Lost Souls Monologues
30 episodes
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Creator: Lost Souls Monologues
Slice of life Anthology Audio Book
Synopsis:
Fictional monologues exploring the idea that we're all a little lost from time to time. Beautiful new writing, performed by an impressive cast including Maggie Wheeler (‘Friends’, ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’), Tamla Kari (‘The Inbetweeners Movie’, ‘The Musketeers’) and voiceover superstar Rupert Degas (‘Red Dwarf X’, ‘Pope Joan’).
Format: Audio Book
Continuity: Anthology
Genres: Slice of life
Completion status: Not applicable
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Episodes:
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 01:00:00 +0000
Ester tries a geriatric version of speed dating – finding that letting go is so much harder than holding on.
Written by Adam Szudrich
Directed by Matt Gibbs
Performed by Avril Gaynor
Mon, 08 Feb 2021 01:00:00 +0000
Vodka helps with post-traumatic stress disorder, so says a soldier. So does being listened to. But which works best?
Written by Matt Fox
Directed by Caitlin Ince
Performed by Matt Gibbs
NHS Mental Health resources for serving personnel
NHS Mental Health resources for Veterans:
To access your local service, contact the Veterans' Mental Health Transition, Intervention and Liasion Service (TILS)
You can contact the service direct or ask a GP or military charity to refer you.
Contact details are below
- In the North of England, call 0303 123 1145 or email vwals@nhs.net
- In the Midlands or East of England, call 0300 323 0137 or email mevs.mhm@nhs.net
- In London or the South East of England, call 020 3317 6818 or email cim-tr.veteranstilservice-lse@nhs.net
- In the South West of England, call 0300 365 2000 or email gateway@berkshire.nhs.uk
Resources for Families, Welfare and Support:
Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA): The SSAFA is the national charity supporting service personnel, veterans and their families. SSAFA offers support to the community, whether at home, overseas or in an operational environment.
Phone: 0800 731 4880
Families federations: The 3 Service Families Federations (Naval Families Federation https://nff.org.uk/ , Army Families Federation https://aff.org.uk/ and Royal Air Force Families Federation https://www.raf-ff.org.uk/) are the independent voices of service families.
Each offers independent and confidential advice on a range of issues and works to improve the quality of life for service families. They regularly engage with the chain of command, local authorities and government to represent the views of armed forces families.
Mental Health Resources:
CALM is the Campaign Against Living Miserably. A charity providing a mental health helpline and webchat.
Phone: 0800 58 58 58 (Daily-5pm to midnight)
Website: www.thecalmzone.net
SAMARITANS: Confidential support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair.
Phone: 116 123 (free 24-hour helpline)
Website: www.samaritans.org.uk
No Panic: Voluntary charity offering support for sufferers of panic attacks and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Offers a course to help overcome your phobia or OCD.
Phone: 0300 772 9844 (daily 10am-10pm) Calls cost 5p per minute plus your phone provider's Access Charge
Website: www.nopanic.org.uk
Email: Sarah@nopanic.org.uk
Drinkline: A Free, confidential helpline for people worries about their own or someone else's drinking. Phone: 0300 123 1100 (weekdays 9am-8pm, weekends 11am-4pm)
Fri, 05 Feb 2021 01:00:00 +0000
A new development in the neighbourhood will ruin Betty’s view. She must find her voice, but will it be heard?
Written by Paul Stimpson
Directed by Jane Quill
Performed by Anne Rutter
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 01:00:00 +0000
A curtain-twitcher spies on her neighbours, finding fault. It can be such fun looking at others’ flaws as a way of avoiding our own...
Written by Trevor John Smith
Performed by Sioned Jones
Fri, 29 Jan 2021 01:00:00 +0000
Amelia, fifteen, and her little brother, Mo, are in a council tower block. They can smell smoke. But someone is coming to help, right?
