A Beginner's Guide To A Forty Something Gay Man.

This week I'm a solo flyer again. This week I went to the British Library for the exhibition 'Gay UK, Love, Law and Liberty' It's a fascinating trip through the majority of recorded Gay history in the UK. I talk about the emotions this trip triggered and discuss everything from Bronski Beat and Frankie Goes To Hollywood to Noel Coward, Kenneth Williams and Derek Jarman. Heroes and brave pioneers. https://www.bl.uk/news/2017/june/gay-uk-love-law-and-liberty http://www.greenwichtheatre.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2211:chinese-whispers&catid=7:playingnow&Itemid=1 http://www.broadwayworld.com/uk-regional/article/Full-Casting-Announced-for-CHINESE-WHISPERS-at-Greenwich-Theatre-20170619

This week it's the turn of the ladies. My first female guest - Pamela Naidoo. Author of the book 'Just Friends - The Ultimate Girl's Guide to Male Friendships' Pamela is a charming lady and extremely intellectual. We have a fascinating chat about how friendships are born and how and why straight women should nurture their friendships with straight men. We discuss the nature of friendships between straight women and gay men and the science behind why that works, more often than not, so well. There are a lot of laughs along the way and I really found our chat super refreshing and super interesting. You can purchase Pamela's book on Amazon. Links to Pamela - Website at www.platonicplanet.co.uk Twitter @platonicpeople facebook @platonicplanet

This week I had the pleasure of chatting to an inspirational chap called Tim Brown. Tim set up GOaL in March this year. In Tim's words 'GOaL (Get Out and Live) is organised to bring relief and safe passage to the LGBTQ community; not only in coming out, but also in their individual and collective journeys throughout their lives.' Tim is also an Army Chaplain based in North Carolina and has seen two tours on the the frontline in Afghanistan. Tim came out in his forties and has had a very different journey from any of my previous guests. We discuss his stories, inspirations and how life has also lead him on to the stage as a budding stand up comedian! I hope you enjoy this podcast as much as I did chatting to Tim. I also chat through the last two weeks in the UK. How the terrorist activity effects us in the UK and how it personally makes me feel to be a Londoner in 2017. I couldn't add the track by Noel Coward to the podcast but here is the link. please listen! It's called 'London Town' https://www.youtu

This week I am on my own again and its's a bit more brief......and get's quite silly. I talk about the updates in Chechnya and what we can continue to do briefly, but mainly I am answering to a challenge set to me by a work colleague...... Yes, I've gone all 'Heat' magazine. I was asked to name my top 5 favourite male c'lebs and why - My top 5 Albums of all time and why - And was asked to answer the 'Inside the actor's studio' questions. I hope you enjoy this week's frivolity before we get back to some great guests in the coming weeks! Keep your questions and thoughts coming in meantime either at http://www.mattiankelly.com/contact/ or on the Soundcloud page - Click on the envelope in the right hand corner. Below are the links on how to donate to the legal fees for the Russian activists. go.allout.org/en/a/detained-in-moscow/?akid=14785.805462.bcybn5&rd=1&t=6&utm_campaign=detained-in-moscow&utm_medium=email&utm_source=actionsuite

This week I am chatting to one of my oldest friends and inspirations - Mr Peter Bramley. We chat through Peter's beginnings in Doncaster in the 70's and 80's - rollerbooting through a mining town, to a spell living in the 'Big Apple' to running his own theatre company and currently being head of movement at Rose Bruford College of Drama. We discuss how we met in the 90's and created our own gay cleaning company 'Scrubbers' and our times at the Edinburgh Festival and generally being entrepreneurial! Peter has a great wit and has a very 'Radio 4 in the evening' kind of quality to his voice. And we go WAY back in our gay Tardis. Dive in. Here are links to Peter - http://www.peterbramley.moonfruit.com/ ww.pantsonfiretheatre.co.uk and don't forget to vote if you haven't at http://podcastland.com/podcasts/219552/a-beginners-guide-to-a-forty-something-gay-man-

This week I'm talking to my old house mate and friend Tony Higgins. Tony started his professional life in acting and is currently writing for the BBC shows 'Holby' and 'Casualty' We chat about his journey from Birmingham schooling to life in London as an actor. We talk through his more relaxed coming out story line and how he views gay London and Birmingham now. Tony is a quick witted chap and we let our natural rapport flow forth. I hope you enjoy this chat as much as we did. Links below to his work and facebook - http://nickturnermanagement.com/tony-higgins/ https://www.facebook.com/tony.higgins.7965 and don't forget to vote if you haven't http://podcastland.com/podcasts/219552/a-beginners-guide-to-a-forty-something-gay-man-

