Ep. 585 - Bryony Kimmings - Writer and performer who co-wrote the film Last Christmas with Emma Thompson
My Time Capsule
Cast Off Productions
4.8 • 842 Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Bryony Kimmings is an award-winning writer and performer whose work spans television, film and groundbreaking live performance. Most recently, she adapted The Rapture into a five-part television drama starring Ruth Madeley. She also co-wrote, with Emma Thompson, the screenplay for the film Last Christmas, starring Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding. Widely regarded as one of the UK’s most original contemporary performers, Bryony creates multi-platform works that blend autobiography, social experimentation and performance art. Her acclaimed shows include I’m a Phoenix, Bitch, Credible Likeable Superstar Role Model and Fake It Till You Make It, all of which received widespread critical praise and multiple five-star reviews. Her latest production, Bog Witch, follows a critically acclaimed London run and is now touring venues across the UK and Ireland. Inspired by Bryony’s own life, the show explores her decision to uproot herself and her son to live in an isolated cottage in the wilderness in an attempt to reconnect with nature and rediscover happiness and sanity.
Bryony Kimmings is our guest in episode 585 of My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she’d like to preserve and one she’d like to bury and never have to think about again .
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| 0:00.0 | Hello again and welcome to my time capsule. My name's Mike Fenton-Stevens. And my time capsule is the podcast, which I'm sure you know, where people tell me five things from their life they wish |
| 0:21.5 | they had in a time capsule, four things they cherish, and one thing they'd like to bury and forget. |
| 0:28.2 | My guest in this episode is Briany Kimmings. Now, Briani is one of our most innovative writers and a |
| 0:34.9 | unique performer. As a writer, Brioni recently adapted Liz Jensen's |
| 0:39.6 | best-selling novel The Rapture into a five-part drama starring Ruth Madeley from years and years, |
| 0:45.5 | then Barbara Met Allen and Doctor Who. Brianie also co-wrote with Dame Emma Thompson, |
| 0:51.4 | the script for the film Last Christmas, starring Amelia Clark and Henry Golding. |
| 0:56.7 | As a universally acclaimed performer, Brani creates multi-platform artworks to provoke change. |
| 1:03.6 | Her work centres mostly around social experiments, which in the past have included her |
| 1:07.8 | retracing a sexually transmitted infection to its source, |
| 1:11.5 | spending seven days in a controlled environment, in a constant state of intoxication, and becoming |
| 1:16.9 | a pop star invented by a nine-year-old, in shows like, I'm a Phoenix, bitch, credible, likable |
| 1:23.1 | superstar role model, and fake it till you make it, all of which have received many five-star |
| 1:29.1 | reviews. Following a hugely critically acclaimed London run, Brian is currently on tour with her |
| 1:35.3 | hit show Bogwich, which she's taken to venues in the UK and Ireland. As with all her previous |
| 1:41.3 | works, Bogwitch follows a part of Brian's real life story. |
| 1:45.3 | This time, the journey of uprooting her and her son's life to live in a tumble-down cottage in the wilderness, |
| 1:51.8 | to plug back into nature as a last-ditch attempt to be happy and sane. |
| 1:56.9 | It's an unmissable show, and there's a link in the written description of this episode to all dates and how to book, |
| 2:02.7 | which I know you'll want to do once you've listened to this amazing woman. |
| 2:06.8 | And the five things she would choose to have in a time capsule. |
| 2:10.6 | Here is Briny Kimmings. |
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