This episode features alternative performance producer Ema Boswood, English researchers Zoë McGee and Jade French, BAFTA-winning TV writer James Lamont and contemporary theatre professor Jen Harvie.

Introduction by Lois Weaver.

Hosts

Rupert Dannreuther is responsible for marketing within Queen Mary’s School of English and Drama. He has worked for numerous organisations including Cineworld, Hackney Empire, The Yard Theatre and Rose Bruford College. He runs To Do List a website about things to do in London: todolist.london.

Charlie Pullen is a PhD candidate and Teaching Associate in English at Queen Mary University of London, where he researches education in the work of various early twentieth-century novelists, including H.G. Wells, D.H. Lawrence, and Dorothy Richardson. His background is in widening participation and outreach and he writes for Times Higher Education.

twitter.com/charliepullen_

Show and Tell Panel

Ema Boswood

Ema Boswood is a performance artist and producer currently based at the Marlborough Theatre in Brighton, which is the only theatre in the UK to primarily programme and commission LGBTQ+ work, with an emphasis on the T & the Q. Ema has worked here for 2 years, starting soon after university and working her way up to a role in the organisation where she oversees the day to day running as well as the planning an implementation one of the UK's first LGBTQ+ touring networks.

.emaboswood.com

Zoë McGee

PhD candidate in School of English and Drama who recently won QMUL’s 3 minute thesis competition with her work on: ‘Meaningful consent in 18th-century female-authored courtship novels’.

Jade French

Jade French is a PhD researcher and writer and independent curator, based in East London interested in ageing, art and activism.

@_jadefrench 

James Lamont

James Lamont is a 3 times BAFTA winning Film and Television writer who's successes include Paddington 1&2, The Amazing world of Gumball (Cartoon Network), Wasted (E4) and Cuckoo (BBC1) and who's failures include Grimsby, Sherlock Gnomes, The Harry Hill Movie and I Live With Models (Comedy Central).

Jen Harvie

Professor of Contemporary Theatre & Performance, Queen Mary University of London, and Stage Left podcaster.

soundcloud.com/stage_left 

Show  and Tell is a series of TED-talk style events where  speakers from the  arts, humanities and creative industries tell their stories at Queen  Mary University of London. Find out more: bit.ly/showandtellqm.