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Creator: Wireless Theatre Ltd
Full cast Multigenre Anthology Audio Drama
Synopsis:
Full cast audio drama productions and audiobooks from the award winning Wireless Theatre Company. Look for our other podcasts, or see our full catalogue at wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk
Format: Audio Drama
Continuity: Anthology
Voices: Cast
Genres: Multigenre
Completion status: NA
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Episodes:
Sat, 24 Aug 2024 00:01:00 +0000
A modern collection of witty, wonderful and wise monologues about all aspects of being a mum. These monologues are about the raw emotions on giving up a child for adoption, Having and retrospectively trying to understand a hippy, emotionally disconnected mother, struggling with ADHD doom piles, gently accepting that you never had children but are a mother figure to many, dealing with the emotional effect on a teen of an absent neglectful father, issues of being an older mum.
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 07:16:14 +0000
Erotophobe ladette Sammy (24) is unexpectedly thrown on-air under the mononym 'Angelique', where she naively takes on the persona of an audio dominatrix. Set in the late 1990s with ladette culture in full swing, and the pre #metoo assumption that all young women are obsessed with sex, this semi-autobiographical audio drama from Tash Desborough hits a zeitgeist nerve, and questions misogyny in the workplace and assumed attitudes on sex and sexiness. Suitable for adult audiences 18+ Trigger warnings - Depiction and talk of experiencing indecent exposure, panic attacks, anxiety, sex addiction.
Fri, 09 Sep 2022 07:18:12 +0000
Love for Menabilly is an original audio play written by Jo-Ann Challis, exploring the relationship between Daphne Du Maurier and the house she loved. Menabilly is a house with a past, but seemingly no future. Hidden away from prying eyes on a Cornish peninsula, Mena's been abandoned by its owners and left to rot. It's hurting and lonely, and embarrassed by its shabby appearance.
Thu, 18 Aug 2022 19:52:26 +0000
Ruby leaves her beloved, pandemic struck theatre company and takes the long drive back to her father's Devon farm to find him struggling. Ruby has a lot more empathy for her obstinate father's situation than he has for hers, and spends a solid two weeks cleaning the farm house. Searching for a job, she stumbles across the magical Minack Theatre and the story of it's creator, the inspirational Rowena Cade. A spark of an idea changes everything for Ruby, her father, and their Devon community.
The Unravelling Fantasia of Miss H
Sat, 23 Jul 2022 08:16:47 +0000
The Unravelling Fantasia of Miss H is a fusion of theatre, opera and in the stage performance, dance, telling the story of music mistress Mary, incarcerated in an asylum for 41 years. Samplers stitched by Mary, on display in the Wakefield Mental Health Museum, inspired writer and composer Red Gray to tell her powerful and tragic tale.
Rum Runner Sue - A Diamond in the Roughing it
Fri, 10 Jun 2022 09:07:31 +0000
Rum Runner Sue - A Diamond in the Roughing it. A spoiled Minneapolis family lose a priceless diamond brooch while enjoying Sue's hospitality.
Rum Runner Sue - Ouef is Enough
Fri, 06 May 2022 09:27:57 +0000
Rum Runner Sue, prohibition-era bar owner and skilled amateur detective. Sue and Mary are enjoying a rare day off on horseback, until they stumble across an unpopular local in a bad way...
Rum Runner Sue The Lady And The Lug
Thu, 28 Apr 2022 10:57:00 +0000
Rum Runner Sue, prohibition-era bar owner and skilled amateur detective. Things started to go south that night when a bootleg rum shipment, and the bootlegger, failed to arrive... Starring Billie Jo Konze as Sue, Justin Kapla as Big Ben Taylor, your announcer, and Al from Chicago, Trelawney Erwin as Mary, Jim Yount as Beau and Jeffrey Adams as the Mayor.
Fri, 22 Apr 2022 13:04:37 +0000
A boy with an incurable illness longs to experience peace and solitude on a final adventure. His wish is granted by an online Genie who arranges his dream trip to a place no-one has ever been to before. Yet as Aldo wanders the deserted wetlands of Lithuania, he finds he is not alone after all.
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 12:54:08 +0000
October 2019: environmental protests are erupting all across London. Extinction Rebellion protesters have blocked roads, glued themselves to aeroplanes and banks, and taken over Trafalgar Square. But this isn’t a story about XR.
Scattered by movement through and around the protests, five objects go unseen on the city streets, and each has a story to tell. These unexpected narrators share very different perspectives, looking from the ground up.
Looking from the angle of disposable things; gum, glue, chalk; ‘Ground Up’ shows how ‘throwaway’ objects are often grounded in timescales far beyond humankind. ‘Ground Up’ opens up large questions of permanence and purpose, by sharing the stories of small and everyday things.
Ground Up by Fiona Glen
Fiona Glen is an emerging writer and artist from Edinburgh, based in London. Her writing has been published in various periodicals and anthologies, and she has read at the London Science Museum and galleries across London. Her audio and multi-media projects have recently been commissioned by BBC x ICA New Creatives and Robert Young Antiques.
