Ciara's Pink Sparkle Podcast!

I sat down with Hannah & Evie from Sutton Theatre Company for a chat to talk about our upcoming show Oklahoma which is a Rodger's & Hammerstein musical. It's on at Epsom Playhouse from Thursday 13th November to Saturday 15th November. Get your cowboy boots on & buy your tickets. see ya there yee ha!https://www.epsomplayhouse.co.uk/shows/oklahoma-presented-sutton-theatre-company#tickets

Recently I sat down with my friend Liz Arriens-Troy who I met recently through the fab charity PSDS and she talked to me about her wonderful new book Everybody Wants a Dance with Coraline. It's about her own experiences of becoming a mum to her lovely daughter Coraline who has Downs Syndrome. She also talks what she has learnt about herself since becoming a parent. You can buy the book online!https://www.amazon.co.uk/Everybody-Wants-Dance-Coraline-Stepping-ebook/dp/B0FRYF2GJZ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1F6NWQZGTMHR5&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9._OJ1oCRIvHE0A7VNzoieIQ.ygeZ956eFuyS0_-tYPgfKL0DbEUQEpcw1rEITFRJiGg&dib_tag=se&keywords=everybody+wants+a+dance+with+coraline&qid=1761933256&sprefix=everybosy+wants+a+dance+%2Caps%2C122&sr=8-1

Today I sat down for a fun podcast chat with Matthew Pateman who is one of the new members of pop band The Fizz aka Bucks Fizz. He told me about being in bands in the 90's & how he got into The Fizz & we chatted about how music venues should be accessible for people with additional needs & we ended it with a sing song of a iconic Bucks Fizz tune!website: https://www.thefizzofficial.com/

I recently sat down for a chat with David Stanley who is the CEO and Founder of the music Man Project. He founded the Music Man Project after meeting a young guy who had Down's Syndrome who inspired him to start a music project for people with a learning disability. They have played in London's Royal Albert Hall & in London's Iconic Theatre London Palladium. Their next dream is to play a show on Broadway. If anyone can help them to raise some money to help make this wonderful dream happen, there is a link below.website: http://www.themusicmanproject.com/Go Fund Me page : https://gofund.me/220dc2d8b

I recently sat down for a podcast chat with the teacher Caroline Keep about our careers, about all things disability and awareness, how it feels to get a diagnosis and how you can use your disability or condition as a super power!

I recently sat down for a lovely podcast interview with the lovely Kat Cauchi from the company NetSupport. She is also the editor of Rise Magazine. I asked her about her career, about her views on disability media representation and we talked about lots of other great things too. If you want to know more about Kat, please go to her Linked In page!https://www.linkedin.com/in/kat-cauchi/?originalSubdomain=uk

I chatted with a couple called Karen & Conor who run The Dynamic Spud which is the greatest jacket potato experience in London. We talked about their shop & about the different filings on their menu you can have on your jacket potato, we talked about disability, representation, attitudes, accessibility & chatted about our Irish Connections too. You can find the Dynamic Spud shop in Archway in London. Their Instagram link is below!https://www.instagram.com/thedynamicspud/?__d=11%2F

I recently chatted to my friend Dr Poppy Gibson is a Lecturer in Education whose key interests involve children's psychological development and mental health, and wellbeing in education.We talked about our careers, disability and attitudes and media representation and we chatted about our favourite teachers at our schools!

I recently sat down for a chat with the theatre director and writer and disability advocate and campaigner and father Stephen Unwin. We talked about his career in directing theatre shows and plays, we talked about disability issues and attitudes and stigma and media representation and he told me about his son who has a disability. He has recently written a new book which is out now called Beautiful lives which I have a mention in. The book is about the lives of people with a learning disability & society's attitudes. The link to the book on Amazon is below!https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beautiful-Lives-Learning-Disabilities-Wrong/dp/1035424738/ref=sr_1_1?adgrpid=54816598684&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.zQXCq3e_pw6wBjz1eYt-lFOMxahTB93LqcpzHCUFY50.oa_3my5mvJ_jKhveiOaADWENvfTGBfIYpSWaC7_ecIQ&dib_tag=se&gad_source=1&hvadid=259047585024&hvdev=c&hvexpln=0&hvlocphy=9045856&hvnetw=g&hvocijid=18137396020895001011--&hvqmt=e&hvrand=18137396020895001011&hvtargid=kwd-2420652935897&hydadcr=24436_1816130&keywords=stephen+unwin+beautiful+lives&mcid=6a00a6b399ce37908e574e92dcc62d58&qid=1758563254&sr=8-1

I recently sat down for a chat about all things cake, biscuits and bread and the famous TV show The Great British Bake Off with David Atherton who won 2019 series of the show. He told me who is favourite judge was, his new kids halloween cook book, and about why it is important to see people with a disability and people from other communities on big TV shows like Bake Off. We also talked about our careers!https://www.instagram.com/nomadbakerdavid/?hl=en-gb