Podcast feedInterview with Sharon Sexton, star of 'A Fit Wife for a Revolutionary'
April 24th is the official one hundredth anniversary of the Easter Rising in Ireland. Commemorations are already underway to mark the week hundreds of people, mostly in Dublin, rose up to fight against British rule. After six days the struggle ended in an unconditional surrender. The seven men who planned the revolt were executed. But knowing that might be their fate they’d already chosen someone to carry on their work: Kathleen Clarke was the wife of one of their number, Thomas Clarke.
She was under strict instructions to stay home, guard the secrets, look out for the welfare of the fighters’ families and keep the flame burning.
What Kathleen endured during those days has been dramatised by Irish actress Sharon Sexton. She’s performing her one woman play “A Fit Wife for a Revolutionary” at the London Irish Centre in Camden Square from the 29th of March until the 2nd of April.
Sharon has appeared in London in The Commitments and is currently in Billy Elliott. She’s hoping to take her play around Britain and to Ireland later in the year. Sharon was keen to look at the role taken by women in the Rising, which has often been overlooked. She originally planned to follow a number of stories but as her research progressed she found there was just so much to say about Kathleen Clarke’s life that she had to focus on her. Catherine Carroll asked Sharon to describe the subject of her play.
Package by Catherine Carroll
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Volunteering Is...with Marie Curie
In this interview Angela Routley, for Volunteer Centre Camden, hears from Terri Beake and Beatriz Tejero about volunteering with Marie Curie. Beatriz gives some surprising insights into how she gains personally and professionally from giving her time and Terri Beake, Helper Service Manager (N. London), talks about the different ways you can get involved and the benefits Marie Curie offers its volunteers.
Package by: Angela Routely
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Camden Newscast 8 - January 2012
Camden Newscast is back with the latest news:
Youth Employment opportunities are low and there is pressure to fix it. Darryl McKay checks out a new scheme in nearby Islington that addresses the problem.
Jayson Mansaray meets the Camden Met Police (MPS) about changes to Stop & Search laws and discovers that MPSCamden are Tweeting.
And at a time when many people need to borrow small amounts of money, Marian & Jayson take a look at an alternative way of borrowing: CamdenPlus – a local credit union. And Marian Larragy gives you a helping ‘hand’ to uncover Gaelic Handball in Camden.
Presented & Edited by Jayson Mansaray
Reporters:
Marian Larragy
Darryl McKay
Jayson Mansaray
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Reggae Rap Connection 16
Dekay and Tosh bring a whole raft of new tracks and in between, they talk about Rap Battles, Camden Calling GIgs, Benefit Changes, Christmas and New Year Resolutions, Dekay’s next show and lots more.
Presented by:
Dekay & DJ Rudeboy P Tosh
Recorded and Edited by: Marc Lee Brown
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What's On in Camden: Week Beginning August 29th
What’s on in Camden: Post riot Comedy benefit for retailers; Jewish Museum on contribution to the entertainment industry in the UK; Camden Council hosts three community summits on how it should respond to the riots; Booker prizewinner Michael Ondaatje talks with Geoff Dyer about his latest book; Liberty Festival of Disabled artists is on next Saturday at the South Bank.
Read by:
Amy Soloman, Ingrid Malik, Marian Larragy, Martin Lim and Nicholas Odutoye
Recording: Amy Solomon
Editing: Marian Larragy
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