Ground Up
Written & Directed by Fiona Glen
Produced by Nikta Mohammadi
‘Gum’ – Esme Boggis
‘Teabag’ – Olivia Brady
‘Glue’ – Fiona Glen
‘Moss’ – Greg Esplin
‘Chalk’ – Ellora Torchia
Sound Design & Composition by Babak Mirsalari
Foley Recording by Kaveh Soori
Script Consultancy by Molly Morphew & James Ireland
Ground Up was originally commissioned by BBC New Creatives programme in partnership with the ICA. Many thanks to both organisations, and Arts Council England for funding the production.
Fri, 03 Dec 2021 12:52:51 +0000
Cake, an audio drama starring Maggie Turner. 73-year-old retired Betty was absolutely overjoyed when she recently became employed as a taste-tester at The Marigold Meadow Organic and Gluten Free Bakery, after answering an advertisement in the Hillingdon Recorder. However, a couple of weeks ago she was given some news that will change everything…
MAGGIE TURNER IN CAKE
Written, Directed & Produced by Simon James Collier, Evcol Entertainment
Music & Soundscape Design: Zachary Elliott-Hatton
Co-Producer: Adam Dechanel
Graphic Design: Clockwork Digital Studios
Engineer: Callum Mirames
Recorded at Umbrella Sound, London
“A beautifully written and exquisitely performed piece of theatre”
BroadwaytoVegas
Thu, 10 Jun 2021 11:27:43 +0000
1101 Wellington Way. New audio drama from Vivian Lermond. A nosey neighbour and a watermain burst brings an unpleasant revelation for the new tenant at Wellington Way in this new play by Vivian Lermond.
Performed by Glen Dickson, Karen Fraser and Titch McClean
1101 Wellington Way by Vivian Lermond
Vivian is an award-winning playwright who has penned more than 100 plays and monologues that have entertained audiences in the US, Mexico, England, Scotland, Canada and Australia. Her full length drama/comedy, Back to Bethlehem (PA), premiered Off Broadway in 2006 at the Manhattan Theatre Club. In addition to her stage plays, Vivian has also written two full length
screenplays that were awarded first place in two highly competitive screenwriting contests.
She has taught playwriting at a local college and has facilitated playwriting workshops at writing conferences. Vivian has lent her talents to Gallagher Literary, an LA talent management company,
where she evaluated pitches and screenplay submissions. She also has freelanced for afilmwriter.com, where she was a script analysis specialist for stage plays.
Vivian has been a proud member of The Dramatists Guild since 1998.
Wed, 14 Apr 2021 15:43:52 +0000
Three audio dramas from Benjamin Peel; in turns funny, light hearted, dark and gently satirical.
The Packsaddle Librarian
In depression era America, a scheme was set up to deliver books on horseback to isolated remote families of the Appalachia region. A young woman recounts her very first house call to her horse Betsy Girl.
The Interrogator
A seasoned inquisitor tries every trick he knows to extract a confession and ‘turn’ his prisoner. A psychological battle of wits ensues.
Retired Upstage
Retired actors Ian and Pat wait for the evening meal in their residential home.
The Packsaddle Librarian
Written by Benjamin Peel
Performed by Karen Fraser
Produced by Glen Dickson
The Interrogator
Written & Produced by Benjamin Peel
The Interrogator – Edward Peel
The Prisoner – Stacey J Gough
Recorded at County Linx Studios by Steve Kent
Retired Upstage
Written and Produced by Benjamin Peel
Ian – Edward Peel
Pat – Richard Simpson
All music and SFX sourced from free to use sites.
Benjamin Peel
Benjamin Peel’s play Not a Game for Girls, published by Oberon Books in 2018, has been performed many times.
His play The Interrogator was performed as part of the New Short Play Festival at the John Cullum Theatre at the American Theatre of Actors, New York in 2019. The Long Player featured in Ragged Foil’s second podcast season with The Fastest Ever Singer appearing in the same company’s lock down Isolation Sessions.
Four audio dramas were commissioned by the online SOfa Fest 2020, produced by Breakwater Theatre Company. Several of Benjamin’s short audio plays have been broadcast as part of Writer’s Block Radio Hour by Super Sound Radio Scotland and the BBC Radio Lincolnshire Upload show.
Benjamin wrote the screenplays for the short films The Runner and Silence in the Library both of which were selected for the Fear in the Fens Festivals of 2018 and 2020 respectively.
His play Singin’ for Engerland was performed live via Zoom in May 2020 during lock down and presented by Up ‘Ere Productions.
In February 2021 a series of Benjamin’s audio dramas featured in the Hastings Virtual Fringe Festival, under the umbrella title The March of the Women.
Benjamin’s audio dramas can be heard at https://soundcloud.com/benjaminpeel
Thu, 01 Oct 2020 07:43:37 +0000
Sue is dating. Mostly men with beards. Sue is Tanya’s parole officer. Tanya needs to stay clean. Tanya needs to serve her community sentence by teaching Patricia how to use the internet.
