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The Fabric of Each Other

Helen Goalen and Abbi Greenland, who form the theatre company RashDash, reflect on the nature of their - and other women's - strong friendship.

"The friendships of women have been not merely unsung but mocked, belittled and falsely interpreted." (Vera Brittain in Testament of Friendship, 1940)

Helen Goalen and Abbi Greenland, who form the theatre company RashDash, reflect on the nature of their strong friendship. They've been the best of friends and close artistic collaborators since meeting at university and explore how their experience relates to that of other women, including 19th Century social reformers and feminists Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Stanton.

They also draw on the writings of Vera Brittain, Winifred Holtby and Tina Fey, as well as music from Alison Goldfrapp, Kate Bush and Amy Winehouse.

Presented by Helen Goalen and Abbi Greenland
Readers: Heather Long and Jacqueline King
Produced by Hana Walker-Brown
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

28 minutes

Last on

Sun 26 Apr 201523:30

Music Played

  • Antonymes

    A Fragile Acceptance

    • The Licence to Interpret Dreams.
    • Bandcamp.
  • De Luna and Niomi Eve

    Bones

    • Unsigned.
  • Goldfrapp

    Strict Machine

    • Black Cherry.
    • Mute.
  • Kate Bush

    Red Shoes

    • The Red Shoes.
    • EMI.
  • Amy Winehouse

    Best Friend

    • The Other Side of Amy Winehouse.
    • Island.
  • De Luna

    It's Happening Now

    Performer: De Luna and Niomi Eve.
    • N/A.
    • Unsigned.
  • Johnny Cash

    If You Could Read My Mind

    • American V: A Hundred Highways.
    • American Recordings P & D.
  • Alisha’s Attic

    Indestructible

    • Alisha Rules The World.
    • Mercury Records.

Readings

Title: How I Go To The Woods

Author: Mary Oliver 

Publisher: Beacon Press

Title: Bossypants

Author: Tina Fey 

Publisher: Reagan Arthur Books

Title: Epigram to Vera Brittain 

Author: Winifrid Holtby 

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars

Title: Letters 

Author: Susan B Anthony 

Publisher: Central Library of Rochester

Title: Fair Play 

Author: Tove Janson 

Publisher: Sort of Books

Title: The Foolish Clocks 

Author: Winifrid Holtby 

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars

Title: In Blackwater Woods 

Author: Mary Oliver 

Publisher: Beacon Press

The Readers are: Heather Long and Jacqueline King

Broadcasts

  • Sun 26 Apr 201506:05
  • Sun 26 Apr 201523:30