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.
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What's On In Camden - 8th November
The Hampstead Festival is coming to an end, catch it before it’s done; take up wildlife photography or join a bird watching group; release your inner child by playing old-school kids games at the WAC; join the Mayor Larraine Revah for her afternoon tea at the Renaissance Hotel at King’s Cross in order to raise money for a chosen charity KIDS.
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Angela Routley, Teresa, Athos Harber, Joseph Hughes and Freddy Chick
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Interview with Mayor Larraine Revah
Larraine Revah became Mayor of Camden in May. She’s thoroughly enjoyed her busy first six months of civic duties and is looking forward to what the next half year will bring. One of the priorities of her tenure is to help raise funds for a charity called KIDS. Indeed, this month she’s hosting an elegant afternoon tea at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel: some tickets are still available for this event which includes an exclusive tour of the venue and a lot of cake! Larraine came into Camden Community Radio and, in conversation with our reporter Catherine Carroll, talked about what she gets up to as Mayor and revealed her special connection to KIDS.
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Whats on in Camden - from 27th April 2014
A FREE weekly class, ‘Computers for Beginners’ starts at Maiden Lane Community Centre on Tuesday 29th; Speakeasy Jazzmen at Camden Square Gardens on 1st May; Celebrate Permaculture Day on the Eco Walk in NW1 on Sunday 4th May; A meeting about the future of services for people with disabilities and sensory needs in the wake of DISC closure is on Wednesday 7th May; Join the Folk Festival with the English Folk Dance and & Dance Society on Saturday 10th may Book ahead for the Play Scheme at Camden Square for the May half term break. 27th – 30th May.
Read by: DJ Rudeboy P. Tosh, Joe Hughes, Freddy Chick & Marian Larragy
Recorded by: Freddy Chick Edited by: Marian Larragy
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What's On in Camden from week beginning 19th May 2013
Find out how the Metropolitan Police are planning to use Tasers, meet the new Borough Commander and hear how crime and anti social behaviour are being reduced. Survivor of Institutional abuse in Ireland, Mary Lodato will be talking about the road to recovering her who self, at the Feminist Library on Sunday 19th May; The Festival of Asian Literature comes to a close at Asia House with a conversation between Maya Jaggi and Tan Twan Eng. ‘How Can Art?’ youth sessions are taking place at the Camden Arts Centre .
Read by: Mainga Bhima, Marian Larragy & DJ P.Tosh
Research & Editing: Mainga Bhima
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