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EastCast #79 East London Arts & Culture

EastCast — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 05:00:00 +0000

EastCast explores the arts, culture and community cultivated in East London but resonating way beyond. This month Jessie Lawson and Katie Callin meet Korantema Anyimadu from Arts Emergency, Oonah Gay from East London On Foot and hear some live music from Henry Nielsen. They also share sounds from Four Corners Gallery in Roman Road, Tower Hamlets and a few clips from their last EastCast Away event.

EastCast #78 East London Arts & Culture

EastCast — Wed, 06 Feb 2019 05:00:00 +0000

EastCast explores the arts, culture and community cultivated in East London but resonating way beyond. This month Pearl Wise, Jessie Lawson and Katie Callin meet Annick Metefia from Toynbee Hall and John Newman from Newham Bookshop. Jess shares one of her Night Bus Podcasts made for the Museum of London, Robin Leeburn brings us the story of the Luminary Bakery and Pearl shares some musical highlights from this year.

EastCast #77 East London Arts & Culture

EastCast — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 10:00:00 +0000

This month Pearl Wise meets Gini Simpson and Shamni Pithia from Music in Detention an organisation working with immigration detainees in the UK and Steve Lazarus host and producer of the podcast Your London Legacy. She takes a peek behind the scenes at new arts and culture venue Poplar Union and young musicians Rosie Frater-Taylor and Roella Oloro from the Jazznewblood collective play live ahead of their London Jazz Festival performance later this month.

EastCast #76 East London Arts & Culture

EastCast — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 04:00:00 +0000

This month Pearl Wise and Jessie Lawson speak to artist Mat Jenner from TACO home to a new community radio initiative in Thamesmead- RTM, Spark London the live true storytelling event play a sample of their outlandish stories recorded at their Hackney events, Pearl takes us on an audio-tour of the E5 Bakehouse as part of a new radio series ‘The Arches’ exploring life under the railway arches and Voltage Black the genre-defying project of Ewan Fisher plays live following the release of his album ’The Curve of the Earth is With You’.

EastCast Away Listening Lounge June 2018

EastCast — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 04:00:00 +0000

Once a season EastCast leaves the studio for their live Listening Lounge event where submissions from radio makers and sound artists are played to a live audience. This is the broadcast version of this event held on the 20th June at Set Space in Dalston, featuring works by Dan Wilson, Samuel Shelton Robinson and the Kitchen Sisters, Jessie Lawson, Lucy Dearlove, Michael Umney, Lucia Scazzocchio, Eloise Stevens, Hebah Fisher, Ed Baxter and Chris Janes as well as live sound art performances by Hannah White and Stephen Shiell’s Blanc Scoel Project and Mike Brooks. For more information about EastCast and EastCast Away: www.eastcastshow.com

EastCast #75 East London Arts & Culture Radio Show

EastCast — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 04:00:00 +0000

EastCast explores the arts, culture and community cultivated in East London but resonating way beyond. This month Pearl Wise and Jessie Lawson speak to choreographer and African dance specialist Alessandra Seutin about her Sadler’s Wells debut for ‘Reckonings’ and to Laura Mitchison from oral history and digital storytelling outfit On The Record about their latest sound walk ‘A Hackney Autobiography’. In the latest episode of Jessie Lawson’s Now Then series (stories from the over 70’s in their words) Daniel reveals his passion for Elvis and there’s live music from genre bending East London based four piece Dishy Tangent. For more information visit eastcastshow.com

EastCast #74 East London Arts & Culture Radio Show

EastCast — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 04:00:00 +0000

Pearl Wise speaks to Jenny Richards from cross-cultural music makers The Grand Union Orchestra, creative director Rebecca Rowntree founder of event and podcast This Way Up - celebrating diversity in creative business, Jessie Lawson feature another episode from Now Then her series of stories from the over 70’s and Pearl discovers why a Marconi receiver has ended up in an East London pub. Live music from East London/Cambridge based trio Carolyn’s Fingers.

EastCast #73 East London Arts & Culture

EastCast — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 04:00:00 +0000

This month Pearl Wise and Jessie Lawson speak to Jorge Lopes Ramos from theatre and digital art company ZU-UK about their ambitious upcoming interactive audio event, Pearl discovers how Museum in a Box are combining the internet of things and museum handling collections and plays some sounds from Seeing Red an exhibition of consciousness raising posters by the feminist women’s screen print workshop See Red, Jessie introduces Eva from her Now Then podcast - giving voice to people over 80, plus live music from singer/songwriter Morgan Lorelle.

