In GBA 241 we get better acquainted with Vera Chok. We struggle through a little bit of social awkwardness to get into a great conversation about acting, writing, performance, identity, race and sex. The conversation grapples with perception, the self, image, shame and the body which makes it sound a bit worthy and pretentious which it very much is not!
Vera plugs:
The Good Immigrant: https://unbound.co.uk/books/the-good-immigrant
Short Story coming up (in the future) on The Toast: http://the-toast.net/
Charles Adrian Gillot: http://charlesadrian.typepad.com/
Page One: http://www.pageonepodcast.com/
Muselings: http://muselings.uk/
I plug:
What About the Men? Mansplaining Masculinity: https://soundcloud.com/standuptragedy/sut-presents-what-about-the-men-mansplaining-maculinity
http://mansplainingmasculinity.co.uk
We mention:
PBH Spoken Word Album: https://pbhfreefringespokenword.bandcamp.com/album/a-maze-of-breaths-spoken-word-at-pbhs-free-fringe
Stand Up Tragedy: http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/
Free Fringe: http://freefringe.org.uk/
Peter Buckley Hill's GBA: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-8-peter-buckley-hill
LAMDA: https://www.lamda.org.uk/
Enid Blyton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enid_Blyton
Samantha Mann: http://mssamanthamann.com/
Arts Admin: http://www.artsadmin.co.uk/
People Show Studios: http://www.run-riot.com/venue/people-show-studios
Adrian's GBA: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-162-adrian
Stacey Makishi: http://www.stacymakishi.com/
Bryony Kimmings: http://www.bryonykimmings.com/
Greg Woehead: https://gregwohead.com/
The New Year Episode: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-extra-new-focus
Peter Morris: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Morris_(playwright)
Wikipedia entry on Vera: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_Chok
Wallace Shawn's The Fever: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Shawn
Krystian Godlewski: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5395388/
Cameryn Moore's GBA: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-215-cameryn-moore
Brautigan Bookclub: https://thebrautiganbookclub.wordpress.com/
Richard Brautigan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Brautigan
Chimerica: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimerica_(play)
Diverse December: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jan/07/diverse-december-creators-expand-social-media-campaign-readdiverse2016
Kin Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/kin-podcast
Vera and Anna on Kin: https://soundcloud.com/kin-podcast/kin-3-oh-shit-im-not-white
Nikesh Shukla: http://www.nikesh-shukla.com/
Sense 8: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense8
Samantha's GBA: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-live-16-ms-samantha-mann
I Love Being Asked About My Sexual Desires — But I Just Can’t Answer: http://www.theestablishment.co/2015/12/30/why-cant-i-ask-for-what-i-want-in-bed/
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