Tracks of My Life with Georgie Morrell

Tracks of My Life is a show on RNIB Connect Radio presented and produced by Toby Davey where he invites a guest to take us on a journey through their life, sharing the tracks that mark important moments which bring back memories to them.

Their chosen tracks of their life might include the first track they can remember hearing, the first track they bought, a number of tracks that mark moments in their life and the final track, a track that they would like to pass on which might give people hope for the future.

In this trimmed down podcast version of Tracks of My Life Toby is joined by visually impaired Stand-Up Comedian and Actor Georgie Morrell who also presents Connect Radio’s movie music show Sounds of the Silver Screen. 

Georgie’s Tracks of My Life journey will start with early life for her. Although at the age of 3 being diagnosed with chronic arthritis and then a year later being diagnosed with glaucoma uvieyertus, Georgie was not raised as a disabled child at all by her parents and was treated exactly the same as her sighted siblings. 

   

Music has certainly played an important role in Georgie’s life, and one of her early memories is being given her first album on cassette tape by her brother which Georgie played until the cassette tape was almost worn   out. Some of Georgie’s chosen tracks have meant quite a lot to her over the years and she is fascinated by how some tracks might have different meanings to other people and how those meanings may change over time too.

We will then hear from Georgie about how important it is for her as a performer to go and see live performances whether it is  a music concert or a theatre show. Georgie will also talk about the first time she got up on stage as a 10-year-old and made the decision there and then to become a performer. 

Then we will follow Georgie as she moved from her suburban home town to the bright lights of London at the age of 18 and as Georgie says, ‘London is full of weirdos and you can blend in with them if you like!’

Then we will come to a track that says a lot to Georgie now and one that she would have liked to have had when she was going through all the stuff that we all go through as a teenager along with having to manage her disability at the same time too.

Finally Georgie will talk about the freedom she gets from being up on stage performing whether that is as a Stand-Up Comedian or an Actor, reflecting on her career so far but with still so much to achieve and so much further to go too.

You can catch the hour-long version of Tracks of My Life with Toby’s guest’s music tracks in full by tuning in to RNIB Connect Radio every Tuesday at 7pm, repeated on Thursday at 1pm and Sunday at 8pm. 

(Image shows a black and white photograph of Georgie under a spotlight on stage. She is holding the microphone to her mouth, smiling and looking into out into the audience)