Written by Jodi Gray
Directed by Caitlin Ince
Performed by Jessica Hayles
Grenfell United
Grenfell United Website: https://www.grenfellunited.org.uk/
Grenfell United Twitter: https://twitter.com/GrenfellUnited
Grenfell United Take Action: https://support.grenfellunited.org/
UK Cladding Action Group
UK Cladding Action Group: https://www.facebook.com/ukcag
End Our Cladding Scandal
End Our Cladding Scandal Twitter: https://twitter.com/eocs_official?lang=en
CALM
CALM is the Campaign Against Living Miserably. A charity providing a mental health helpine and webchat.
Phone: 0800 58 58 58 (Daily-5pm to midnight)
Website: www.thecalmzone.net
SAMARITANS
Confidential support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair.
Phone: 116 123 (free 24-hour helpline)
Website: www.samaritans.org.uk
Cruse Bereavement Care
Phone: 0808 808 1677 (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm)
Website: www.cruse.org.uk
Mon, 25 Jan 2021 01:00:00 +0000
Some people are invisible to others. They don’t know why. And when they make themselves seen everything falls apart.
Written by Julia Donnelly
Directed by Caitlin Ince
Performed by Tamla Kari
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 01:00:00 +0000
A young novice nun is different. She feel things: unbidden heat, unnatural tightness, empathy for mice… And her seniors do not trust her.
Written by Christine Foster
Sound direction by Matt Gibbs
Performed by Hannah Genesius
Mon, 18 Jan 2021 01:00:00 +0000
Bird, a tightrope walker, faces her moment of truth. She is trying to regain her balance on the wire after a life-changing evening. It's just one step, Bird. One step...
Written by Tom Coash
Directed by Caitlin Ince
Performed by Siri Steinmo
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 01:00:00 +0000
For the first time, a wife tells her husband what she thinks and what she wants. And for once, he can’t control the situation. She can hardly believe her luck.
Written by Lucy Flannery
Directed by Jonathan Cripps
Sound direction by Caitlin Ince
Performed by Caitlin Ince
Mon, 11 Jan 2021 01:00:00 +0000
Dough is reliable, responsive and honest. It offers no surprises. It is full of life. And in the outback of Australia it is an escape for a man who grieves.
Written by Samuel L Robertson
Directed by Hannah Genesius
Performed by Matt Gibbs
Fri, 08 Jan 2021 01:00:00 +0000
Does having a baby always make you a mother? Some young women are forced to do battle with maternal instinct.
Written by C.A. Steed
Directed by Liam Shea
Performed by Hannah Genesius
Mon, 04 Jan 2021 01:00:00 +0000
We love people for their flaws, their uniqueness. And that’s why we hate them too. Is the mark of true love holding on or letting go?
Written by Irene L Pynn
Directed by Caitlin Ince
Performed by Jamie McKie
Fri, 01 Jan 2021 01:00:00 +0000
A jobbing actor is always up against it. But is she the only one who understands that actors need to stand a little apart from everyone else?
Written by Lee Knight
Directed by Scott Le Crass
Performed by Josephine Rattigan
Mon, 28 Dec 2020 01:00:00 +0000
Lily, an aspiring country music singer, can see that her ex is her ex for a reason. But that bond is hard to break and she finds herself living a country song that she just can’t get out of.
Written by Judy Klass
Directed by Caitlin Ince
Performed by Hannah Genesius, with guitar work
by Phil Adèle
Mon, 21 Dec 2020 01:00:00 +0000
Sooner or later someone is going to have to tell you exactly what happens to your soul… you know… when the time comes. And you’re not going to like it.
Written by Tom Harvey
Directed by Matt Gibbs
Performed by Clive Moore
Fri, 18 Dec 2020 01:00:00 +0000
Pats is sixty-five years old, living off the South West coast of Ireland. And he is waiting. Waiting for the great, mysterious love of his life to return from the depths.
Written by Emma Moohan
Sound direction by Caitlin Ince
Performed by Rupert Degas
‘The Parting Glass’. Traditional folksong, played here with solo violin. Composed by Jonathan Slatter.
