WRITE HEAR: 5 new audio plays by Devon and Cornwall playwrights

WRITE HEAR brings together five brand new audio plays by writers based in Devon and Cornwall.

The plays take us from an airplane soaring over Canada to a lighthouse at the end of the world, from deep silences of loss to ear splitting howls of anger.

Audiences can sit back, listen and be transported into five unique worlds with five unique characters who have something they urgently want to tell you.

All five plays can be heard on Theatre Royal Plymouth’s website here until August 9, at Causley Digital Festival on August 24, and will be broadcast on Soundart Radio throughout August.

WRITE HEAR is part of ‘Write Up! 2021’ a 12-month programme of writer development and production from theatre company Down Stage Write supported by Arts Council England.

Sam Parker, co-director, says: “We are really excited to be producing five brand new audio plays from five writers who are brand new to us - we have not produced any of them before! After an open call-out, we shortlisted 10 writers and selected this brilliant bunch.“

Jon Nash, fellow co-director, adds: “The plays are all very different and have been brilliant to work on. We’re especially proud of the actors, directors and editors who are all local talent as well. We can’t wait for people to hear their work.”

NO HOME FOR A KRAKEN

By Charlotte Turnball

Directed by Ruth Mitchell

Edited by Alex Robins

LUCY: Mel Downs

While Lucy navigates the choppy waters of early motherhood, somewhere in the depths a Kraken stirs.

(Running Time: 11mins)

BY CANDLELIGHT

By James Pickthall

Directed by Ryan Wilce

Edited by Alex Robins

BOBBY: Richard Hainsworth

Bobby and Evelyne have been together for fifty years. Now she is gone, but are they really apart?

(Running Time: 15 mins)

WILD WOMAN WOLF CHILD THE 4th

By Jane Spurr

Directed by Helen Gilbert

WILD WOMAN: Samantha Lund

Edited by Alex Robins

The cleaning of someone else’s Cornish second home is nearly done. And Wild Woman Wolf Child the 4th wants to rant. So brace yourselves my sweets.

(Running Time: 10 mins)

ROCKS

By Neil Bebber

Directed by Jon Nash

Edited by Jon Nash

MAN: James Murphy Stevens

MUM/ MERMAID: Jodie Paget

DAD/KEEPER: Lachlan Gibson

A lighthouse off the coast of Argentina seems the perfect place for a man trying to get away from the past, but it turns out he’s not entirely alone…

(Running Time: 15 mins)

FLY GIRL

By Tania Amsel

Directed by Phoebe Rhodes

MACK ATTERRIR: Lauren Soper

Edited by Alex Robins

Mack always dreamed of flying and now pilots planes for search and rescue but today she is going to find something more than a missing person.

Dedicated to the memory of inuit and other First Nation children recently discovered at Residential School sites in Canada this year. To support the ITK visit: www.itk.ca

(Running time 27 mins)