Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Anne-Marie Duff, Gisele Pelicot, Black female journalists, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Ballet Shoes
Anne-Marie Duff on her latest stage role as Regina Hubbard in The Little Foxes.
It's the rape trial that has shocked the world. Gis猫le Pelicot's ex-husband Dominique was sentenced yesterday to 20 years in prison for her rape, alongside 50 other men. We hear Gis猫le's own words, and Anita Rani was joined by the 麻豆官网首页入口's Andrew Harding who has covered the trial from the beginning, and French journalist and founder of The Women's Voices website Cynthia Illouz.
Anne-Marie Duff joined Nuala McGovern to talk about her latest stage role in The Little Foxes at London鈥檚 Young Vic Theatre. It鈥檚 a family drama where she plays Regina Hubbard, an ambitious woman who is thwarted by her position in Alabama society in the early 1900s, where her less financially savvy brothers have the power and autonomy to run the family business. Anne-Marie discusses playing ruthless characters and the stage roles that place women front and centre.
A recent report by the National Council for the Training of Journalists found that 91% of UK journalists come from white ethnic groups. This has increased by 3% since last year. Amid large numbers of job cuts within the sector, what can be done to help keep female black and minority ethnic journalists within the profession? Nuala was joined by Habiba Katsha, a freelance journalist considering an alternative career, and award-winning writer and journalist Afua Hirsch.
Daisy Edgar-Jones and her co-star Paul Mescal rocketed into the public gaze in the 麻豆官网首页入口 adaptation of Sally Rooney鈥檚 novel Normal People. Following a couple of notable film performances Daisy is now on stage as the formidable, if unhappy, Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. She joined Anita Rani live in the Woman鈥檚 Hour studio.
Noel Streatfield鈥檚 classic children鈥檚 book Ballet Shoes was written in 1936, and had never been staged - until now. The National Theatre鈥檚 production of Ballet Shoes is directed by Katy Rudd and tells the story of the three Fossil sisters, Pauline, Petrova and Posy, who were given their name because they were all 鈥渄iscovered鈥 as babies on the travels of adventurer Great Uncle Matthew and then abandoned to his Great Niece Sylvia, or Garnie, played by Pearl Mackie. Anita was joined by Katy and Pearl to discuss this children's classic.
Would you ask your friends to describe you in one word? Comedian Sophie Duker did. She joined Nuala to talk about their responses and how it influenced her new standup show, But Daddy, I Love Her.
Presenter: Anita Rani
Producer: Annette Wells
Editor: Rebecca Myatt
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