Hatching Crows

This episode is a conversation with the music producer, guitarist, and creative entrepreneur, Eyal Levi. We talk about Eyal's work as CEO of URM academy and of riffhard, the worlds biggest online school for producers working with heavy music and metal guitar players respectively. We discuss what a music producer actually does, creative leadership and the events that led up to

This is a conversation with Movement Coach and Movement Director Sarah Perry.Topics of conversation include her wide range of work, from blockbuster movies like Guardians of the Galaxy, to Netflix specials, to live streamed virtual theatre. We discuss her process for finding characterisation through movement, working with motion capture, finding space for playfulness within a creat

This episode is a conversation with poet, performer and educator, Lewis Buxton.Topics of conversation include his book 'Boy in Various Poses' and the questions it asks about masculinity, relationships and much more. We also discus his writing process, the regular poetry nights that he hosts, crying on the way to work, being big tall white men and much more random tangents

This episode features a conversation with Nina Kate. Nina is a model, actress and the driving creative force behind Jane Doe Latex, one of the worlds leading names in latex clothing. Topics of conversation include Nina’s approach to designing and making latex clothing, her work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit, fetish wear going mainstream, growing up as a weirdo, and why a hot d

This is a conversation with the writer Ashley Hickson-Lovence. Largely about his newest work Your Show, a novel based on the life of Uriah Rennie, the Premier League's first and only Black referee. Of course we stray into other topics like working habits, balancing teaching with your own creative work, terrible teenage poetry and a lot of other bits and pieces. Contains some a

This is a conversation with the illustrator and artist Richey Beckett. You'll know his work from album covers and posters for Mastodon, Queens of The Stone Age, Pixies, Deftones, Foo Fighters..... the list goes on!We discuss Richey's working process in traditional media with pen and ink, where he finds inspiration and source material, his recent move into filmmaking and l

This is a conversation with Jack Lowe, Artistic Director, CEO and Technical Dramaturg of Curious Directive. The conversation is based around the groundbreaking work of Curious Directive that blends science and theatre into emotionally driven, unique and memorable experiences. Along the way, we touch on a range of topics including quantum biology, devised theatre, virtual reality an

This is a conversation with Karen Reilly, Artist and Singer in the band The Neutrinos, who in turn are involved in an ongoing collaboration with the artist Sal Pittman which is called Klanghaus, a site specific performative experience that is part gig, part art installation, part immersive theatre.The conversation covers a lot of ground including the processes of creating Klanghaus

This is a conversation with the artist Will Teather. Among other things, we discuss his career as a painter, his fascination with the uncanny, the idea of the painted space - a realm that blurs the line between the real and not real, the process of discovering new artistic techniques, and the practical realities of making a living from a fine art practice. LinksWill’s website wil

In this episode I talk to veteran games designer Ben Fisher. Topics of conversation including some of the practicalities of games design, gamification of non-game experiences, games as art, and… what is fun anyway? Ben has a wealth of experience of the games industry having worked at multiple studios across many AAA titles and has some really fascinating insights into this corner