Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!

This week Pip is joined by acting great ADEEL AKHTAR!

There's no doubt that this is a very special episode, as you have rightfully come to expect from Distraction Pieces. But there's a feeling of almost meditation on this one, a sense of two people building a very detailed structure of conversation and being in total flow state with it, while all the time the door is open for everyone listening (as opposed to two people having a locked-off personal catch up, you know?). Adeel has clearly done a lot of thinking and indeed meditating on this craft of acting, and so much of it is present here as he and Pip get into all aspects of the game, including the process itself and the myriad facets within, the art and mechanics of theatre acting versus screen acting and the subtle alterations that are necessary, and the idea of requiring permission to pivot or try something new when you might already be exactly where you need to be. As Adell quotes, "dig where you stand". What's also perfect is that he joined Pip for this chat while he was on break from rehearsing for 'Mass', which is also talked about in here. Pure craft on display. Oh and also please check the Music Boutique link below - more details in the ep. Enjoy!

PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting nature

INSTAGRAM

IMDB

MASS @ DONMAR

SAVE THE MUSIC BOUTIQUE

SPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTORE

PIP TWITCH • (music stuff)

PIP INSTAGRAM

PIP TWITTER

PIP PATREON

PIP IMDB

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This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Boots Riley, originally episode 243 from 2018-12-05.

Original writeup below:

“…as I went on I realised the main thing that I needed to give people was passion…”

Pip’s been lining this one up for a GOOD long while, before the hype was bubbling in the UK for Boot’s debut film as director, and the wonderful news is that it will be in the UK very soon! I for one am sick of reading tweets about how good it is from US people. So it’s great news that us UK folk get a piece… This is a perfect if slightly condensed connection with Pip and Boots, as they get into his desire to be Prince early on, theatre, film school, wanting to sound like Ice Cube, the mainstream-ness of documentaries, having faith in a great cast, his diverse cinematic influences, importance of wardrobe and “beautiful clutter”. Oh, and that whole Spike Lee thing too... Wonderful - enjoy, investigate the film ‘SORRY TO BOTHER YOU’ and go through the back catalogue of THE COUP at your nearest convenience!!!

PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting nature

I LOVE BOOSTERS

SORRY TO BOTHER YOU

THE COUP

BOOTS RILEY on TWITTER

BOOTS on SPIKE LEE

PIP TWITCH • (music stuff)

PIP INSTAGRAM

SPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTORE

PIP TWITTER

PIP IMDB

POD BIBLE

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!

This week Pip is joined by the necessary ray of light that is GEMMA CAIRNEY!

A return mission from Gemma, as the last meeting was a good 9 years ago... Also "necessary ray of light", while a lovely sounding complement, doesn't actually inform you of what Gemma's up to at the moment or has been up to over those interveining 9 years, which is a huge amount! From the early years on radio right up to recent times, with a prolific range of projects and quests along the way, Gemma hasn't lost any sparkle or positivity, which is a rare thing in a world such as this. But as you can imagine, it does take energy an a psychic toll, and we hear about it in this awesome, inspiring episode. While there is a wealth of tangents born from her upcoming book release 'The Immortal Sisterhood', she and Pip cover a lot of ground including art and creativity and the class cross-section, patriarchy at large, motherhood (times two!), location, hwo and why love is just straight up better than hate, and altogether much too much to summarise in these notes. So just jump in and enjoy, and you're sure to come away from this one with a smile and feeling just a little bit taller. Or maybe floating a bit. Enjoy!

PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting nature

INSTAGRAM

THE IMMORTAL SISTERHOOD pre-order

THE IMMORTAL SISTERHOOD LIVE

GEMMA'S PATREON

DREAM SPACE

SPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTORE

PIP TWITCH • (music stuff)

PIP INSTAGRAM

PIP TWITTER

PIP PATREON

PIP IMDB

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