EastCast #72 East London Arts & Culture

EastCast — Tue, 15 May 2018 04:00:00 +0000

This month Pearl Wise speaks to Hackney based author Abigail Tarttelin about her newly published feminist crime thriller Dead Girls, we delve into the vaults with Nia Charpentier's piece on pigeon whistles, Pearl reports from the opening of a community pub in Poplar commemorating World War II computer engineer Tommy Flowers, Mae-Li Evens takes us behind the scenes of Raw Materials an exhibition at the Nunnery plus live music from Jonathan Holder & The Good Thinking.

EastCast #71 East London Arts & Culture

EastCast — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 04:00:00 +0000

This month Pearl Wise speaks to film director Charles Garrad about his first feature 'Waiting For You’ premiering at The East End Film Festival, Roland Fischer and Ollie Tobin from Dalston's alternative arts space SET, Hakeem Kazeem co-creator of The Batty Mama- creating space for Black and Brown LGBTQ performance and dance and Hannah White + Artur Vidal introduce Sonic Meditations.

EastCast #70 East London Arts, Culture , Community

EastCast — Fri, 16 Mar 2018 04:00:00 +0000

This month Pearl Wise and Jessie Lawson meet Stephen Wilson founder of Hackney based recipe kit company Make Kit, Ella Hollowood curator at Rainbow Pilgrims an oral histories project around LGBTQI migrants, Danielle and Emmet explain why everyone should try Bike Polo, Jessie continues her starting conversations series by asking East Londoners about street harassment and Dutch East London based singer-songwriter Gitta De Ridder plays live in the studio.

EastCast #69 East London Arts, Culture & Community

EastCast — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 05:00:00 +0000

This month Jessie Lawson and Pearl Wise are joined by Hackney based youth campaigner Matteo Bergamini founder of the platform Shout Out Uk, performer Warren Gordon-Scott from Raincrew ahead of their show celebrating LGBTQ people of colour at Richmix, Jessie gets political and asks East Londoners their views on ‘hair’, and love is in the air (sort of) with The Trilogy of Ella from the podcast Swipe Left Swipe Left and acid rock collective Future Sound Cartel perform live in the studio.

Bonus: EastCast Away Part 2

EastCast — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 05:00:00 +0000

EastCast leaves the radio studio for a live listening lounge in East London featuring audio works by talented local producers and live music. Featuring live music by A-Mens, The Climb by Mae-Li Evans, Extract from Sound Inside by Tom Glasser, Now Then (show reel) A podcast by Jessie Lawson, The Book Club by Rebecca Lloyd-Evans Everyone Else (show reel) A podcast by Eva Krysiak, The Posh Club by Lucia Scazzocchio for EastCast. Live music by King Tides.

Bonus: EastCast Away Part 1

EastCast — Wed, 14 Feb 2018 05:00:00 +0000

EastCast leaves the radio studio for a live listening lounge (an open mic for radio) in East London featuring audio works by talented local producers and live music. Part 1 features :A Most Amazing Journey by Clare Lynch, Castaway by Mae-Li Evans, What happens when we talk about periods? By Femi Oriogun-Williams and Jessie Krish, Swipe Left Swipe Left (podcast show reel) by Claire Crofton and Gavin Sheik’s Arrival by Lucia Scazzocchio, The life and times of Fangora du Carcuss by London Compass (Theo Johnson and Joel Cox), Starting conversations - Sex by Jessie Lawson for EastCast, Laura by Lucy Dearlove from the Lecker podcast. Live performance of Odysseus in Westfield by Mike Brooks.

EastCast #68 East London Arts & Culture Radio Show

EastCast — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 05:00:00 +0000

This month Pearl Wise and Jonny Virgo meet Number 90 events manager Petra Kluk ahead of a new female-centric event series and Madeleine Dunnigan from feminist glossy mag Ladybeard, Jonny reports on unsung black hero; 1948 olympic gold medalist Arthur Wint and Jessie Lawson twins the show with East Glasgow via voices from the Sigoha Project. Rising UK guitar phenomenon John Fairhurst performs live.

