Mick Greer graduated in English Literature from Cambridge University in 1983 and teaches at the School of Arts and Humanities at Lisbon University, where he is an Assistant Professor. He has a PhD on James Joyce and theatre, and is a researcher at the University’s Centre for Theatre Studies, where his main interests include James Joyce, Contemporary British and Irish Theatre, and Shakespeare in Performance.

In Creageivity 40 Mick shares his encyclopedic Joycean knowledge, and reads from the ending/beginning of Finnegan’s Wake. He also treats us to an unaccompanied song (a first for Creageivity) - The Parting Glass.

Mick is an active member of both the Lisbon Players and Já International Theatre, and is a founding member of the Dublin-based Balloonatics Theatre Company. He is also a voice-over artist, and appears in adverts, TV series and films.

A true raconteur, Mick Greer is a highly engaging teller of tales!

Intro Music: Celtic Winds by Psychronic - with thanks
Outro Music: The Parting Glass - traditional, performed by Mick Greer

Balloonatics website: https://balloonaticstheatre.com/

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Maia Eden is a multi-talented creative professional based in the Scottish Highlands. She is best known for her work as an independent musician and singer-songwriter, releasing her EPs New Horizons and Little Triumphs.
In Creageivity 39 we hear snippets of Maia’s songs New Horizons, Home, and Starting Over Again.

Beyond music, Maia is also a multidisciplinary artist and maker. She works across various mediums, including jewellery making, mosaics, and carnival structures. Her passion for sustainability is showcased through her upcycled furniture, where she revives and reimagines second-hand pieces.

In the podcast Maia talks of her deep love for the natural world, especially the Highlands, having been born and raised in Scotland, before a lengthy stay in England. Now back in her homeland, she can’t imagine not creating, and describes some of her methods to keep things flowing. These include journaling, and playing with materials in her idyllic studio space.

A wise and witty session, with inspringly beautiful music - what’s not to like!

Music by Maia Eden, used with permission.

Website: www.maiaeden.com/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/maiaedenmusic/
Furniture upcycling: maia@maiaeden.com
YouTube clips: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKTnYOtt6l8

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With memories going back to hiding under a table during World War Two air raids, actor, poet and food entrepreneur Maya Waterman recalls vivid moments in her life. Her path from a blitzed London was eventually to take her to the English town of Tunbridge Wells (at the casual suggestion of a friend) where she started a very successful baking business. Baking and feeding people remained a theme throughout her career, and when she moved to Los Angeles, she started several successful businesses, including food deliveries to the Hollywood creative industry.

It was here that Maya began to have her childhood dreams of an acting career encouraged when she was invited to take classes, in exchange for managing the affairs of a theatre company. She was then spotted - at a relatively late age - by two Producers looking for a lead character actor for a TV series, with her film and TV career only taking off in her 60s. At the same time Maya was becoming an in-demand face in commercials and music videos, including for Thirty Seconds to Mars and Sam Fender songs. She also took the lead in Joyride, an Amazon commercial which she says is now recognised as ‘a classic’.

As a poet Maya had an intense and highly creative period of writing, and in Creageivity 38 she reads three of her pieces for us.
Acting opportunities continue, and Maya has also been very active in social justice and support projects - a truly rounded artist with fascinating stories to tell!

Maya’s website: https://mayawaterman.wixsite.com/maya-waterman-1

The Amazon Ad: https://share.google/AaWjaJSX3QqAkRDSq

Music used via Pixabay with thanks:La Nuit from Playhouse Sound
Portrait photo of Maya by Travis Tanner

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