Fri, 25 Sep 2020 12:45:53 +0000
Sue is dating. Mostly men with beards. Sue is Tanya’s parole officer. Tanya needs to stay clean. Tanya needs to serve her community sentence by teaching Patricia how to use the internet. Online harm may come to any one of them. Audio Drama with strong language exploring the themes of women and the internet, and intergenerational friendship. Written by Nina Millns, starring Saffron Coomber Illona Linthwaite and Balvinder Sopal
Wild Elusive Butterfly Act III
Sat, 02 May 2020 17:16:58 +0000
John and Peter surprise the Furies with an invitation and shocking suggestion
Sat, 02 May 2020 17:10:37 +0000
Tom finds life after death on a South Sea Island, and Jill confronts the unexpected consequences of childbirth
Sat, 02 May 2020 17:02:11 +0000
In Act One of Wild Elusive Butterfly, cargo vessel Turmoil prepares to set sail for the Southern Ocean. Shipowner Daisy Ballantyne and cargo owner Tom Devine negotiate terms and conceal desire. Pregnant Jill and husband Jack explore the limits of marriage. John and Peter enjoy contentment. Primordial spirits feel undervalued, and a tornado is approaching. This play contains explicit sexual language and adult content.
Sat, 02 May 2020 16:06:02 +0000
The Kiss tells the story of the first interracial kiss on television, between Nichelle Nichols and William Shatner in Star Trek. Recorded live at The Pleasance King Dome at the Edinburgh Festival. In a moment the wall between people of different skin colour began to crumble.
Sat, 02 May 2020 14:08:47 +0000
Ever since he was young, Larry has tried to avoid confrontation. Recently widowed, he tries to be a good father to his son Toby. When Toby is suspended from school for fighting a bully Larry faces a dilemma: how can he be a good father in Toby’s eyes if he doesn’t stand up for him? At the same time his work colleague Sarah faces constant harassment from her overbearing boss Robert. Which situation will make him fight back first, or will it be an untimely mix of the two?
Sat, 02 May 2020 14:08:05 +0000
The Ceremony. On a quiet coast lie the seagulls, a distressed ship and the home of a lonely lady and her gardener. Then the quiet is broken by the doorbell, the peace shattered by the past. Starring Jack Bowman, Jenny Runacre and Anthony Sargeant, directed by Prunella Scales.
Sat, 02 May 2020 12:16:57 +0000
The Ballad of C3.3. Oscar Wilde was incarcerated in Reading after being convicted of homosexual offences in 1895 and sentenced to two years’ hard labour. During his imprisonment, he wrote the poem ‘The Ballad of Reading Gaol’ which was published by Leonard Smithers in 1898 under the name C.3.3 which stood for cell block C, landing 3, cell 3. This ensured that Wilde’s name – by then notorious – did not appear on the poem’s front cover. It was not commonly known, until the 7th printing in June 1899, that C.3.3 was actually Wilde.
Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:34:20 +0000
Twenty Six Miles’ is a compelling and amusing drama about Dorando Pietri, the Italian marathon runner, who in the 1908 London Olympics, collapsed as he came into the stadium and was helped over the line. Though deprived of his medal, on appeal by the Americans, Queen Alexandra was so taken by his efforts that she had a special cup made for him.
Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:11:15 +0000
A couple pick up an apparently injured man in the New Forest, with sickening results. The River is a tale of bereavement, nightmares, and watery graves. Haunting tales in 3D sound.
Tue, 28 Apr 2020 07:31:31 +0000
Silver Wedding, by Fiz Marcus. After 25 Years of marriage Barbara is determined to celebrate with a black tie dinner for 60 people at The Metropole. And nobody, but nobody, is going to spoil it for her. A stunning monologue written and performed by Fiz Marcus.
Tue, 28 Apr 2020 07:28:01 +0000
Seasons. Harold and Joan, an elderly, loving couple, are settling down into retirement for the end of their days together. However, as time moves forward, it soon becomes clear they will be torn apart sooner, and more tragically, than they realise. Timothy West and Prunella Scales star.
Tue, 28 Apr 2020 07:20:05 +0000
When Patricia visits the grave of her recently deceased husband, Richard, the last thing she expects to find is another grieving woman. Realising she is in the presence of her husband’s mistress, Vanessa, she is suddenly forced to face up to the double blows of bereavement and betrayal. Starring Rula Lenska (Minder) and Jenny Runacre (The Witches, Jubilee).
Mon, 27 Apr 2020 17:59:46 +0000
Redder than Roses is an intense intimate drama based on the lives of Mary Queen of Scots and the French poet Chastelard. No British monarch was more glamorous than Mary Queen of Scots. No one was more spellbound by her than the Pierre de Boscol de Chastelard. But as he yearns for an intimacy impossible given Mary’s position – especially under the watchful eye of the puritanical Earl of Moray – Chastelard is driven to ever more desperate measures. Celebrity stalker? Poet uncompromising in quest of beauty? Decide for yourself, in an intimate drama with all the intensity of Renaissance tragedy recorded live at the Lee Wood Hotel as part of the Buxton Festival.
