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It’s the final episode of this season!  We’re delighted to be joined by four incredibly talented artists who we have been fortunate to work with on both The Female Edit shows: writer and director Lil Warren, actor, director and poet Blair McAlpine, actor, writer and singer/songwriter Daisy Ashford and actor, writer and voice artist Miriam Babooram. We take a look back at this extraordinary year and the impact it has had on us both personally and creatively. Salute Our Sisters this week: The wonderful and much missed Joan Blackham Griefcast podcast The Queen’s Gambit, NetflixFollow Blair to find out more about her talented friends!Also featured:Miriam’s short story is included in the anthology Strange Spring: Stories We Wrote in Self-Isolation which is available for Kindle here https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08R44JD9M with the paperback out soon.   Dear Joe, Miriam’s theatre piece, will be published by Methuen as part of a collection for Kali Theatre's 30th birthday celebration in June of next year. You can watch the performance online here https://kalitheatre.co.uk/kali-summer-solos/Equityhttps://www.equity.org.ukThe Self-Tape Challengehttps://www.purocasting.com/the-acting-habitBig Finish Productionshttps://www.bigfinish.comEdith Cavell Memorialhttps://edithcavell.org.ukNational Theatre Digital+ membershiphttps://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/support-us/individuals/memberships-join-or-renew/digital-membershipCustodians for Covidhttps://www.joannavestey.com/projects/custodians-for-covid/#Caretaker by Hester Chillingworth (durational installation at the Royal Court) https://royalcourttheatre.com/caretakerSky Arts Late featuring Rufus Norrishttps://www.sky.com/watch/title/series/e213ac59-0181-46df-97f3-0eaee1cdb582/sky-arts-late/episodes/season-1/episode-4  

In this episode we talk to filmmaker Drew V. Marke, her work includes several highly acclaimed shorts and this year she released her first feature, the darkly comic, Get Luke Lowe. The film was nominated for Best International Film at the American Black Film Festival and can also be viewed on Amazon Prime in the US, with distribution in the UK and other territories coming in 2021. We chat about Drew’s love of genre, particularly sci-fi and the challenges of filming in the pandemic.You can find out more about Drew’s work here: https://www.thefuchsiacorner.comSalute Our Sisters this week are:Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home by Nicole J Georges Twitter @NicoleJGeorgesOctavia E. Butlerhttps://www.octaviabutler.comBad Peoplehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08lj2szFish Tank , NetflixDisclosure, NetflixAmber RuffinTwitter @ambermruffin Also featured:American Black Film Festivalhttps://www.abff.com Alien, Amazon PrimeFalling Down, Netflix/Amazon PrimeAmerican Honey, All 4/Amazon PrimeOrange Is the New Black, Netflix

In this episode we talk to Avril Poole and Vicki Pipe, of LadyProv, an all female improv troupe consisting of Avril, Vicki and Maeve Ryan.(Twitter: @Lady_Prov, Facebook: @LadyProv) This week’s Salute Our Sisters! are:Photographer Isabella Tabacchi https://isabellatabacchi.com (@isabellandscapes on Instagram)“The Five” by Hallie Rubenhold (@HallieRubenhold on Twitter)https://www.hallierubenhold.com/books/the-five/Improviser & Actor Josie Lawrence (@josielawrence1 on Twitter)Sharp Objects, Amazon PrimeAlso mentioned:The Nursery: https://thenurserytheatre.comHoopla: https://www.hooplaimpro.comThe Spontaneity Shop: https://www.the-spontaneity-shop.com“Upstairs Downton”“Whose Line is it Anyway?”, Amazon PrimeThis episode was recorded a couple of weeks prior to the UK entering its second Lockdown.

