Queer Cornwall

The Reason Why LIVE Bonus Episode #2

Part 2 of The Reason Why LIVE Bonus Episode. Six months on from it's initial release, Seamas Carey hosts a panel to continue conversations raised throughout The Reason Why podcast series. Recorded at The Cornish Bank with a live audience - featuring frank,  passionate and thorny discussions which revisit familiar threads and cover new ground. Seamas welcomes back three original interviewees; Michael Bunney (Cornwall councillor), Emma Frankland (performance artist) and Matthew Xia (London based theatre director) whilst introducing two new speakers; Mandy Spencer (Aspects Holidays) and Marcus Alleyne (Black Voices Cornwall).

The Reason Why LIVE Bonus Episode #1

Six months on from it's initial release, Seamas Carey hosts a panel to continue conversations raised throughout The Reason Why podcast series. Recorded at The Cornish Bank with a live audience - featuring frank,  passionate and thorny discussions which revisit familiar threads and cover new ground. Seamas welcomes back three original interviewees; Michael Bunney (Cornwall councillor), Emma Frankland (performance artist) and Matthew Xia (London based theatre director) whilst introducing two new speakers; Mandy Spencer (Aspects Holidays) and Marcus Alleyne (Black Voices Cornwall).

Truly Local

The final episode of The Reason Why asks what it means to have a 'sense of place' and how to be truly local? Seamas Carey investigates the social impact that Kneehigh Theatre had on Cornwall during the 1990's and how their work was shaped by the unique circumstances of a rural place. Then, after they achieved world wide fame (thanks to Emma Rice) Seamas wonders if people got left behind in the wake of ambition? He also looks at the work of Cornish playwright and lobster fisherman Nick Darke - a good example of someone who was passionately local and universal.

Holding Steadfast

In the penultimate episode to this series, Seamas Carey looks at the Muslim community of Cornwall and investigates whether there's a mosque in this dominantly Christian place? Then he compares the absurd media frenzy of the G7 Summit in Carbis Bay to the actual lived reality of many people in 21st Century Cornwall - food banks, low wages, unemployment and suicide.

Queer Cornwall

Seamas Carey begins to look at the queer community of Cornwall and what it's like if you don't fit the "gender or sexual norms". In no way does he claim to feature all the voices of LGBTQIA, yet this episode does address the lack of representation, role models and services within Cornwall and asks; are there any specifically gay venues here? How progressive is this place? And can it feel unsafe, if you don't fit the status quo?