Mon, 27 Apr 2020 17:34:39 +0000
Running to Stand Still is an audio drama about M.E. This is an original 60-minute audio play (with songs), featuring professional actors, with cameos from presenters on BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio Gloucestershire and Sky Arts 1, that deals with the illness M.E. as its focal point. It is written by a sufferer and it specifically addresses what happens to relationships around an individual who is stricken by the illness and should educate those that don’t know much about this life-threatening condition. For those that have experienced the illness (first or second hand), it’s a story you can empathise with. For those who haven’t, it’s a story you can sympathise with.
If you would like to make a donation after listening, the charity is www.investinme.org.
Presented by The OFFSTAGE Theatre Group, in association with Wireless Theatre (supported by BBC Radio Gloucestershire), and in aid of Invest In ME.
Running To Stand Still first toured around schools and colleges in 1997, exactly 15 years ago, as well as being performed at an International Conference about the illness it was trying to raise awareness of (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis). It also had the distinction of being the first play to be broadcast on BBC Radio Gloucestershire in 1996.
This is a charitable endeavour, which sees all profits going to Invest In ME (www.investinme.org); who are fundraising to set up a research centre into the much-misunderstood and life-threatening disease.
Actor/Director/Writer and M.E. sufferer, Barnaby Eaton-Jones said: “The script was first written in 1992, which makes this the 20th anniversary of that event. But, a lot has changed since then. It was often sad, very frustrating and constantly bewildering to read so much new research since the play was last performed and find that there isstill prejudice, wrong information and lack of knowledge out there in the general public. Hopefully, this play will play a small part in helping to redress the balance.”
Running to Stand Still
Starring: Jilly Breeze, Barnaby Eaton-Jones, Dawn Stanley, Rob Leetham, Rowena Perkins
The real-life radio personalities and presenters featured were, in alphabetical order…Richard Atkins, Claire Carter, Dominic Cotter, Rachel Darcy, Faye Hatcher, Steve Kitchen and Annie McKie
With grateful thanks to Nick Bull and BBC Radio Gloucestershire
Script and Songs (Music/Lyrics) by Barnaby Eaton-Jones, Sound, Production and Editing by Steve Bradbury
Mastered by David Pickering Pick at FFG,
The musical accompaniment was written and arranged by Paul Arthurs (Bass, Percussion, Additional Guitar), Steve Bradbury (Piano, Hammond Organ, Strings), With Barnaby Eaton-Jones (Guitar)
Artwork supplied by Carolyn Edwards and Helen Morris
Graphic Design by Scott Bishop at Jump Creative
‘Running To Stand Still’ was produced by Steve Bradbury and directed by Barnaby Eaton-Jones
The OFFSTAGE Theatre Group: offstagetheatregroup.com, Barnaby Eaton-Jones: barnabyeatonjones.com
FFG: ffg.org.uk, BBC Radio Gloucestershire: bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire, Carolyn Edwards: carolynedwards.blogspot.co.uk, Helen Morris: creativechaosart.blogspot.co.uk
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Mon, 27 Apr 2020 17:01:22 +0000
Peace and War explores the extraordinary life of Evelyn, who at the start of WW1 went to France to nurse injured soldiers at the Front. Based on the diaries of the author's mother-in-law, Peace and War gives unique insight into the life of a WW1 Nurse.
Mon, 27 Apr 2020 14:05:23 +0000
Purple Moon is based on the life of Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca. Actors Avi Nassa, Andrew Ward and world renowned guitarist Esteban Antonio, who has been playing the guitar since the age of three, combine talents and collaborate to throw dramatic light upon the intense and shocking life of perhaps Spain’s greatest modern poet, Federico Garcia Lorca.
Purple Moon and Federico Garcia Lorca
Purple Moon celebrates the genius that Lorca was, 76 years after his assassination by Franco’s facist regime. Avi Nassa wrote Purple Moon because he felt that not enough people know the truth behind Lorca’s work and shocking death, especially new generations. Avi Nassa brings a fresh new approch to Lorca’s work and character. During his research, Nassa was helped with information supplied in the book ‘Lorca Assasination’ by Ian Gibson – and would like to thank Gibson for his fantastic research.
Avi Nassa
Avi Nassa is the artisic director of Whispering Eyes Theatre Co. Actor, writer and magician, he has worked for the past 30 years in all aspects of the media and was nominated for a BAFTA Award. Avi Nassa would also like to take this opportunity to thank Saul Reichlin for his invaluable assistance in developing Purple Moon.
Starring : Andrew Ward and Avi Nassa
Avi Nassa whisperingeyes.co.uk
Andrew Ward andrewwardactor.com
Esteban Antonio estebanantonio.co.uk
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Sun, 26 Apr 2020 08:31:42 +0000
A suspect is questioned by a secret service agent using sophisticated polygraph equipment with surprising results. Satire, by playwright Peter Yates, starring Mariele Runacre-Temple and Rueben Anderson.
