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Lights Up!

A Living History account of the influential women from the English East Midlands who have made a career in theatre.

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EP 9: Amanda Whittington

EP 9: Amanda Whittington

Amanda Whittington’s work is widely performed by theatre companies across the UK.  Be My Baby has been a popular GCSE an... Read more

27 May 2021

1hr

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EP 1: Jenny Sealey

EP 1: Jenny Sealey

Jenny Sealey has been Artistic director of Graeae Theatre Company since 1998. Graeae leads the way in pioneering, trail-... Read more

27 May 2021

54mins

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EP 6: Emteaz Hussain

EP 6: Emteaz Hussain

Emteaz is a playwright and performance poet.  She is currently writing on Ackley Bridge and is under commission by the R... Read more

27 May 2021

34mins

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EP 5: Ava Hunt

EP 5: Ava Hunt

Ava Hunt is a practitioner in theatre for young people and  is as a researcher and Senior Lecturer at University of Derb... Read more

27 May 2021

49mins

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EP 7: Alex Stafford-Marshall

EP 7: Alex Stafford-Marshall

Alex is a freelance Lighting Designer based in Derbyshire with over twenty five years professional experience designing ... Read more

27 May 2021

43mins

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EP 4: Sonali Bhattacharyya

EP 4: Sonali Bhattacharyya

Sonali Bhattacharyya is  a playwright whose commissions include Megaball (National Theatre Learning), 2066 (Almeida Thea... Read more

27 May 2021

53mins

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EP3: Sarah Brigham

EP3: Sarah Brigham

Sarah is the Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Derby Theatre where she has championed a new way of working throug... Read more

27 May 2021

33mins

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EP 2: Indhu Rubasingham

EP 2: Indhu Rubasingham

Productions as Artistic Director include: Red Velvet (Evening Standard Award and Critics’ Circle Award, also at St Ann’s... Read more

27 May 2021

38mins

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EP 8: Esther Anne Richardson

EP 8: Esther Anne Richardson

Esther is Artistic Director of Pilot Theatre company based in York, UK. She leads the vision for the organisation and ha... Read more

27 May 2021

1hr

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Lights Up is coming May 28

Lights Up is coming May 28

The Lights Up podcast and website will launch with all nine episodes, together with video and transcripts, on Friday May... Read more

25 May 2021

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