Aaand that’s three Scots, ‘Lockdown’ stories in a row for me and Liars’ League.
I read this beaut, by the delectable Emma Grae, at AN ACTUAL LIVE EVENT at the beginning of December last year:
I enjoyed polishing up my accent a bit more. Getting there…
You can find the text of the story here, a podcast of the whole night here and videos of all the other great stories here.
Not only was it an enjoyable night out, I EVEN WON A MUG 😛
Preparations to set myself up for voiceover work continue, including purchasing a BRAND SPANKING NEW MIC 😀 that I had the chance to deploy whilst recording another Lockdown Literature event story for Liars’ League last week.
Here I am, reading ‘BigThick and Sally’s Gnashers‘ by Emma Grae:
…which I had lots of fun recording in the sweltering heatwave!
You can find the text and mp3 of the story here and all of the other brilliant stories from the event, here.
Hello! How are you all doing out there, in there…? I hope this finds you well and relatively centred? What a time, to say the least.
In the midst of all this, if you happen to be in the market for a bit of video viewing (have you watched enough things yet?) I’ve got a couple of bits for you, if you’re interested…
Firstly, I finally uploaded the preview performance of my show Fabled from waaay back in July 2012:
It feels like a lifetime ago…
My performance was still pretty rough around the edges at this point and not as BEAUTIFULLY HONED as it was after a whole month’s run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, but this is the only filmed performance and, actually, I kinda like how shonky it is.
Please note:
-me sweating off most of my mascara as it was SO HOT ON STAGE.
-my bike bell breaking and me having to resort to clanging another prop instead to make a noise.
PLUS: see if you can work out where the soundtrack froze and the backup soundtrack had to be played instead… I think I managed to hide my genuine panic/confusion…
And: I’ve done some more story reading for Liars’ League – this time as part of a Lockdown Special, from the comfort of my own home. Here I am reading ‘A Space to Inhabit’ by Lyndsey Croal for their ‘Mystery and Suspense’ event this week:
A strange cloud appears outside a small Scots town… or has it always been there?
You can find the story text and an mp3 of this story reading here, all the other story videos from the night here, and the event podcast here. It was a good night in 🙂
Other than riding the current wave as best I can, I’m continuing to set myself up for voiceover work and my little makeshift studio is coming along nicely, if slowly. Photo evidence, at some point…
Until then, Big Love <3
I had another fun night reading at Liars’ League a couple of weeks ago.
Photo: Katy Darby
Infinity and Beyond was a sci-fi-flavoured special to commemorate 50 years since the moon landings, featuring five forward-looking stories exploring the ultimate theme.
All the stories and videos are now online and you can find a podcast of the night here.
Here I am reading The Martlet, written by Abigail Lee:
Lovin’ the chosen frame for the video 😆 LOOKIN’ GOOOOD.
I had the pleasure of kicking off Liars’ League‘s 100th EVENT: Hundreds and Thousands, earlier this month by reading a super succinct and melancholicly tinged 100 word story – ‘One Hundred Years’ by Joanne L M Williams.
A transcript of the story, along with all the other 100 word stories from the night, can be found here, podcast of the whole night here and video evidence below:
Here’s to the next 100!
So far, February has seen me venture out to read another story for Liars’ League – this time for their ‘Clean and Dirty’ Valentine’s special.
Here I am, mid read, in my flatmate’s fluffy leopard print dressing gown:
The story was entitled ‘Selfie Stick’ – a saucy little number, penned by Michael Clarke, which you can listen to below:
Sexual perversity in Stoke Newington… When our narrator gets bored in bed, her Swedophile hipster boyfriend suggests filming an amateur porno – in IKEA… and that ain’t the half of it!
A podcast of all the ‘Clean and Dirty’ stories can be found right here and the mp3 and text of ‘Selfie Stick’ can be found here. PHWOARRRR.
It’s a new year and things are a brewin’.
More on that soon…
2015 was rounded off by a second outing of my new Lois of the Lane ‘Shake’ act at Properganda in Stoke Newington (which now happily involves a steak dog toy):
and another reading for Liars’ League for their Christmas event ‘Kith and Kin’:
Mp3 and text of the story, ‘Maryam’s Prayer’, by Abigail Lee, can be found here, a podcast of all the stories from the night can be found here and video footage of me in action – RIGHT HERE:
October’s seen more story reading action from me for Liars’ League – this time, with tales of a spooky persuasion, as we lurch expectantly towards Halloween…
On the 13th, at their Signs and Omens event at the Phoenix, I read The Magic Slate by Pat Black and on the 16th, at the Brick Brewery in Peckham, as part of Lit Crawl, I read Coin Karma by Kate Franklin.
Here I am, mid Magic Slate:
Text, videos and mp3s of The Magic Slate, and all the other Signs and Omens stories, here,
Podcast of The Magic Slate and 2 other Signs and Omens stories here,
and videos of both The Magic Slate and Coin Karma, below:
When Terri buys a cheap toy at the corner shop to keep her son Ben quiet, what he draws on it will come back to haunt them both …
Sandra collects face-up coins and flips those that are face-down, for the next passerby to find. A reversal of bad fortune for good, a blessing from the Universe. Only, is she meddling in things she shouldn’t?
Enjoy, if you dare…
Last night I found myself reading a beautiful story called ‘The Chip on your Shoulder’ by Imogen Hermes Gowar at the Liars’ League‘s ‘Boom and Bust‘ event at The Phoenix – my first bit of live spoken performance in godknowsHOWlong!
Despite the fact that it wasn’t a silent performance, the facial expressions were still out in full force.
Here I am, in action, with a big fat grin on my face:
and here is the video evidence:
(It’s definitely time for my tri-monthly hair cut… LOOK AT ALL THAT HAIR!)
I fancied doing a bit of impromptu To Be or Not To Be-ing in my back garden a couple of months ago.
Learnt the speech in the morning then – BAM.
Here are the results:
Now to do it on stage…
