A sweary Karen Carpenter tribute act, women's rugby and the first black female astronaut - actress/comedian Jackie reveals an interesting range of subjects in her offcuts.
Clips performed by: Lynsey Murrell, Beth Chalmers and Lizzie Roper.
Warning: This episode contains strong language.
Veteran of the British theatre Jackie Clune started out as a drama lecturer before achieving critical success in her first one-woman show about Karen Carpenter at the Edinburgh Festival. She went on to write six more shows, and to star in plays written by other writers - including Mamma Mia, Billy Elliott, Emilia and 9 To 5 - The Musical. She's played Julie Burchill on the West End stage in the one-woman play Julie Burchill Is Away and toured with the all-female Henry IV production that went to New York, and on TV her many credits include Eastenders, Ghosts, Motherland and Borderline.
As a writer she has contributed to sketch shows Smack The Pony and BBC Comedy Nation, she is regularly featured in magazines and newspapers such as The Guardian, The Mail, Red and Top Sante (where she has a regular column), and as an author she has written two books "Extreme Motherhood" and "Man of the Month Club" with her third book, the novel "I'm Just A Teenage Punchbag" published last year, and her fourth "Give A Little Love" due out in June 2021.
For more details about the writer, the offcuts and the actors performing them see the episode show notes: https://offcutsdrawer.com/jackie-clune/
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