Authors Nathalie Olah and Holly Pester discuss their respective interests in Dennis Potter's work in a conversation exploring feminisms, class and popular culture.
Nathalie Olah is an author with an interest in visual culture and subaltern aesthetics. Holly Pester is a poet and writer. Together, they discuss domestic repression, haunted woodlands, and whether it is ever possible for men to depict misogyny without being complicit.
This event takes place as part of Very High Frequency, an exhibition and public programme exploring the legacies of television dramatist Dennis Potter. Frequently lauded as one of Britain’s most pioneering television dramatists, Potter’s Brechtian techniques brokered a meaningful and daring relationship between experimental theatre, modernist literature and broadcast television.
Although celebrated for his creativity as both a screenwriter and critic, Potter’s work and personal life were not without controversy. Several of his screenplays were censored or accused of blasphemy, while his sometimes flawed depictions and idolisation of women were similarly scrutinised.
