Heartworms shares her influneces, comedians Nicola Mantallios and Kerris Gibson have a gas in the podcast tent and we speak to film director + musician John MacLean.
The Green Man PodcastShow Notes
We've got a real cross section of Green Man Festival in this episode. Fresh from opening the Far Out stage on Thursday, Heartworms sits down for an intimate look into her inspirations and how she prepares for going on stage. The wonderful Last Laugh comedians Nicola Mantallios and Kerris Gibson share how important it is to be authentic on stage, and the diversity of the GM comedy tent. A firm favourite of this podcast, we head to the Cinedrome where film critic, and organiser of the stage speaks to award winning director, and former band member of The Beta Band, John MacLean.
It’s not often you stumble across a budding young post-punk artist with a predilection for Spitfire planes. Enter Heartworms, aka London-based artist and producer Jojo Orme. Her debut Dan Carey-produced album, Glutton For Punishment, which landed early this year, fused early 1980s spiky synth pop, gothic noir, and industrial dance punk, running on themes of international and internal war. But despite the career take-off, she still finds time to volunteer at Hendon’s RAF Museum, cleaning and maintaining those beloved Spitfires.
North East powerhouse, Nicola Mantalios brings her energetic storytelling to Green Man 2025. Her performances are packed with a perfect mix of chaotic energy, dark wit and the kind of brilliant honesty you'll be thinking about long after she's left the stage.
Kerris Gibson describes herself as being like a cinnamon bun that's been dropped many times (and that one weirdo would eat). She uses her standup material for therapy and her therapy session notes for standup. Twice Felt Nowt New Act of the Year Finalist, Kerris is also an improviser (Spontaneous Wrecks) and has had sketches showcased at Sunderland Film Festival and BBC Radio.
The long awaited follow up to Slow West, John McLean puts a Samurai puppeteer, caught up with a local crime gang, in Scotland, for a thrilling genre mash up in 'Tornado'.
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