Sun, 26 Apr 2020 08:18:22 +0000
When Connie’s beloved husband Jack dies after 27 years of marriage, Connie hopes that her only son Gary will console her. Gary, however, finds that level of commitment a bit, well, too much of a commitment. Connie is left with interfering neighbour Val until Gary’s girlfriend Sandra rings with some unexpected news. Touching audio drama dealing with bereavement and grief, set in Britain and Ghana.
Sun, 26 Apr 2020 07:56:28 +0000
It’s 1965 and a pregnant Karen and her two children are moving to a new estate. It looks like the future – but what does the future have in store? Spanning six decades, Karen’s Town takes us from 1960′s London, through the turbulent 1980′s, the dawn of a new millennium and back to the present day.
Karen’s Town by Michelle Bonnard
Written for The Market Estate Project 2010, Karen’s Town follows the life of resident Karen Frost, which runs in strange parallel to the life of the estate itself. A dramatic, funny and touching story that questions the extent to which the place in which we live, influences and moulds the person we become? And what we can do to fight for change?
Starring : Kellie Shirley (EastEnders, In the Long Run, The Office), Caroline Martin, Rachael Chisolm, Martha Swann, Michelle Bonnard, Robin Pearce and Justin Mitchell-Davey.
Written By: Michelle Bonnard
Edited By: Lester Barry
Directed By: Hannah Eidinow
CONTAINS SWEARING AND ADULT CONTENT
Sun, 26 Apr 2020 07:50:18 +0000
A very loose interpretation of Euripides’ Electra, set on the Irish border
Sun, 26 Apr 2020 07:42:01 +0000
Kindred is a two part audio play written by award winning playwright Jaki McCarrick. A very loose interpretation of Euripides’ Electra, set on the Irish border. Recorded on location in stark, vérité style in London, England, the play was shortlisted for the BBC International Radio Playwriting Competition.
Sun, 26 Apr 2020 07:30:51 +0000
Two students, Arnold Nugent Strode Strode-Jackson and Philip John Noel-Baker, became lifelong friends when they were unexpectedly chosen to represent Britain at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. One became a war hero, awarded the DSO and three Bars and becoming the youngest Brigadier-General in the British Army. The other created the Friends Ambulance Unit, served in WW1 and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Sun, 26 Apr 2020 06:32:30 +0000
Set in late-Victorian England, this drama explores the tragic effects of Victorian attitudes to homosexuality, and how it affected politicians and artists. These including Oscar Wilde, his lover Bosie and Bosie's brother Francis, personal secretary and rumoured lover to Lord Rosebery and son of the Marquis of Queensberry.
Sun, 26 Apr 2020 06:22:27 +0000
Young widow Amy is moving forward with her life. She has arranged to meet up with Joe, an old ‘friend’ in the hope of reigniting their old spark. Will love blossom at the Christmas market. or will Amy decide to leave the past in the past?
I'm Waiting for Father Christmas
Sun, 26 Apr 2020 05:58:55 +0000
Christmas Audio Drama. It's Christmas Eve, and Ellen has finished all the family Christmas preparations. So why is she on the roof? written and performed by Fiz Marcus.
Sat, 25 Apr 2020 21:17:59 +0000
Frozen. A dark tale of two very opposing worlds colliding. The effect two total strangers can have on each other when events spiral out of control, when people are thrown together one night by chance. Frozen was Wireless Theatre’s first ever radio drama, recorded back in 2007!
Sat, 25 Apr 2020 21:13:26 +0000
An ageing, glamorous film star falls in love with a younger man. Now, past her cast-by- date, she agrees to play Lear as a woman simply so she can act once again. Throughout rehearsals, she is confronted by the men in her life – two ex-husbands, two sons and her younger lover. Her only real constant is her relationship with her long time female dresser. Written by T.N Murari and starring Jenny Runacre.
Sat, 25 Apr 2020 21:02:07 +0000
A radio play based on travels abroad relayed by e-mails between the ingenuous first-time traveller and her disillusioned home-bound sister. Culminating in their role-reversal, and the possibility of closure, a tragic end, or a new beginning. Starring Maggie Turner and Robin Miller
Sat, 25 Apr 2020 20:57:16 +0000
1936. The rising danger of fascism is setting Europe ablaze. In England the policy is to keep the peace at all costs. But not everyone believes this is either wise or safe. One such man, Clair, returns home to the midlands with a dark and terrible secret; a secret he cannot keep quiet for long; a secret that becomes a growing danger to himself, his family, and the country he loves. A coming of age drama full of intrigue, power, passion, and deception.
Sat, 25 Apr 2020 20:35:13 +0000
Dream Me a Winter was written for the Old Vic 24 Hour Plays Celebrity Gala 2006, which saw six selected writers asked to each write a ten minute play from scratch over one night which the casts then have to learn and perform the following evening. starring Tamsin Outhwaite, Patricia Hodge and Adrian Lukis. Strong language and adult themes.
