The Blackshaw Arts Hour

This week on the podcast, Iasha is joined by Matt, Ellie, Helen, Strat and Alex.

Matt reviews Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (aka, that new Harry Potter film) and Start and Alex are doing an Art! This week they're going to write sonnets, following the proper Shakespeare rules.

We hear a peice of new writing called SMS performed by Emily Jane Kerr and written by Marianne Powell and Helen reviews nd talks about the West End musical Half a Sixpence. 

Throughtout the show Strat and Alex have been writing their sonnets, and then read out their finished work at the end of the show. Listen in to hear who is voted the winner!

 

 

This week on the show, Iasha is joined by Vikki and Matt, and Strat and Alex are back once again to tackle an art, this week we're doing sculpture!

Matt reviews Arrival and can hardly contain his excitement for what seems to be a high contender for one of Matt's picks of the year. 

Vikki tells us about a very immersive theatre experience she and Alex participated in last Friday and we also hear a live recording of a Scare Slam story from our Scare Slam at the Horse and Stables last year.

Follow this link if you want to experience photographic evidence of the sculpting that took place during the live recording of this podcast.

This week on the show Iasha, Matt and Ellie are joined by Strat and Alex, doing their very first 'Art' of the new segment 'Strat and Alex Do Art'.

We begin with the boys explaining that they will be both be drawing a portrait of Matt throughout the course of the recording, and that we will decide the 'best art' at the end of the show. 

Matt reviews Dr. Strange and maintains his professionalism as he is drawn by our two 'artists'.

Ellie talks to us about something new coming to Cineworld in Wandsworth which is pioneering 4DX cinema experiences and we heard from Owen Collins reciting some of his poetry at a recent Blackshaw new writing night. 

After much anticipation the two portraits are revealed to the enjoyment of Ellie and possibly to the horror of Matt. Strat and Alex will be back in later episodes to do more art, so tune in!

This week on the show we are playing you the entirety of Blackshaw's recent Scare Slam!

Recorded live at The Old Red Lion in Islington as part of the London Horror Festival, it's a collection of scary stories from some of London's best new writers.

 

Be warned, things get very spo0o0o0oky!

The Blackshaw Arts Hour turned 50! We had a party with fizz, hats and party poppers. 

Iasha is joined by Matt, Ellie, Vikki, Helen, Alex and Andy (with Dave in the the background). Join us for Matts regular film review, a few best bits and a lot of reminiscing. 

This week on the podcast, Matt reviews Hunt for the Wilderpeople, starring Sam Neil and Julian Dennison. 

Our arts thing this week is The Emmy's and we talk about the winners and the various performances that occurred this year. 

We hear from Richard Stratton at Blackshaws first ever Scare Slam, telling us about spooky things that keep happening to him. We're getting ready for our upcoming Scare Slam as a part of the London Horror festival, so if you liked Richard's story then come along to the Old Red Lion on October the 17th.

We also played a piece of new writing form our most recent New Writing Night at the Hen and Chickens, it is called Eyes.

This week on the show, we delve back into a retro film review and talk about Tim Burton's Beetlejuice. 

Matt wraps up his Edinburgh experience and Iasha went and saw The Book of Mormon this week.

Blackshaw is involved in the Horror Festival this year and we're doing a transfer of Black Shuck and also staging another one night only Scare Slam. All the information is on our website, and we hope to see you at a show!

And to take us out to the end of the show, Ellie tells us about all the films she's been to see over the course of her Summer of renovations! 

The Blackshaw Arts Hour – Episode 48

This week, Vikki, Iasha and Alex are joinedby a guest and Blackshaw Arts Hour virgin, Dave Turnball.

With Matt in Edinburgh and no one wantingto fill his review shoes, we hear a retro movie review of Labyrinth featuringthe late great David Bowie.

After talking Suicide Squad last show andbecoming frustrated with the Jared Leto ‘method’ acting marketing circus, Vikkidives into a method acting Arts Thing of the Week with some added historyprovided from Alex and his theatre studies degree.

Matt’s in Edinburgh, but we’ve still gothim working. We hear from him and a few of the shows he’s seen along withfriend and Amy Yorston

To take us to the end of the show, we hearda New Writing Night piece called Trim, written by James Barry, directed byEllie Pitkin and performed by Charlotte Worthing

Join us next week for the return of Mattand an overview of Edinburgh 2016!

This week Matt, Ellie and Iasha are bring you The Blackshaw Arts Hour.

Matt reviews Suicide Squad, and it doesn’t live up to expectations. We hear fresh new poetry from our friend Owen Collins live from our new, New Writing night venue The Hen and Chickens in Islington.

And then, back by popular demand, it’s Part 2 of Edinburgh Fringe roulette. Going to Edinburgh? Don’t know what to see, join us in finding the weird and wonderful in the depths of the Edinburgh Fringe Roulette.

Tune in next week to hear Matt reporting live from INSIDE Edinburgh

This week on the podcast, Matt brings us his review of Ghostbusters, a re-boot of the 1984 original.

We hear an interview with Stage Manager  and friend of Blackshaw Lizzie Cooper. Lizzie talks to Ellie about how she ended up working in the industry, the shows she's worked on recently and some of the weird and wonderful props she's had to source. 

Matt and Iasha talk about some of the recent theatre they have seen in London, including two shows at The National (The Plough and the Stars and The Deep Blue Sea) and West End Musical, Matilda. Also, back by popular demand, we play Edinburgh Roulette for the second time on The Blackshaw Arts Hour.