthepie
Mimetic: http://mimeticfest.com/


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#16 - The Quintuple Threat That Is Rubyyy Jones

Inspiring and inspired human performance tornado Rubyyy Jones hashes it out with Rosie this week on SO MANY TOPICS! They are: Fluid Performance Artistry; Compartmentalised Training; Six Hundred Applicants, Thirty Places; Triple Threats and Triple Pirouettes; Peers Are Teachers Too; Christmas Graduates and Cocaine; Segregated From the World; Smash Your Own Space!; You Can Do What You Want in Cabaret As Long As It's Considered; Career By Numbers; PrePrepared Life in the UK (Kinda); Seeing ALL of Canada... Seeing Too Much of Canada; Know Your Enemy a.k.a Being an Agent; Sad in a Gorgeous Appartment; Not a Nun Kinda Gal; Finding Your Voice(Over); Finding Your Written Voice; Pressure to be a Yes Man; Sticking to Your Guns and Being Willful; Sexual Awakenings Through Celibacy; Masturbation for SCIENCE; Falling in Love With Your Body; Expectations Surrounding Sex; A Force of Nature; LAZER TORNADO!; Living Too Much as Your Persona; Save Rubyyy Jones; Conversations With the Universe; Critique Sandwich; Tournament of Tease; Not Limited by Personal Brand; Cabatheatre; English Breakfast Bathroom; Slow and Steady; Barter Systems; Safe Stages and Winning People Over.

About Rubyyy
Rubyyy Jones is an all singing, dancing, stripping force of nature! A big fat fabulous queer Canadian with an extensive theatre and dance background she has been smashing up the cabaret scene for the last four years as a solo artist, compere, writer, activist, choreographer and mentor. An award winning performer, ranked Top 20 in the UK in 21st Century Burlesque list 2014, and an innovative producer, profiled in The Sunday Times Magazine, Rubyyy brings her brand of love, lust and light with flare, glitter and fight.

Website: www.rubyyyjones.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rubyyy-Jones/178244772234173
Twitter: www.twitter.com/rubyyyjones
Mimetic Festival: http://www.mimeticfest.com/events/event/save-rubyyy-jones/

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#15 - Breaking out of the Box: Pi the Mime

Rosie sits down with Pi the Mime and his translator, Alexander Luttley, to talk about many mimey topics: Multiple Mimes; Not a Biochemist; Learning Multiple Mime Styles; No Hablo Espanol; The Only Discipline With No Words; Mimetic Proposals; Making a Show Quickly; All the Mimes; Multiple Mime Disorder; Mime Gender and Moving Around; Who Are You Sleeping With?; Labels Labels Labels; Expectations and Individuality; Powerful Labels or Restrictive Labels; Tribal, Social Animals Called Humans; Too Much Focus on Labels; Being Bad at Expected Behaviours; The Circle; All Lesbians Carry Lighters; The Gender-Bending, Burlesque Dancing Mime and the Catholic Priest; Accidental Gender Comments; Assumptions; Playing with Ideas and Cabaret Roulette (again!!); Arguing with Pi; Improv With Yourself; The Triangle; Kinsey, Scales and Volume Control; The Best Identity Crisis Ever; Cabaret is the Best; What Happened to Fun?; Exploration and Failure; Finger in the Pie; Performance Course with Pi; Carpeted Stages and Mime Murder; Audience Interaction Gets Cheeky.

About Pi the Mime:
 Pi the Mime steps straight out of internationally trained performance artist Alexander Luttley’s imagination and onto any stage that’ll have him. Combining mime, clown, various forms of dance, circus and burlesque, Pi and the mimes have burst onto the scene with a full length production and a variety of sketches that have appeared all across the UK Cabaret and Theatre scene. As they approach a year and a half they also embark on a journey as ‘teachers’, combining Luttley’s wealth of training with what has become the recognisable Pi the mime style. With a passion for performance and an avid interest in fighting the restricitions of social labels upon the individual, Luttley and Pi look forward to popping up more often, and returning with Award Winning Production – Un Cas de Nostalgie – at Mimetic Festival 2014 in The Vaults (from 20th – 28th November 9:50pm).

Pi and the Mimes can be seen at events including Cabaret Roulette, Luscious Cabaret, Whatnot Cabaret and Oh My Cabaret; at venues including Madame Jojo’s, House of Wolf, Shoreditch Town Hall, The Vaults and Roxy Bar and Screen; and alongside companies including Finger in the Pie, Juliette’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Circus and RIFT.

Website: www.alexanderluttley.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/PiTheMime
Twitter: www.twitter.com/PiTheMime
Mimetic Festival: http://www.mimeticfest.com/events/event/un-cas-de-nostalgie/

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We interrupt this broadcast to bring you a special announcement!

Hello friends!

Hope you're all enjoying the fabulous fruits of this quirky little podcast. Little moment of shameless self-promotion here, seeing as I run this damn blog. I'm starting a theatre company! And I need YOUR help!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1852654863/the-end-of-the-line-at-london-horror-festival

We have SEVEN DAYS left of our Kickstarter campaign to kick this baby into high gear. Our show is a modern re-imagining of Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher. Expect spills, thrills and chills as we stage an hour's worth of disturbing psychological horror as part of the London Horror Festival, 2014.

We have a wickedly talented cast, and we're hoping that this project is just the beginning. Since we're trying to raise such a small amount, literally any size of pledge will help us and make a huge impact.

Thank you all, dear listeners, for your continued support. You mean the world to me.

Biggest love,
Rosie
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