Sat, 25 Apr 2020 19:12:00 +0000
Daphnis and Chloe is considered the first ever novel, written around 300BC. Hattie Naylor’s adaptation of Longus’ ancient Greek story of young lovers beset by pirates, and aided by supernatural forces. Performed by 3rd year RADA students
Sat, 25 Apr 2020 16:17:46 +0000
In the serene garden of a Devonshire cottage, next door neighbours Kenneth and Barbara while away their twilight years amid cups of tea, bonfires and a nice slice of Madeira cake. Following the funeral of their friend Judith, things are disrupted by the arrival of fellow mourner Jim who opens up a hornets’ nest of secrets that leads to blackmail, robbery and possibly even murder. Starring Marji Campi (Coronation Street, Brookside)
Chicken Salad of a Troubled Mind
Sat, 25 Apr 2020 15:50:09 +0000
The winning script of our Young Writer’s Competition, The Chicken Salad of a Troubled Mind is set in the deep and murky subconscious of a troubled mind. We follow the footsteps of Sarah as she attempts to lunch with her mum, and bond with her sister, without her innermost thoughts brimming over the edge. The winning script of our young writer's competition, by Birmingham's first Young Poet Laureate Helen Monks (Upstart Crow, Raised by Wolves, The Archers).
Sat, 25 Apr 2020 15:39:54 +0000
Blue Sky is a story about faith over fate, love torn by human frailty and a union worth the raising of a final toast – the author’s elegy to the two great competing affairs of a life spent unwisely. Starring the late great John Sessions. "Another superb piece of writing from Nick Brown’s unmissable collection. So much depth and humanity in those superbly written dialogues. I am in awe." Suriya
Sat, 25 Apr 2020 15:30:29 +0000
As of 2014 Stephen King's statistics included 66 years. 35,000,000 Words. 180 film and TV adaptations and 79 novels. this is a drama in one act that tells the story of Stephen King and Tabitha King. One unstoppable writer. One inspirational wife. Part of the 'Couples Who Changed the World' series performed live at the Edinburgh Festival.
Sat, 25 Apr 2020 14:29:25 +0000
Battle Cries. Audio Drama inspired by the Arab Spring of 2011. Jane Downs has written from a woman's perspective on the Arab Spring, referencing the traditional tribal poetry of pre-Islamic Arabia. Featuring extracts from the Mu’allaqat of Antara – a poem embroidered on a cloth of gold and publicly displayed in Mecca in the 7th century.
Sat, 25 Apr 2020 13:51:40 +0000
A Friend in me. 13 year old John meets a young girl and they quickly become friends. Little do they know what a unique and life changing friendship it will turn into… This play is in memory of Marsha Daniels. Starring: Paul Thomas, Faye Honeysett, Reuben Anderson and Neil Frost
Sat, 25 Apr 2020 13:39:50 +0000
Claire Skinner (Outnumbered) has finally achieved her dream of having a baby, in her forties. Neglecting her husband (Jamie Glover - Waterloo Road) and devoted to her baby, Angel, she discovers he is living up to his name and is literally growing wings... From writer Zalie Burrow.
Sat, 25 Apr 2020 13:37:44 +0000
Roger Benezoscee is like the worst boss you’ve ever had times ten. What could possibly force this obnoxious, egotistical old megalomaniac to change his ways? Nothing short of a Damascene conversion? On a trip to Bordeaux organised by his PA, Cath, Roger unexpectedly finds himself facing the biggest challenge of his life. But will it change him? Innovative mystery audio drama starring Kim Durham (Matt Crawford in The Archers). Listen in the dark!
Sat, 25 Apr 2020 13:23:53 +0000
A Gentleman of My Own Making is based on the true story of Michael Dillon, born Laura Dillon, who gave herself over to the first gender reassignment surgery, becoming Michael, and changing the world. An inspirational story from the 'couples Who Changed the World' season performed and recorded live at the Edinburgh Festival.
Romeo and Juliet Student Production
Fri, 24 Apr 2020 10:33:53 +0000
Romeo and Juliet Audio Play. West Thames College students perform Shakespeare's classic tale of star crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, directed by Jenny Runacre.
Fri, 24 Apr 2020 10:25:08 +0000
When Joe gets good enough grades to go to university, his Mother is over the moon. But is it what Joe wants as well? A radio drama about students, performed by students. As part of the Wireless Theatre In Education programme the HND Students from West Thames College perform in a modern play written for them, tackling important issues facing young students today.
Fri, 24 Apr 2020 10:01:30 +0000
Dulce Et Decorum Est. A touching glimpse into the experiences of the soldiers of the first world war. This series of letters from the front powerfully evokes the horrors and emotions of the men who fought and died on the battlefield, focusing on Wilfred Owen’s eternal question, is dying for your country an honour or a curse?
Fri, 24 Apr 2020 09:40:20 +0000
It’s been ten million, two hundred and forty eight thousand, four hundred and eighty seven minutes and nineteen seconds since Webster Gray left the walls of his rented flat. However this morning something different is happening. Though Webster Gray remains not only perfectly content but adamantly resolute he will never again venture into the outside world, his own body has other ideas and makes a powerful break for freedom.
