Persistent and Nasty

Louise has a fantastic chat with some of the incredible women of brand new play, Drowning. She was in the stellar company of playwright Jessica Ross, producer Kendell Shaffer and actress Aurora Henning. Louise had an absolute blast with these talented, inspiring and powerhouse ladies. They chat all things feminism, pursuing your goals, the #WomenOfFringe initiative and murder! This is definitely a...

In the first of our series of 2019 Edinburgh Fringe podcasts, we talk to the brilliant Cat Hepburn. Cat is an award-winning script writer, spoken word artist and educator based in Glasgow. She holds an MA with distinction in TV Fiction Writing from Glasgow Caledonian University, and an MA Hons in Theatre and Slavonic Studies from the University of Glasgow. Her passions are working with marginalise...

In episode 11 all of our Nasty gals have a great conversation with Jemima Levick the Artistic Director Of Stellar Quines Theatre Company The conversation covers everything from Jemima’s beginnings as a director to changing the narrative our young people see on stage and screen with her current production of This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing to what the future holds for all...

In episode 10 Louise chats to the more than a little bit impressive Sarah Rose Graber. Sarah-Rose is a performer, director, teaching artists and occasional unicorn with a fascinating resume. She's always off an exciting new creative adventure, so it was a lucky delight to catch her for a coffee and a blether. Originally from Miami, she moved to Chicago to study theatre at Northwestern University a...

In today's episode Elaine sits down with Jennifer Bates. Artistic Director of the DH Ensemble. They chat about Jen's most recent work and what she has coming up. Covering everything from Breast milk to taking up your own space. Jen's daughter makes a few guest vocals throughout the podcast as well. Enjoy. Co-founder and Director of the DH Ensemble, Jennifer has directed each of the Ensemble's proj...

In today's episode, Louise sits down with playwright, actress and musician Morna Young to talk about her upcoming project "Lost at Sea", a story inspired by the loss of her father when she was a child. Morna is a playwright, actress and musician from a wee fishing village in the North East of Scotland. She is recipient of the 2017 Dr Gavin Wallace Fellowship (hosted by Creative Learning, Aberdeen...

We are mixing it up. A CALL OUT to all the women in the Theatre, Film and Television industry in all roles. We want to hear your stories, tales, annoyances. On Periods, Motherhood and Menopause. We will take all the information and make a few episodes covering your thoughts. So please get in touch persistentandnasty@gmail.com. Persistent and Nasty is a script-reading, debate and art as activism in...

Welcome to episode 7. Louise, Misha and Elaine sat down in January to go over all the wonderful ideas gathered at the event in December. From these thoughts the hope is to create a manifesto. The gals chat and discuss many of the hot topics in the industry at the moment. Persistent and Nasty is a script-reading, debate and art as activism initiative for the female-identified voice in stage and scr...

Welcome to Episode 6 comrades. Louise sits down with one of her all time favourite people, Shilpa T Hyland. A recent graduate with an MA in Classical and Contemporary Text at the Royal Conservatoire Scotland, Shilpa is a pioneer board member for Stellar Quines, and is co-founder of the company Modest Predicament. She has previously worked as a trainee director for the National Theatre of Scotland...

Louise sits down with Simone Pereira-Hind and Anna Dawson of Simone Pereira-Hind casting. Two of the nicest people in the business, it was an absolute pleasure to spend an hour with them. We talk about all things casting, gender parity in film and television, career journeys, auditioning and the progress being made in the industry in the wake of the #MeToo movement. And we spent a wee minute or tw...

PARENTAL ADVISORY for this episode. In Episode 4 we welcome the amazing Maureen Beattie. Just before Christmas Misha and Elaine had the chance to chat to Maureen the President of Equity. Critically acclaimed actor, director and all round extraordinary human. We covered many topics and didn't managed to touch on half of what we wanted to chat about. So we will just have to have a part 2. We have ad...

In this little mini-pod we welcome bright young thing Misha McCullagh to the coven. Misha is a talented actress and producer who has joined the Persistent and Nasty initiative as a much needed and appreciated co-producer. Louise, Elaine and Misha gathered for a cuppa and a blether. We chat about having many a #girlcrush and make a tonne of recommendations for all your telly and book needs during t...

Episode Two of the Persistent and Nasty podcast was recorded at the Abattoir at Underbelly. Co-founder/producer Louise Oliver sits down with New York playwright Jean-Ann Douglass to talk about her new play, "The Providence of Neighbouring Bodies". Produced by Dutch Kills Theatre NYC, and presented by Underbelly at the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Joining Louise and Jean-Ann are two of the cast...

The inaugural Persistent and Nasty podcast. Our coven of four actresses from Scotland discuss equality, gender issues, representation and more in the performing arts. Featuring snippets from previous Persistent and Nasty live events with guest speakers. Persistent and Nasty is a script-reading/discussion/activism initiative for the female-identified voice in stage & screen. For more information, v...