Persistent And Nasty

In the first of our series of 2019 Edinburgh Fringe podcasts, we talk to the brilliant Cat Hepburn. Cat is an award-winning script writer, spoken word artist and educator based in Glasgow. She holds an MA with distinction in TV Fiction Writing from Glasgow Caledonian University, and an MA Hons in Theatre and Slavonic Studies from the University of Glasgow. Her passions are working with marginalised voices, exploring feminist issues and using contemporary storytelling to empower, provoke and make people laugh. She is the co-host and producer of Creative Scotland funded spoken word events organisation Sonnet Youth. She has story-written for BBC’s River City and Lime Pictures’ Hollyoaks. Cat's debut poetry book #GIRLHOOD (Speculative Books) is available to buy now. #GIRLHOOD is Cat Hepburn's debut Edinburgh Fringe show and adaptation of her hit poetry book. Nostalgic, hilarious and heartbreaking, her performance deconstructs and satirises the milestones, conventions and pressures that girls and young women fa