In discussion with 6 emerging writers from the textLAB programme – Anna Whealing, Bo Hogan, Calum Philp, Dylan Russell, Lara Delmage and Lintong Zhang – episode 2 tackles the space between writing and performance: how can and should a piece of writing be responsive to current world concerns, how may text challenge the role of the performer and, contrarily, how may the audience have a direct impact on the writing and how it is performed?  This episode was recorded in September 2022, when the artists were on the textLAB programme on the lead up to their collective Rehearsed Reading. To find out more about the project and how their works developed, please visit: <a href='https://scottishyouththeatre.org/national-artistic-programme/2022/textlab/'>https://scottishyouththeatre.org/national-artistic-programme/2022/textlab/</a>  You can also find short interviews with each of the artists over on our TikTok: <a href='https://www.tiktok.com/@scottishyouththeatre'>https://www.tiktok.com/@scottishyouththeatre</a>

When Life Gives You Limens is a new podcast series from Scottish Youth Theatre exploring the often ominous 'in-between' space in artistic practice that young artists frequently tend to find themselves. Establishing your practice in the industry is an increasingly demanding challenge due to the restrictions posed by funding, opportunity, access and space. This podcast helps create that space, offering the chance for current and past project participants to gather and evaluate the recurring entanglements between their life and artistic practice. Each episode encounters a new theme within this liminal space, probing an open discussion between artists, designers, writers and theatre-makers about what that state of 'in-between' is, where obstacles may lie and, ultimately, how new and exciting work can be produced from it.