Fri, 24 Apr 2020 09:28:48 +0000
Mary’s husband always said she had too much imagination. Well it doesn’t do any harm… or does it? Mary is a resident in a retirement home full of activities and 'foreign' staff. It's Mother's Day, and Mary looks through cards from her distant children as she muses on her life. Short and touching audio monologue written and performed by Fiz Marcus
Fred Strangebone's Weird Pub Crawl
Fri, 24 Apr 2020 09:22:14 +0000
Oddball Fred takes us on a weird and wonderful pub crawl… in his mind.
Fri, 24 Apr 2020 09:16:36 +0000
Simon has had a horrific childhood which he considers to be the reason behind being filled with desire for his girlfriend's 17 year old sister, Jenny. Tonight she's staying over.
Fri, 24 Apr 2020 09:07:54 +0000
The world’s first Tourettes Snooker player – and he’s in the world final. Will he be able to stay quiet with all the tension? Short story from Wireless Theatre, performed by Joseph Elmo Snow. Contains strong language.
Fri, 24 Apr 2020 08:59:46 +0000
Two darkly comic stories by Saki. Mrs Packletide's Tiger and The Jesting of Arlington Stringham. Saki was born in Burma and grew up in Devonshire. He was killed in the trenches of WW1.
Thu, 23 Apr 2020 18:19:37 +0000
Science fiction audio comedy written by Peter Davis. It's 2057 and our hero is learning how to send clients back in time. Recorded LIVE at The Lost Theatre as part of their Sci-Fi Show case.
Thu, 23 Apr 2020 18:05:38 +0000
The concept of 2010 Space Commander! came about after hours of musings on the future of the planet and us being on it – taking in to account what we already know about climate change, available resources and population expansion. Our bodies cannot genuinely explore space, so why not get rid of them? Written by Stuart Price.
Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:18:03 +0000
On a remote American airbase in Northern England, the fate of the world hangs in the balance.
Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:02:46 +0000
Sloper and Madison travel from London to Cumbria in an attempt to thwart a terrifying scheme.
Thu, 23 Apr 2020 14:57:01 +0000
Sloper and Madison’s trajectories overlap in their search for the truth
Thu, 23 Apr 2020 13:02:18 +0000
MI5 has warned him off the case, but unseen forces bring Sloper into alignment with a figure from his past
Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:51:29 +0000
Sloper’s clandestine investigation draws him into the shadows.
Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:50:05 +0000
London, 1979. As American and Soviet moon bases aim their nuclear missiles at targets across the planet, former MI5 officer Eddie Sloper is about to uncover a deadly secret. Award Winning Alternative History Sci-Fi Audio Drama featured on BBC Radio Four.
SHJ - S3E3 - The Secret of Springheel'd Jack - The Lords of the World
Thu, 23 Apr 2020 12:13:55 +0000
Jonah Smith must fight to fulfil his destiny and finally discover the secret of Springheel’d Jack
SHJ - S3E2 - The Secret of Springheel'd Jack - The Tunnels of Death
Thu, 23 Apr 2020 11:55:25 +0000
Jonah Smith must join forces with an old enemy in his search for Springheel'd Jack
SHJ - S3E1 - The Secret of Springheel'd Jack - The Peril of the Empires
Thu, 23 Apr 2020 11:45:30 +0000
UK, 1877. Aldershot Barracks is attacked by a flame wreathed 'Night Terror'
SHJ - S2E3 -The Legend of Springheel'd Jack
Thu, 23 Apr 2020 11:28:25 +0000
A runaway train speeds towards it’s explosive destination.
SHJ - S2E2 - The Legend of Springheel'd Jack
Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:22:41 +0000
Hunted by the police and stalked by a sinister new enemy, Jonah Smith risks all.
SHJ - S2E1 -The Legend of Springheel'd Jack - The Terror of London.
Wed, 22 Apr 2020 10:01:30 +0000
Folly Ditch, 1845. When a fire-breathing maniac kills 13-year-old Maria Davis, Springheel Jack is blamed
SHJ - S1E3 - The Strange Case of Springheel'd Jack -The Face of the Fiend
Wed, 22 Apr 2020 09:36:27 +0000
Smith and Charlotte must escape the villainous Lord Wayland and solve the mystery of Springheel'd Jack
SHJ - S1E2 - The Strange Case of Springheel'd Jack - The Crypt of Evil
Wed, 22 Apr 2020 08:15:53 +0000
Smith’s desperate race to capture the mysterious Springheel'd Jack before he strikes again sends him on a dangerous hunt
SHJ - S1E1 - The Strange Case of Springheel'd Jack - The Ghost of Clapham Common
Wed, 22 Apr 2020 07:23:37 +0000
Multi Award Winning Audio Drama, based on the mysterious Victorian urban legend of Springheel'd Jack. The first episode of the first series of the critically acclaimed Springheel Saga featuring the late great Nicholas Parsons and Julian Glover. Who, or what, is the terrifying attacker with glowing eyes, white oilskin suit, and amazing jumping ability?
