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
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Music Played
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Antonymes
A Fragile Acceptance
- The Licence to Interpret Dreams.
- Bandcamp.
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De Luna and Niomi Eve
Bones
- Unsigned.
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Goldfrapp
Strict Machine
- Black Cherry.
- Mute.
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Kate Bush
Red Shoes
- The Red Shoes.
- EMI.
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Amy Winehouse
Best Friend
- The Other Side of Amy Winehouse.
- Island.
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De Luna
It's Happening Now
Performer: De Luna and Niomi Eve.- N/A.
- Unsigned.
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Johnny Cash
If You Could Read My Mind
- American V: A Hundred Highways.
- American Recordings P & D.
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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 201506:05BBC Radio 4
- Sun 26 Apr 201523:30BBC Radio 4