This week I am very pleased to be joined by Major - Host of The Straight Up Gay Podcast. Major is based out of Atlanta, Georgia. I've been an avid listener to his podcast for a few months now and love the style and set up of his conversations. He talks with people from across the globe about their unique experiences within the LGBTQ world. Major is not LGBTQ himself but is an ally and father to a gay son. We discuss his mission statements and what has lead him to creating this podcast. His introduction to podcasting and how he originally had a gay co-host. We also discuss the turning point that made him more determined than ever to be an ally and provide active support for LGBTQ people. We talk through his background in the US military system and his views on how the community was, and now is, viewed in that system. Major is a funny, warm and endearing character with great intellect but most of all is a great conversationist. I hope you all enjoy this chat as much as I did! Links to Major below. http://ww

This week is another short and sweet solo effort. I like to keep it regular! An update and thoughts on the situation in Chechnya and what you can do. A Purple Rave, Weddings ahead and the amount of stress one needs to invest in said weddings. News of a show I'm appearing in and news of the future of the podcast! Also keep voting for me at http://podcastland.com/ if you haven't already!! Other links below - https://www.change.org/p/russia-prosecutor-general-investigate-mass-murder-and-torture-of-lgbt-people-in-chechnya http://www.greenwichtheatre.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2211:chinese-whispers&catid=7:playingnow&Itemid=1

This week I am talking to Stuart Saint. Star of stage across the globe and director of many shows at Leicester Square Theatre. Stuart's life spans from working with the Moscow State Circus to choreography for 80's high energy icon Hazell Dean. Moving form from musical theatre to the noughties Electro scene , working alongside the likes of Pete Burns of Dead or Alive, Stuart has many stories to make your eyelashes curl. His journey through severe health issues leading to the creation of his musical 'Princess' and his new one man venture 'Embrace the Hound' is a fascinating and extremely raw slice of a one man's struggle against his own demons. I decided not to cut this as I feel it would destroy the flow and it's a one piece special all by itself. Change.org details https://www.change.org/p/russia-prosecutor-general-investigate-mass-murder-and-torture-of-lgbt-people-in-chechnya-2 Links to Stuarts' website and ticket info below. https://www.stuart-saint.com/productions https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/event

This week we have part 2 of my chat with Andrew Hayler. It gets incredibly silly whilst also touching on bullying, Andrew's first tentative steps into his gay journey - via the Yumbo centre in Gran Canaria - and what to wear when being disrobed by a drag queen. We also chat through our thoughts on gay characters in 70's and 80's sitcom land and their standing in gay culture. Not forgetting to touch on how we first became aquatinted at a ticket machine in Charing Cross Station. Also please vote for the podcast at http://podcastland.com/podcasts/219552/a-beginners-guide-to-a-forty-something-gay-man-

After missing an episode last week, I'm back with Part 1 of a good old chat with one of my closest friends, Mr. Andrew Hayler, also a London-based actor. We break it ALL down. Andrew discusses his coming out stories, his first 'flirtations' with the Brighton scene and growing up on the South coast of the UK. School, smelly feet and lots of laughing along the way. Hence why we've had to divide it into two episodes. I hope you enjoy.

This week is another solo outing. I have some new recommendations for your pleasure. I also talk about my journey with a parent with Dementia and how that has affected/influenced a lot of life decisions. I talk about my first trip to San Francisco, my love for the 'Tales Of The City' novels and theatre shows/plays that I've been in that have enabled me to see the world.

This week I'm talking to the actor Kieran Parrott about being a a London based gay actor in 2017. We talk about Panto, coming out in Walthamstow, gay siblings and the differences and similarities between the gay 40's and the gay 20's. Our age and not the decades! A wonderful energy and a talent to follow. You can find him on twitter @kieranparrott91 and on facebook under his name. A pleasure to chat to and a great new chum.

This week I'm chatting about my first forays into the world of Gay themed theatre - As a writer, actor and director. I revisit my 'Madonna moment' and a little venture into Heaven.

This week I'm talking about first visits to gay pubs, Prince, Drama school, puppetry and putting mayonnaise and soap in my hair. Moving swiftly up to my Drama school years and my first forays into the gay scene......via an ill advised crush on Bono! I'll be talking post school years and how I went from being expelled to moving back to London and really starting my life.

Part 2. Looks at my life as a teenager growing up in an 80's seaside town.

The first attempt at a podcast. I want to chat about things that made me who I am this very day. As an avid listener of podcasts myself I did feel there was a lack of men of my age and and background talking about their experiences. As a 40 plus Gay actor, playwright and teacher I hope that I can appeal to those people who have a similar life frame work AND to the world at large. If you like listening to chatter jump in and give it a go - I hope you find it fun, interesting, inspiring or it assists you on your commute to work.