{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/620926e9068eb400129e71c1/660d6941e15066001756ae13?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Flic McCann - Playwright","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/620926e9068eb400129e71c1/1712153134726-7d1d45a55946ca599770f580b55f3ed3.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>What happens to a life when you have to leave home aged 16?</p><p><br></p><p>And how does it feel to experience homelessness as a mother with young children?</p><p><br></p><p>Flic McCann is a playwright who changed her life when she poured her pain onto the page. In our conversation we discuss:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>How it feels to move to another country and marry into a culture outside of your own as a young woman</li><li>The impact of overt racism when raising your children</li><li>Misconceptions around homelessness</li><li>The common kinship and hardships faced by women around the world</li><li>How to rebuild when you feel like you've hit rock bottom</li></ul><p><br></p><p>This is a very powerful episode, and one in which Flic shares some of the prejudicial language she faced as the mother of children with mixed heritage.</p><p><br></p><p>If you'd like to watch Flic's work being performed, it will be on at the Boardwalk Theatre in Glasgow on April 27th 2024.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Toni Kent"}