EastCast #67 East London Arts & Culture

EastCast — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 05:00:00 +0000

EastCast explores the arts, culture and community nurtured in East London but resonating way beyond. This month Pearl Wise and Jessie Lawson introduce some of their other audio adventures with an episode with Dalston legend Newton Dunbar from Jessie’s new podcast Now Then - stories of and told by people over 70 and at the other end of the life scale; teenagers from Spotlight Radio Club discover a R-Urban Poplar a sustainable neighbourhood hub in a local carpark, Pearl takes a tour with The Lower Clapton Tales author Carolyn Clark revisits over 60’s cabaret, The Posh Club and Hackney Wick based band based King Tides play live in the studio.

EastCast #66 East London Arts & Culture Radio Show

EastCast — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 05:00:00 +0000

This month Jonny Virgo, Pearl Wise and Jessie Lawson are joined by Jonny Donovan from the Place Like Home Project - a series of photographs and interviews with people in places they call home. Jonny talks to Australian food writer Lani Kingston about her new book about our city's biggest addiction London Coffee published by Hoxton Mini Press. Pearl discovers how Hackney based organisation Xenia connecting migrant women and English speaking women has been working with artists Fourthland on their latest exhibition Bear Mother House, in her next episode of starting conversations, Jessie asks people on Ridley road how they define sex and finally Hackney based singer songwriter, poet A-Mens performs live in the studio.

EastCast #65 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 04:00:00 +0000

EastCast explores the arts, culture and community nurtured in East London but resonating way beyond. This month Jonny Virgo, Pearl Wise and Jessie Lawson are joined by Ed Cooke founder of Memrise tool to help you learn better and some men who are disrupting gender stereotypes via their Great Men initiative. Jessie Lawson continues her starting conversations series and asks East Londoners about The Menopause, we learn how Dalston Cola is quietly changing perceptions of fizzy pop and Celia Robbins reveals why you shouldn’t burn your diary as The Bishop Gate’s Institute's Great Diary Project may be interested in your musings.

EastCast #64 East London Arts & Culture Radio Show

EastCast — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 04:00:00 +0000

This month Jonny Virgo, Pearl Wise and Sasha Edye-Lindner are joined by Kasia Uscinska and Viv Ellis from Nasty Women, an event celebrating female artists in support of women’s rights. Jessie Lawson continues her series of starting conversations and talks to random East Londoners about masturbation, we hear about a collaborative exhibition with residents from the Wedlock Barn Estate in Hoxton - Permissible Notations Of, Oliver Meek executive director of Dalston’s Rio Cinema explains why the cinema is such an important part of local heritage and singer-songwriter Phil Cosby plays live in the studio ahead his Blue Daze EP release.

EastCast #63 East London Arts & Culture Radio Show

EastCast — Fri, 14 Jul 2017 04:00:00 +0000

This month Jonny Virgo, Pearl Wise and Jessie Lawson are joined by Roxi Jahanshani and Asma Shah from You Make It an organisation enabling young unemployed women to pursue their goals, influential transmedia creator and CEO of story gaming platform Conducttr Rob Pratten and and cross-media artist SG Milner ahead of his The Night Is Over, Applaud exhibition. New contributor Celia Robbins takes us on The Ancestors Trail in Epping Forest and Jessie investigates why ‘that time of the month’ is still taboo.

EastCast #62 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 04:00:00 +0000

This month Pearl Wise, Jonny Virgo and new recruit Sasha Edye-Lindner are joined by East London University’s creative writing organisation CityLife Stories and this year’s winner of their short story prize, The East End Film Festival take over en masse with curator Andrew Simpson, Gholam director Mitra Tabrizian and Sink director Mark Gillis, Jonny digs deep at the Archaeology of Crossrail exhibition at Museum of Docklands and Sasha meets a women’s football team putting Hackney on the map.

EastCast #61 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Fri, 12 May 2017 04:00:00 +0000

This month Pearl Wise, Jonny Virgo and new recruit Jess Lawson are joined by Douglas Karson to talk about an ambitious 10 day bonanza of cabaret, comedy, film, art and music at One2Festival in London Fields, members of the children’s literacy charity Hackney Pirates talk about their adventures in radio making, Pearl finds out why an Estate Agency in Stoke Newington is promoting property in Stoke on Trent and discovers a new analogue multi-venue; The Institute of Light. Singer-songwriter STAC plays live in the studio to celebrate her brand new Perpetual EP release.

