SIM Ep 687 Chops 236: The 4th Country, the North country

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🗓️ 9 January 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Northern Ireland is so often absent from our media and from the arts in the UK, so Hannah has been on the Zoom with Kate Reid, the writer of new play The 4th Country, and one of its stars, Rachael Rooney. They chat about a time of great change in the province and why England's view of it is so often wrong, as well as the highs and lows of rehearsing under the ever-present threat of a new lockdown. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello Hannah here and welcome to this week's Sunday Chops. I hope you're having a nice
0:19.7	Sunday if it's anything like it is now weather wise. It will be so sunny you can't look
0:26.8	at the window but simultaneously freezing cold. So remember to dress appropriately I say that
0:33.7	as someone who didn't yesterday and is still recovering. Getting away from tips for life and
0:40.3	onto this week's chops. In this episode I am talking to Kate Reed writer of a play that is about to
0:49.3	open on the 12th of January at the park theatre in Finnsbury Park. It's called The Force Country.
0:55.6	Rachel Rooney one of its styles was also on the call. We had a brilliant chat about why Northern
1:03.6	Ireland remains pretty neglected within the UK when it comes to politics and when it comes to the
1:10.3	media. How this may or may not be improving a good couple of years for Northern Ireland and a
1:16.8	lot more besides I just like to say we did this interview on the 21st of December when nobody had
1:23.2	any idea what on earth was going to happen if this play was going to open if we were going to get
1:29.6	a Christmas and I absolutely commend Rachel and Kate for sounding so positive in this chat when
1:36.5	it in truth the three of us were really quite confused about what on earth was going on and what
1:43.0	the future held. Anyway I hope the future holds a rest of a nice Sunday for you until next time.
1:49.1	Hi Hannah here. I am joined by Kate Reed. Hello Kate. I am Rachel Rooney. Hello Rachel.
1:59.8	Who are the writer and one of the stars respectively of the 4th country. I'm going to start with you
2:07.4	Kate thanks both very much for joining us. The 4th country those words refer to Northern Ireland
2:14.7	and I think both Scotland and Wales could put up a quite spirited defence that they are a neglected
2:20.4	part of the United Kingdom and I would support those claims but if 4th country is being ranked in
2:27.2	status in the UK of how much we talk about it and how much politicians talk about it I think you
2:33.4	are absolutely spot on that that's where Northern Ireland falls so could you tell me a little bit more
2:39.0	about that title of where it came from. Yeah definitely so I started writing bits and pieces
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