In this episode, Kensa Broadhurst speaks with Ed Rowe, actor, writer, director and Cornish-speaker, about the Cornish and Cornwall in film and television and the importance of telling authentic stories about Cornwall and its people.

Host: Kensa Broadhurst

Guest: Ed Rowe

Language: Cornish and English

Links to people and productions mentioned in the episode:

Ed is on Twitter: @Kernow_King

The website https://paloresproductions.co.uk/ gives information about the short film ‘Mab Hudel’ and the ‘Cornish Caretakers’ production for schools.

The Radio 4 Comedy Programme ‘Wosson Cornwall’ was broadcast earlier in 2023. Actors included Ed and Dawn French. It was produced by Simon Nicholls. Episodes available at:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001l982/episodes/player

Four short films in Cornish are available on BBC iPlayer here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0dv4crx/cornish-shorts

Mark Jenkin’s feature films are ‘Bait’ and ‘Enys Men’. Mark is on Twitter @Mark_Jenkin

‘Long Way Back’ (2022) was written and directed by Brett Harvey. His brother Simon is Artistic Director of o-region, an Associate Artist at Hall for Cornwall and had a long association with Kneehigh Theatre. In 2022 his show ‘Pride and Prejudice Sort of’ was the recipient of the Oliver Award for Best New Comedy.

Emma Rice was artistic director of Kneehigh Theatre, before becoming artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe between 2016 – 18, before founding her own theatre company: Wise Children.

Tom Jackson Greaves is a choreographer from Cornwall. More information on his work can be found here:

https://www.tom-jackson-greaves.com/bio/index.php

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Music: “Kesh Jig, Leitrim Fancy”, Sláinte, CC BY-SA 3.0 US (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/), freemusicarchive.org