EastCast #60 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Sun, 16 Apr 2017 04:00:00 +0000

This month Pearl Wise and Jonny Virgo are joined by Fatos Ustek curator of Art Night, an exciting new contemporary free art event in July and filmmaker Gavin Boyter explaining why he decided to run from John O’Groats to Land’s End and then write the book Downhill From Here. Jonny reports on 'The Queen of Carnival’ Claudia Jones activist, journalist instigator of the Notting Hill Carnival in 1959, Jess Lawson investigates the pitfalls of 'Right to Rent' and Hip Hop/spoken word artist Shay D brings a taste of her unique sound live in the studio.

EastCast #59 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 05:00:00 +0000

EastCast explores the arts, culture and community nurtured in East London but resonating way beyond. This month is a jubilant celebration of women with Pearl Wise and Katie Haylor joined in the studio by Maggie Pinhorn from Alternative Arts explaining why there's a need for East London’s Women’s History Month, Katie meets Rachel Smith from Walthamstow Wetlands, Pearl Wise finds out how Magic Me connects women of different generations through their collaborative performance ‘Decorum’ and she meets Ellie Tsatsou and Gelly Siganou two women shining a light on Greek photography via their Whitelight platform and finally singer-songwriter Sofia B plays live in the studio and explains why Take Her Name the campaign in support of females in the music industry is on the agenda.

EastCast #58 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Fri, 10 Feb 2017 05:00:00 +0000

This month Pearl Wise, Jonny Virgo and Katie Haylor are joined in the studio by members of City Impro ahead of The Shoreditch Imrov Festival, further theatrics with members of the cast of Brixton Rock, The Big House Theatre’s latest production and Georgia Whitakar Hughes explains how The Migrants Connections Festival in will connect local residents with migrants. Jonny Virgo looks back at the horrors of the New Cross Fire in the 80’s and Pearl Wise goes to Legs to meet outspoken chef Magnus Reid.

EastCast #57 East London Arts & Culture Radio Show

EastCast — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 05:00:00 +0000

This month Pearl Wise and Katie Haylor are joined in the studio by The Flygerians, the Edun sisters on a Nigerian fusion food mission and the founders of a new co-working concept The Workers Cafe. Katie explores East London’s green spaces whatever the weather and singer-songwriter JJ Soul performs a live unplugged session ahead of the London Remixed Festival in February.

EastCast #56 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 05:00:00 +0000

EastCast explores the arts, culture and community nurtured in East London but resonating way beyond. This month Pearl Wise, Katie Haylor and Jonny Virgo are joined in the studio by Simon Cole from Hackney Tours to show a unique perspective of the area and author and scientist Ian Green to talk about new Hackney inspired sci-fi release, Katie talks to Catherine Howell curator of a next exhibition at the V&A Museum of Childhood about the magic of board games, Pearl discovers new gallery dedicated to fine art made in East London and furniture restorer/singer-songwriter Ady Johnson performs Americana inspired folk live in the studio.

EastCast #55 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 05:00:00 +0000

EastCast explores the arts, culture and community nurtured in East London but resonating way beyond. This month Pearl Wise, Katie Haylor and Jonny Virgo are joined in the studio by Luke from the Holdin’ Court hip hop collective, Danielle Celeste introduces oral histories of the East End’s Afro Caribbean community, Aradhna Tayal explains why the RadioTech Conference is a must, Katie reports from the feminist network Reclaim The Night, the Last Dance is saved for immersive production company Reuben Feels, all with a sprinkling of music performed live in the studio by emerging young jazz talent from Jazz New Blood.

EastCast #54 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 04:00:00 +0000

This month Pearl Wise, Katie Haylor and Jonny Virgo are joined in the studio by Sam Berkson aka Angry Sam a poet, writer, educator and the man behind the slam poetry event Hammer and Tongue, artist Rosalind Fowler tells us about her current installation at the Barbican and her residency at the William Morris Gallery, we find out about the CityLife prize for fiction and explore whether ‘marriage today is an unnecessary life sentence’ recorded live at the Bookclub’s Popaganda event.

EastCast #53 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 04:00:00 +0000

EastCast explores the arts, culture and community nurtured in East London but resonating way beyond. This month Pearl Wise, Katie Haylor and Jonny Virgo are joined in the studio Nicola Robinson and Izaak Gray the duo behind East London Audio and The Control Room talk high fidelity audio and play us some exclusive tracks from their new outfit Earthboogie, Sholto Dobie reveals the new Muckle Mouth autumn season at The Dentist of improvised and traditional music. Katie Haylor meets Merrin Kalinowski from the crowd funding platform specialised in the arts Art Happens, and Jonny Virgo reports on Anglo-Brazilian immersive theatre company ZU-UK.