Mon, 14 Dec 2020 01:00:00 +0000
Sophie loves her husband and wants to have a baby more than anything in the world. Making IVF more affordable presents her with other possibilities. How important is biology to motherhood?
Written by Judy Upton
Directed by Hannah Genesius
Performed by Tamar Karabetyan
Fri, 11 Dec 2020 01:00:00 +0000
85-year-old Mary smokes, but she is not supposed to. It’s just another way to stop her missing her daughter. Hoarded memories and keepsakes crowd her. And whose hand is in hers when she most needs it?
Written by Ann Hawker
Performed by Margaret Ashley
'Bobby Shafto' by Roly Veitch and his Blaydon Aceshttp://www.rolyveitch.20m.com
Mon, 07 Dec 2020 01:00:00 +0000
Lovely Jared is in a throuple with two other men. Love abounds but, as Jared explains to their newborn baby, love in the plural is… tricky.
Written by Christopher Adams
Directed by Hannah Genesius
Performed by Edward Kaye
Fri, 04 Dec 2020 01:00:00 +0000
In the mid-west of America, she would do everything to put her daughter first. But what she can’t do is to make life neat. Ex-lovers, children and pets are never tidy.
Written by Sylvia Reed
Directed by Caitlin Ince
Performed by Siri Steinmo
Penguins, Coco-pops and the end of the world
Mon, 30 Nov 2020 01:00:00 +0000
It is the Armageddon and no one is answering the radio. The insistent caller is cross. She was promised cocoa pops and penguins. But where are they?
Written by Matthew Wixey
Directed by Caitlin Ince
Performed by Hannah Genesius
Fri, 27 Nov 2020 01:00:00 +0000
Angie is getting herself dolled up for her date with Bud, but why is she even bothering? Can loneliness be cured with hairspray and chutzpah?
Written by Andrea Aptecker
Performed by Maggie Wheeler
Mon, 23 Nov 2020 01:00:00 +0000
A lonely, 40-something Mancunian woman, Suman Bakshi, discovers a beautiful connection to an author. If only they could meet...
Written by Reshma Ruia
Directed by Liam Shea
Performed by Avita Jay
Fri, 20 Nov 2020 01:00:00 +0000
James is 69 years old and he voted for Trump. A heart-breaking meditation on what we have left after a lifetime of hard work.
Written by Michael Wells-Oakes
Performed by Stephen Greif
Guidance by Julian Poidevin
Mon, 16 Nov 2020 01:00:00 +0000
George, an elderly widower, finds the human connection he craves on the London underground. Loneliness can bring us close to others. Maybe too close...
Written by Nilgin Yusuf
Directed by Matt Gibbs
Performed by Clive Moore
Fri, 13 Nov 2020 01:00:00 +0000
G is for Grief. Melissa is waiting to rehearse her funereal duties for her friend and takes the opportunity to say goodbye… in a unique way.
Written by Rita Anderson
Directed by Scott Le Crass
Performed by Sioned Jones
Sun, 08 Nov 2020 19:00:00 +0000
Val’s concern for a student is misinterpreted by a teacher. In seeking to be careful, can we actually fail to provide care?
Written by Alison Down
Directed by Liam Shea
Performed by Maggie Saunders
Sun, 08 Nov 2020 19:00:00 +0000
When Chris is in drag, he commands attention – and loses himself. A sweet meditation on how we feel, how others see us and the things that really matter.
Written by Paul Stone
Directed by Scott Le Crass
Performed by Jamie McKie
Sun, 08 Nov 2020 19:00:00 +0000
A new client’s silk shirt triggers memories for an old Russian tailor. Prejudice may fade, but love – like a well-cut suit – lasts a lifetime.
Written by Aleks Merilo
Sound direction by Caitlin Ince
Performed by Rupert Degas
Patriotic Russian Song Katyusha By Folk Bayan Organ And Children Choir (https://www.pond5.com/royalty-free-music/item/89144057-patriotic-russian-song-katyusha-folk-bayan-organ-and-childre)
Wed, 28 Oct 2020 22:00:00 +0000
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