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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Camden Newscast - 13
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Presented by: Jayson Mansaray
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Camden Newscast - 6
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Presented & Edited by: Jayson Mansaray
Features Editor: Marian Larragy
Features by: Sarah O’Brien, Hannah Sinclair, Charlotte Briere Edney and Marian Larragy/Cina Aissa
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