EastCast #52 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 04:00:00 +0000

On EastCast this month, Pearl Wise and Nia Charpentier speak to the people behind Photomonth and their new exhibition of street photography, and to Peer Gallery about what they have coming up, all live in the studio. Plus we hear about Girls Rock London and how they are creating opportunities for girls through music, and Nomadic Community Gardens, who use vacant spaces to grow food and put on activities and live music from Ruth Theodore.

EastCast #51 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Sat, 11 Jun 2016 04:00:00 +0000

This month Nia Charpentier and Pearl Wise are joined in the studio by film maker Winstan Whitter raising funds to finally finish Legacy in the Dust a documentary about the legendary 4 Aces Club in Dalston, Ken Flaherty owner of Dalston's Doomed Gallery with Anthony Staples and Matthew Eberhard talking about their upcoming exhibition Echoes of Accra, Susie McKenna creative director of Hackney Empire, singer songwriter Rueben Hollebon plays live and Katie Naylor reports from a new venue in Hackney Wick; Grow Hackney.

EastCast #50 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Fri, 13 May 2016 04:00:00 +0000

This month Nia Charpentier and Pearl Wise welcome members of the cast of Knife Edge- the latest Big House Theatre Production. Their musical director Louise Wellby also tells about her own music based projects. Also in the studio is illustrator Steven Wilson and Ligaya Salazar, creative director of East London's Comic Art Festival. We also hear about Phytology a secret garden in Bethnal Green and hear a few personal arrival to London stories from Something to Declare.

EastCast #49 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 04:00:00 +0000

On this month’s East Cast, the show that starts in East London but goes will beyond the postcode; Pearl Wise, Ana Xavier and Julia Lorke hear from the controversial poet and author Salena Godden, report from Music Hackspace a hub for music experimentation and exploration, discover the Experience of Colour a new contemporary Italian art exhibition at the Estorick Collection explore the notion that masculine identity as a feminist issue recoded live at Shoreditch Bookclub and are joined by local yet international musician Anna Zed for a live acoustic session.

EastCast #48 East London Arts & Culture Radio Show

EastCast — Thu, 10 Mar 2016 05:00:00 +0000

In this month's action packed show Nia Charpentier, Pearl Wise and Julia Lorke are joined by Meriel Jeater, curator at the Museum of London to talk about an upcoming exhibition about the great fire of London, we speak to Cressida Brown and the cast of her current play Re:Home, duo Georgia Fair join us in the studio for a live acoustic session, we hear about the Festival of the Imagination and we hear from Somalian born Nafisa about her arrival to London.

EastCast #47 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 05:00:00 +0000

On this month's show we experience some live improvised comedy from City Impro, hear from Touretteshero, a project celebrating Tourettes without self pity or mockery, Felix Bechtolsheimer from Curse of Lono plays some live country and blues, Malcolm Kaye tells us his story about growing up in Stepney and we explore the mysterious world of Data.

EastCast #46 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 05:00:00 +0000

This month we talk to Ruth Rogers founder of Canvas Cafe, the first 'Happy Cafe' in London, we hear from live music promoter Rami Radi about his new label Laid Bare Records, listen to the wonderfully calm songs of Chris Belson performing live in the studio, listen to an arrival to London story from a new audio series about migration, Nia gets fit at helps the community at GoodGym and we hear from Popaganda about selfie culture. All of that in one jam packed hour! Featuring Nia Charpentier, Danielle Manning, Pearl Wise and Ana Xavier

EastCast #45 East London Arts & Culture Radio Show

EastCast — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 05:00:00 +0000

This month we discover the Posh Club a daytime cabaret for older folk, we have award winning writer and performer Rob Auton live with us in the studio, we talk to photographer Syd Shelton about his involvement with Rock Against Racism, singer-songwriter Amy Odell joins us for a live acoustic session, we meet Jacob and Kennedy from Take Back the City and Julia Lorke meets some Hackers at the Turbine Hall.. Presented and produced by Nia Charpentier, Pearl Wise and Danielle Manning.