In today’s episode we’re joined by actor, writer and podcaster Anola Chase to talk about her journey to where she is today and the motivation behind her writing.Podcast, 'Kiki in the Cronx': https://www.kikiinthecronx.comIncluded in Salute Our Sisters! this week are: Michaela Coel (again!)Twitter: @MichaelaCoel“I May Destroy You”, BBC iPlayer;“Chewing Gum”, Channel 4/Netflix Issa RaeTwitter: @IssaRae"Insecure", Amazon Prime“The Mis-Adventures of Awkward Black Girl” http://awkwardblackgirl.comWhatsHerName Podcast Twitter: @WhatsHerNamePChttps://www.whatshernamepodcast.comMae Martin@TheMaeMartin“Feel Good”, Channel 4/NetflixAlso featured:“So Much Stuff” by Annie Fox for The Space Theatrehttps://youtu.be/V6pwh7bBklkhttps://space.org.ukCroydon Youth Theatrehttps://www.cyto.org.ukThe Moth Podcasthttps://themoth.org/podcastMonologueSlam https://monologueslamuk.com“Us” BBC iPlayer“Sex in the City”, Amazon Prime

In today’s episode we’re joined by Stephanie Fuller and Ally Poole, who together with Madeleine Lewis and Elana Binysh are Hot Cousin. Their bold, inventive, and experimental approach to live theatre means they have embraced the challenges of making work during the pandemic. We also talk about their exciting new residency with La Boite in Australia, and being mentored by GobSquad.https://www.hotcousin.co.ukTwitter: @yourhotcousin  Included in Salute Our Sisters! this week are: Lucy McCormickhttps://www.lucymccormick.comTwitter: @lucy_muck Michaela CoelTwitter: @MichaelaCoelI May Destroy You, BBC iPlayerJameela Jamil Twitter: @jameelajamil Daphne Du Maurierhttps://www.dumaurier.org  Also featured:  Carl Sagan’s Golden Recordhttps://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/golden-record/whats-on-the-record/Gob Squadhttps://www.gobsquad.comTwitter: @GobSquad La Boitehttps://laboite.com.auTwitter: @LaBoiteTheatre Belarus Free Theatrehttps://www.belarusfreetheatre.com@BFreeTheatreThe Good Place, Netflix  

In this episode we talk to actor and writer, Sarah Wanendeya, who we first worked with in 2019 on “The Female Edit: Mother?” Sarah has been further developing her play “Middlescence” (previously performed as “Becoming the Invisible Woman”) with Milton Keynes based theatre company “The Play’s the Thing” (https://www.playsthethingtheatrecompany.co.uk)This week’s Salute Our Sisters! are:Multi-disciplinary Artist, Bobby Baker (@BobbytheBaker on Twitter)Playwright Morgan Lloyd Malcolm (@mogster on Twitter)Comedians Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, whose new podcast “Titting About” is on Audible (@ferrifrump and @Dawn_French on Twitter)We also recommend you keep an eye on:"Emilia", which you can watch online until December 2nd 2020 (https://www.emilialive.com) Maiden Speech Festival (@maidenspeech on Twitter)Taking the Stage Festival (https://www.playsthethingtheatrecompany.co.uk/productions/taking-the-stage) This episode was recorded a couple of weeks prior to the UK entering its second Lockdown.

In this episode we talk to writer, Annie Fox, and actor, Heather Coombs, who first worked together through The Female Edit. Since then they have continued to collaborate, and later this year they are due to release the darkly comic TROLL filmed during the first lockdown in 2020. You can watch the trailer here https://vimeo.com/472758349 This week’s Salute Our Sisters! are:Mrs America, BBC iPlayerDilla Designs http://www.dilladesigns.com and @dilladesigns on InstagramHow To Fail with Elizabeth Day, Apple Podcasts/SpotifyRBG, Netflix (this episode was recorded before the sad death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in September 2020) We also recommend:Schitt’s Creek, NetflixI May Destroy You, BBC iPlayer Beautiful Ruins by Jess WalterSuch a Fun Age by Kiley Reid This Mournable Body  by Tsitsi Dangarembga Knock Down The House, Netflix

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