Sun, 19 Apr 2020 07:09:54 +0000
Award winning documentary about Western attitudes to death and dying. Brian Blessed and Jo Brand narrate
Sun, 19 Apr 2020 06:51:43 +0000
Award winning documentary about Western attitudes to death and dying. Brian Blessed and Jo Brand narrate
Sun, 19 Apr 2020 06:36:35 +0000
Award winning documentary about Western attitudes to death and dying. Brian Blessed and Jo Brand narrate
Sun, 19 Apr 2020 00:24:00 +0000
Award winning documentary about Western attitudes to death and dying. Brian Blessed and Jo Brand narrate. When it comes to death, we are bad consumers. Because we don’t plan ahead, because we don’t talk about it, we are in a state of shock and exhaustion. We don’t question, we don’t shop around and it makes us very vulnerable potentially. This award winning audio documentary deals with our universal attitudes to death and dying.
Shakespeare Key Scenes - Much Ado About Nothing
Sat, 18 Apr 2020 15:28:39 +0000
Key scenes from Much Ado About Nothing, related to the theme of 'love and language'.
Shakespeare Key Scenes - Romeo and Juliet
Sat, 18 Apr 2020 15:19:34 +0000
Key scenes from Romeo and Juliet, related to the theme of 'Loves destructive power'.
Shakespeare Key Scenes - Macbeth
Sat, 18 Apr 2020 15:07:37 +0000
Key scenes from Macbeth, on the theme 'How does power change people?'
Shakespeare Key Scenes - Hamlet
Sat, 18 Apr 2020 13:56:05 +0000
Key scenes from Hamlet, related to the theme of 'Is Hamlet Mad?' Act 2, Scene 2 – Act 3, Scene 1 – Act 3, Scene 4 performed by professional actors as a learning aid.
Thu, 16 Apr 2020 20:44:36 +0000
Recorded on location, and released in just 48 hours, Rat is a radio play by Ann Theato. A dying rat appears outside a block of flats, becoming the focus of one woman's thoughts. Rat captures a snapshot of family life, and the mixture of empathy and fear we feel for vermin.
Thu, 16 Apr 2020 20:36:01 +0000
Elektric Poetry from Elisha Howe. “Born for a reason, as I grew up I realised that I am a performer. A poet at heart, I rap, I sing, I act." Elektric would like to educate, excite and embrace you all with good music and poetry.
The Fearless Youth - West Thames College
Thu, 16 Apr 2020 20:30:32 +0000
The Fearless Youth, Written by Gareth Parker and performed by the Higher National Diploma Students of West Thames College, Isleworth, Middlesex, based on “The Youth Who Set Forth to Find Out What Fear Was” by the Brothers Grimm. A modern day fable that questions the nature of fear and invincibility.
Thu, 16 Apr 2020 20:12:12 +0000
A binaural short radio drama. Originally produced for Radio Romania and shared with the kind permission of the creators, this binaural short radio drama Over the Rainbow is an alarm signal regarding contemporary society and our possible future, focusing on the isolation and loss of the individual in a world that grows more robotic and mechanised each day.
Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:14:41 +0000
Newly qualified Police Officer PC Gifty Zahra has at last fulfilled a lifelong ambition to join the force, now finds herself mixed up in corruption.
Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:12:19 +0000
Newly qualified Police Officer PC Gifty Zahra has at last fulfilled a lifelong ambition to join the force, now finds herself mixed up in corruption.
Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:07:10 +0000
Newly qualified Police Officer PC Gifty Zahra has at last fulfilled a lifelong ambition to join the force, now finds herself mixed up in corruption.
Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:00:00 +0000
Omega is an exciting and fast paced police drama based in Northern England, written by ex-police officer Elizabeth Parikh. Newly qualified Police Officer PC Gifty Zahra finds herself mixed up in corruption after making a gruesome discovery. Jessica Murrain and Rebekah Hinds star as PC Gifty Zahra and DS Angela Appleby.
Owen Teale and Mark Lewis, Part Two
Mon, 26 Feb 2018 22:13:35 +0000
Owen Teale and Mark Lewis part two. A second instalment of short stories and poetry by Mark Lewis read by Owen Teale (Game of Thrones, Line of Duty) and Mark Lewis. Strong language and adult themes.
Owen Teale and Mark Lewis, Part One
Mon, 26 Feb 2018 21:52:44 +0000
Listen to the rich tones of Welsh actor Owen Teale (Game of Thrones, Line of Duty) and Mark Lewis reading these witty and whimsical poems and tales written by Mark Lewis. Stories of passion and shame, landscapes and coastlines, adolescence and adulthood. Strong language and adult themes.
A Christmas Carol - Abridged AudioBook
Fri, 22 Dec 2017 12:56:00 +0000
A Christmas Carol audiobook. An adaptation of Charles Dickens' most famous novella, A Christmas Carol, read by Jenny Runacre. The ultimate Christmas classic, free to stream or download from Wireless Theatre.