EastCast #44 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 05:00:00 +0000

This month on East Cast we take a journey into sound with the School of Noise, we talk to Gabriella Apichella about the female focused film festival Underwired, Rita Maya and Jose Cardosa from Portuguese Conspiracy about the Portuguese film event they are organising, we meet Jen Wong from Guerilla Science and Neil Samson from Carwash who are joining forces for a scientific experiment and singer songwriter Lail Arad joins us in the studio for a live session from her next album 'Onion' due for release next year. Presented and produced by Nia Charpentier, Danielle Manning and Pear Wise. Guest feature production by Julia Lorke.

EastCast #43 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 04:00:00 +0000

EastCast #42 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 04:00:00 +0000

This month on EastCast we talk to the founders of the Save The Date cafe in Dalston about food waste, singer-songwriter Chris Belson plays his latest track live in the studio, we hear how the Olympics is being blamed for destroying East London's canal barge community, artist Stephen Shiell takes us on a tour of Cody Dock, we hear about Hear East an new initiative being built on the Olympic site and we meet a man who' dad used to serve pints to the Krays.

EastCast #41 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 04:00:00 +0000

EastCast, uncovers the arts, culture and community that starts life in East London but then travels way beyond the postcode. This month we speak to the director the community focused Giants Theatre Company, we speak film makers Sarah Warren and Graham Bendal about their film debuts MLE and Derailed Sense at the East End Film Festival, experience some live poetry by local performer Kyronne as well as some audio insights into unemployment, coding and an interview with Torange Khonsari from Hackney Wick based art and architecture practice Public Works

EastCast #40 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 04:00:00 +0000

EastCast, uncovers the arts, culture and community that starts life in East London but then travels way beyond the postcode. This month we speak to architectural artist Alex Schweder and a guest from Arcsoc in Cambridge about their upcoming performance architecture installation, we hear some extracts from some intergenerational conversations between Hackney residents about the differences of life in 1965 and today, talk to some Eco Warriors under threat due to the Magna Carta and we welcome London based singer/songwriter 'Our Man In The Field' for a live studio session ahead of his imminent new EP release.

EastCast #39 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Fri, 15 May 2015 04:00:00 +0000

For our May edition, we hear from the global audio platform for the under 25s, podium.me, discover how garden jumble trails bring people together, why a man left his high powered job to make jam and talk to a 70’s inspired barber. American musician Robert Chaney performs a live session from the studio.

EastCast #38 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 04:00:00 +0000

The April edition of EastCast discovers how The Art of Dining create a unique supper experience, we talk to Claire Martin the co-director of Mill Co about the spaces they manage across London, meet the photographers/founders of the guide book series London Independent Store Guides, get to know more about an independent film festival Shorts on Tap and speak to Ryan Buckstein - Chief Cultural Engineer of the Ace Group.. and music from The Marbles Jackson and Lail Arad.

EastCast #36 East London Spaces

EastCast — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 05:00:00 +0000

This show explores the different ways people use space in East London. We talk to two sets of Portuguese entrepreneurs bringing tastes, sights and sounds from the country, how a memorial has been created in Bethnal Green where many East Londoners died in a tragic accident during World Word II and how Eat Work Art are making derelict spaces into veritable community hubs for business and more. Presented and produced by Nia Chapentier, Ana Xavier and Pearl Wise.

EastCast #35 The Dalstonist Edition

EastCast — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 05:00:00 +0000

For this edition of East London's favourite arts and culture show, we team up with the Dalstonist paper and website to bring you the sounds behind their words. We talk to photographer Jan Klos about the people pulling your pints, Viktor Wynd takes us behind the scenes at his Museum of Curiosities, Amy Redmond gives us a big night out at Sink the Pink, artist Wilfrid Wood shares his passion for dogs and we hear some music by Andreya Traina and Mike Skinner.

EastCast #34 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 05:00:00 +0000

This month we hear from an improv comedy group “Play it by ear”, find out more about Food Assembly who are making locally sourced food more easily accessible, we meet the cast of of Big House Theatre, made up of young people who have been through the care system, enjoy a live session by singer songwriter hattie whitehead and we re-run the Rising from the Dust audio documentary about night club founder and DJ, Newton Dunbar.

EastCast #33 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Tue, 04 Nov 2014 05:00:00 +0000

For this session we decided to record the show live from The Total Refreshment Centre. Presenters Ana Xavier, Nia Charpentier and Pearl Wise introduce interviews with Alexis Bondel from TRC, the organiser of Photomonth, Barney Thomas the founder of the magazine Wiley Badger and the first part of a radio doc about local music legend Newton Dunbar. Pearl selects tunes from bands and artists playing East in November.

