Director Michael Beddoes, Writer Amy Clark and Actor Derek Murphy

Director Michael Beddoes, Writer Amy Clark and Actor Derek Murphy join Katie to discuss creation, imagination and drag. This gorgeous cast of creators is living the dream, from making movies to performing drag and acting. Find Katie @katiepritchards, Director Michael Beddoes @michaelbeddoes, Writer Amy Clark @humourscript and Actor Derek Murphy @DerekMMurphy 3:30 We get to know the guests with a naughty quiz including The Simpsons, floofy dogs and Bruce Willis. 9:50 Michael and Amy explain “Sequins” @sequinsfilm their short film project about drag queens, destined to become a feature. 10:57 Derek and Amy explain how they became best buddies when studying in Cork, Ireland 15 years ago and haven’t been parted since. Then we find out how Mike came into the picture, all thanks to Twitter. 13:03Amy explains her love of drag culture and the course she just did: The Art of Drag at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern in London. We find out about her drag character and the rise of the female body drag queen. They get a bit meaningful talking about characters, art-forms and ass-padding. 15:36Derek tells us about his podcast the Murphertons with his partner Steve Cheriton @stevecheriton, as well as the Brexit web-series Negotiation which he’s starring in as well as radio play My Boy Jack, a story about Rudyard Kipling during the First World War. Katie quizzes him on his early start in acting aged 4. 19:07The guys compare screen and theatre acting and the character process 20:33 Michael talks about the films he’s taking to festivals this year: Bungee and The Date. And how he moved into directing from being a producer and shares his advice for people who want to get into film. It’s all about love and passion! “It’s not a career choice, it’s a lifestyle choice”! 24:13Amy shares some of her drag haikus in our open-submission section “True elegant runway fierceness!” 25:36Katie shares her learnings and teaches the film team how to make a film for under $10,000. Sage words such as ‘write a script’ feature. We then hear advice for kids aspiring to make movies. This only applies to very ambitious children. 28:08The folks promote their projects and talk about scones. Find out more about the guests on the links below: Michael Beddoes mikebeddoes.com @michaeljbeddoes on instagram Derek Murphy Durklesmurf on instagram Listening books The Murphertons Dial M for Murder in Broadstairs Amy Clark missyleming on instagram @sequinsfilm Visit thefarceandthespurious.com and follow us on Twitter @farcepod and email us at info@thefarceandthespurious.com And follow producer @katkerrradio at podcastpioneers.com