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Amanda Whittington

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Mount Recyclemore

Noel Gallagher discusses his new album Back the Way We Came: Vol 1, a Greatest Hits compilation from a decade of his band High Flying Birds that he formed once Oasis broke up in 2011.In the week that the Football Association has appointed its first ever female chair, playwright Amanda Whittington talks to John Wilson about her play Atalanta Forever.  Set in 1920s Huddersfield, it is inspired by the true story of a women’s football team so successful that The Football Association banned women from playing the beautiful game. Thousands thronged to watch women's football but the FA declared, 'The game...is quite unsuitable for females and ought not to be encouraged.'  People are thronging to watch the play too:  its first performance at the Piece Hall in Halifax was a sell-out. Mount Recyclemore has just been unveiled on the Cornish coast directly opposite the Carbis Bay Hotel where the G7 summit begins tomorrow. Echoing the carvings of American presidents at Mount Rushmore the heads of the 7 world leaders at the conference have been sculpted in discarded electronics, highlighting the growing problem of e-waste and its damage to the environment. John Wilson hears from Alex Wreckage, one of the artists behind the work, and Liam Howley of musicMagpie, the resale website that commissioned it.Presenter: John WilsonProducer: Sarah JohnsonStudio Manager: Emma Harth

Noel Gallagher discusses his new album Back the Way We Came: Vol 1, a Greatest Hits compilation from a decade of his band High Flying Birds that he formed once Oasis broke up in 2011. In the week that the Football Association has appointed its first ever female chair, playwright Amanda Whittington talks to John Wilson about her play Atalanta Forever. Set in 1920s Huddersfield, it is inspired by the true story of a women’s football team so successful that The Football Association banned women from playing the beautiful game. Thousands thronged to watch women's football but the FA declared, 'The game...is quite unsuitable for females and ought not to be encouraged.' People are thronging to watch the play too: its first performance at the Piece Hall in Halifax was a sell-out. Mount Recyclemore has just been unveiled on the Cornish coast directly opposite the Carbis Bay Hotel where the G7 summit begins tomorrow. Echoing the carvings of American presidents at Mount Rushmore the heads of the 7 world leaders at the conference have been sculpted in discarded electronics, highlighting the growing problem of e-waste and its damage to the environment. John Wilson hears from Alex Wreckage, one of the artists behind the work, and Liam Howley of musicMagpie, the resale website that commissioned it. Presenter: John Wilson Producer: Sarah Johnson Studio Manager: Emma Harth

Noel Gallagher, Amanda Whittington, Mount Recyclemore

Amanda Whittington’s work is widely performed by theatre companies across the UK.  Be My Baby has been a popular GCSE and ‘A’ Level choice for 20 years.  She had three titles in Nick Hern Book’s Top Ten Most Performed Plays of 2018: Ladies Day, Be My Baby and The Thrill of Love.  She also works extensively in radio drama, with 16 titles for BBC Radio 4.  D for Dexter won Best Series/Serial in the 2016 BBC Audio Drama awards and ran for seven years.Amanda began her writing career as a freelance journalist for titles including The Face, New Statesman and Nottingham Evening Post.  She was awarded a PhD by Publication at the University of Huddersfield, her thesis Bad Girls and Blonde Bombshells: Lived Feminisms in Popular Theatre exploring the diffuse and sometimes contradictory feminisms in her work.  She is currently an Associate Artist at Nottingham Playhouse and member of Northern Broadsides Arts Squad.

Amanda Whittington’s work is widely performed by theatre companies across the UK.  Be My Baby has been a popular GCSE and ‘A’ Level choice for 20 years.  She had three titles in Nick Hern Book’s Top Ten Most Performed Plays of 2018: Ladies Day, Be My Baby and The Thrill of Love.  She also works extensively in radio drama, with 16 titles for BBC Radio 4.  D for Dexter won Best Series/Serial in the 2016 BBC Audio Drama awards and ran for seven years. Amanda began her writing career as a freelance journalist for titles including The Face, New Statesman and Nottingham Evening Post.  She was awarded a PhD by Publication at the University of Huddersfield, her thesis Bad Girls and Blonde Bombshells: Lived Feminisms in Popular Theatre exploring the diffuse and sometimes contradictory feminisms in her work.  She is currently an Associate Artist at Nottingham Playhouse and member of Northern Broadsides Arts Squad.

EP 9: Amanda Whittington

Playwright Amanda Whittington talks about her career and her writing process and about three new plays she has opening in the next twelve months:  The Thrill of Love opens at the New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme from 22 February to 9 March before moving to the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough from 13 to 23 March and the St James Theatre in London from 27 March to 4 May. The Dugout from Splice Productions will be at the Tobacco Factory in Bristol in May. My Judy Garland Life will open at Nottingham Playhouse at the beginning of 2014. 

Playwright Amanda Whittington talks about her career and her writing process and about three new plays she has opening in the next twelve months: <ul> <li>The Thrill of Love opens at the <a href="http://www.newvictheatre.org.uk" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">New Vic</a>, Newcastle-under-Lyme from 22 February to 9 March before moving to the <a href="http://www.sjt.uk.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Stephen Joseph Theatre</a> in Scarborough from 13 to 23 March and the <a href="http://www.stjamestheatre.co.uk" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">St James Theatre</a> in London from 27 March to 4 May.</li> <li>The Dugout from <a href="http://www.spliceproductions.net" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Splice Productions</a> will be at the <a href="http://tobaccofactorytheatre.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Tobacco Factory</a> in Bristol in May.</li> <li>My Judy Garland Life will open at <a href="http://www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Nottingham Playhouse</a> at the beginning of 2014.</li> </ul>

Playwright Amanda Whittington on three new play openings