EastCast #32 The 'best of' for Resonance Show

EastCast — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 04:00:00 +0000

EastCast delves into the nooks and crannies of East London, covering the arts, music and the people that make this corner of the city the vibrant place that it is. This show features satirical cartoonists Modern Toss, improvised comedy, a bike kitchen, an urban medicinal meadow, a DIY workspace and a song dedicated to Leonard Cohen's 80th birthday.

EastCast #31 East London Arts & Culture Show

EastCast — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 04:00:00 +0000

This episode explores music in East London with session and interview with musicians Lail Arad and Joel Bailey, we talk to Daniel Goldman about Casa - the Latin American Theatre Festival and their new all night event and Ana goes to an open mic night at the Hackney Attic.

EastCast #30 Voices of Hackney Show

EastCast — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 04:00:00 +0000

The EastCast team talk to local Hackney residents about what living in Hackney means to them, the history of the area and how it has changed. All the music is also voices of Hackney with a diverse range of Hackney's talent over the years.

EastCast #29 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 04:00:00 +0000

On this episode of EastCast we talk to Ansel Neckles about the Let's Be Brief pop up school specialised in workshops for local businesses, Anna Maloney tells us about Hackney's Wick's annual arts festival Hackney Wicked, we dig out an interview with the now renowned homeless artist John Dolan and we welcome the band Ringlefinch for some live music in the studio. We have music on the show by Blues Pills, Songhoy Blues, the Range and Jacco Gardner.

EastCast #28 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 04:00:00 +0000

On this week's show we speak to the artist behind the elusive colourful mushrooms growing around East London, learn how to make shoes without any stitching, look up at buildings with some senior explorers, talk sculptures with Christine Ohuorugu and talk to one of the brains behind co-working space Creative Blocks. The music is of course from bands playing in East London soon including: Dressmaker, Laurence Crane, Julia Holter, Soul 2 Soul and Slow Club.

EastCast #27 East London Arts & Culture Rado Show

EastCast — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 04:00:00 +0000

This week Nia talks to the man who organised Woodstock about a photography exhibition of images from the festival, we are joined in the studio by Mia from the Free Range graduate art show, Ana Sexton from The Anxiety Festival, Blue Hawaii from Four Corners Photography and of course music selected by Pearl Wise by artists playing in East London in the coming weeks including Sweet Baboo, Beth Orton, Farrago, Chicks on Speed and Blue Hawaii.

EastCast #26 East London Arts & Culture Show

EastCast — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 04:00:00 +0000

This week the ever eclectic EastCast show covers Bikes, Brass and Borage and there's no getting away from it.. football. Ana Xavier gets her hands dirty at a DIY repair shop The Bike Kitchen, Pearl Wise discovers a hidden medicinal meadow full of weeds called Phytology, Nia Charpentier meets a brass band who have a penchant for Star Wars.. and we give you the best places to watch or avoid the world cup. Of course there's plenty of music too featuring a election of bands and musicians playing in East London over the next fortnight carefully elected by musical maverick Pearl Wise: Ellen and the Escapades, Dawn Golden, Happyness, Sun Ra Arkestra, Conor O Brien and Angelo Badalamenti.

EastCast #25 East London Arts & Culture Show

EastCast — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 04:00:00 +0000

On this week's EastCast we have the editors of new literature magazine Open Pen in the studio, who also read us a story from the latest issue. We also welcome Zoe Bryant, our new arts reporter, who shares her top tips with us. Melanie has been finding out about a new venture you can get involved in called Fish Island Labs, and Pearl Wise brings us her usual array of music by bands and artists performing live in East London over the coming weeks including Only Real, Brandt Brauer Frick, Shy Nature and Courtney Barnett. Listings this week include a short film festival complete with red carpet, Stoke Newington Literary Festival and an artist painting the walls of an East London hotel. Tune in 8am every other Monday on NTS Live or cach us any time at www.eastcastshow.com, iTunes or Stitcher Radio.

EastCast #24 East London Arts & Culture Show

EastCast — Mon, 19 May 2014 04:00:00 +0000

This week Nia meets the curator of a new sculpture walk to be launched this summer through East London and through the Lea valley. We revisit an interview we had with the music program director at Café Oto and we hear food photographer Steve Ryan's Bootstrap Story. Pear Wise brings musical gems from King Dude, Dan Haywood, Caetano Veloso, Younghusband, Fatima Al Quandri and My Panda Shall Fly.

