Scottee is an activist, actor and writer from North London.
Scottee has created activist artworks and projects with communities across the UK and Ireland. These have included working with his grandfather to tackle ageism,[1] public artwork in Southend addressing queer trauma,[2] Hamburger Queen, a talent show for fat people exploring fat activism,[3] establishing Peterborough Pride,[4] participant-led dance show Fat Blokes,[5] and stage show Class looking at poverty and class system in the UK.,[6]
Scottee has written on subjects for newspapers such as The Guardian, i-D Magazine and Global Citizen. In a piece in The Guardian expressing concerns about pay and the problems of working in the arts industry, he stated: "The arts are essentially a namby-pamby life of stealing Wi-Fi, cheap coffee, waiting tables and overpriced weekend workshops in improvisation that leaves you, at times, financially and mentally unstable."[7]
He was co-host for almost 10 years to BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends after first appearing on the programme on 18 December 2012.,[8]. In 2020 Scottee became the host of the After The Tone podcast, first published in August that year.[9]
In 2017 Scottee became Associate Research Fellow at the Birkbeck Centre for Contemporary Theatre, University of London,[10] and 2018 he became an Associate Artist at HOME, Manchester. From 2017 to 2023, he was the Artistic Director of Scottee & Friends Ltd.[11]
In 2024, he played the supporting character of Noam in BBC One miniseries The Listeners, adapted from the 2021 novel of the same name by Jordan Tannahill.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Vice - Meet 'The Real Liam Gallagher', the 79-Year-Old Irish Artist Tackling Ageism in the Art World". vice.com. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ^ "Huck - What happens when you ask your community if it's homophobic". huckmagazine.com. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ "The Big Beauty Contest". The Guardian. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ^ "PETERBOROUGH PRIDE 2018". Metal. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ "Fat Guys Talk About Living Life as Fat Guys". www.vice.com. 5 November 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ "Scottee: Class review – check your privilege, row A". The Guardian. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ "UK arts: reasons not to get involved | Culture professionals network | Guardian Professional". Theguardian.com. 3 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4 - Loose Ends, Sophie Parkin, Sarah Hadland, Peter Wight, Scottee, Ed Harcourt and Clock Opera, Scottee on underlashes, hula-hooping and the politics of camp". Bbc.co.uk. 15 December 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ^ TONE, AFTER THE. "AFTER THE TONE". Google Podcasts. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ "Birkbeck Centre for Contemporary Theatre – Autumn 2017". bbk.ac.uk. 6 October 2017. Archived from the original on 16 June 2024. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Scottee leaves theatre collective Scottee and Friends after five years". thestage.co.uk. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ Craig, David (19 November 2024). "The Listeners cast: Full list of actors and characters in BBC drama". Radio Times. Archived from the original on 27 November 2024. Retrieved 9 December 2024.