EastCast #23 East London Arts & Culture Show

EastCast — Mon, 05 May 2014 04:00:00 +0000

We have a busy studio on this week's EastCast with guests Giles Abbott, a traditional storyteller who came to the profession after losing his sight. We talk to artist Tom Pearce and then challenge him to sketch the EastCast presenters while recording. And bright young thing Elena Dirik performs a beautiful rendition of a classic song along with her ukulele. We also hear the next chapter in the Chrisp Street story from residents of the East End market. Music this week includes Death Vessel, Mirel Wagner, Le1f and Face+Heel, and as usual we bring you the best in arts and culture listings from our corner of the city.

EastCast #22 East London Arts & Culture Show

EastCast — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 04:00:00 +0000

On this Easter edition of EastCast, Nia Charpentier talks to photographer Phil Maxwel who's been charting the social changes and community tensions in brick lane. Martha Mc Alpine talks to reggae musician Maurice Onejah about his political new album and a new venue in Dalston called Epic, Ana Xavier discovers a folk night called Music box at the vintage shop Paper dress Morton Hamilton-Griffin tells us about his independent craft and design magazine and workshop space The Holborn. Pearl Wise features music by Marissa Nadler, Chet Faker and The Marbles Jackson all playing live in East London soon.

EastCast #21 East London Arts & Culture Show

EastCast — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Find out about The Big House Theatre Company, an organisation changing the lives of young people who are or have been in the care system, we also talk to Jo Duncombe from the Birds Eye View Film Festival, and we have a peek of the Merchant of Venice, a play happening in St. Leonard's Church in Shoreditch. Finally, tune in to discover all about a very unusual group of cyclists that want to get more people into pedaling, the I Bike London.

EastCast #20 East London Arts & Culture Show

EastCast — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 04:00:00 +0000

On this week's show we explore how you can get fit and help the community with Good Gym, discover a film event in Bethnal Green Town Hall called Second Chance Cinema, talk to Smash Lab about their accessible performing arts event at the Book Club and find out how tech start up Dropr are providing an essential service for artists to present their work. We feature music from Dominique Young Unique, François & The Atlas Mountains, Tycho, The Orange Revival and Sinah all playing in East London soon.

EastCast #19 East London Arts & Culture Show

EastCast — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 04:00:00 +0000

Packed show this week on EastCast as we go on an audio tour of the brain to find out what the organ sounds like, plus Guerilla Science tell us about a brain themed feast in a Dalston basement later this month. We hear from the residents of traditional market on Crisp Street in Poplar in the first of a series of podcasts. We also caught up with Mike, the Dalston busker who we spoke to a few months ago when he was threatened with eviction. He's now recorded a mini album so we'll be playing a track from that, as well as other music by bands playing around the East End, like Julia Kent, Lindstron and Context. Listings include St Patrick's Day shenanigans, theatre a sea shanty choir. We've got East London covered.

EastCast #18 East London Arts & Culture Show

EastCast — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 05:00:00 +0000

We've got a great show lined up with a live session by All The Queen's Ravens, and interviews with the curator of a vintage NASA photo exhibition, and with the lead actor of new play Heaven Can Wait. We talk to folk who run Roman Road's cafe and creative space Muxima. Music this week includes Kendra Morris, Preditah and Naked On Drugs, all playing live in East London in the coming weeks. Listings involve eating insects in a pop up in Hoxton and win tickets to ghostly films accompanied by spooky organ music in a church... Just tweet @eastcastshow with your favourite horror film! EastCast has East London covered www.eastcastshow.com

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EastCast — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 05:00:00 +0000

EastCast #16 East London Arts & Culture Show

EastCast — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 05:00:00 +0000

On this week's EastCast we talk to female entrepreneurs - one has managed to stop traffic in Hackney and the other has found refuge in an old public loo. Our guest is a curator of a series of sustainability themed exhibitions at the Arcola Theatre. Music this week includes CA Smith, Outfit and Half Moon Run, all playing live in East London over the coming weeks. We also have our usual array of listings including existentialist theatre, art from a Siberian painter, a book group and a call out for poets to take part in a "one minute challenge" talent contest.

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East Cast — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 05:00:00 +0000