Boswell's Galloping Farmers 6: Proud Troopers
Sound Escape Theatre
Final episode of a six part audio drama based on the memoir of Alexander (Sandy) Barclay, who fought in the infamous Gallipoli campaign of 1915. By turns brutal, horrific and funny, the series tells of the real experiences of the men who volunteered as cavalrymen in the Ayrshire Yeomanry, only to have their horses taken away. They were retained in trench warfare and sent to Gallipoli (now in modern day Turkiye), where they were out manned, out gunned and outflanked at every turn. By now, the soldiers are becoming aware that they are being evacuated, secretly and without letting the enemy...
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Boswell's Galloping Farmers 5: The Glasgow Keelie
Sound Escape Theatre
Episode 5 of a six part audio drama based on the memoir of Alexander (Sandy) Barclay, who fought in the infamous Gallipoli campaign of 1915. By turns brutal, horrific and funny, the series tells of the real experiences of the men who volunteered as cavalrymen in the Ayrshire Yeomanry, only to have their horses taken away. They were retained in trench warfare and sent to Gallipoli (now in modern day Turkiye), where they were out manned, out gunned and outflanked at every turn. Sandy Barclay's story covers the Christmas period of 1915, when both the weather and fighting broke men's...
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Boswell's Galloping Farmers 4: Nobody Loves a Grenadier
Sound Escape Theatre
Episode 4 of a six part audio drama based on the memoir of Alexander (Sandy) Barclay, who fought in the infamous Gallipoli campaign of 1915. By turns brutal, horrific and funny, the series tells of the real experiences of the men who volunteered as cavalrymen in the Ayrshire Yeomanry, only to have their horses taken away. They were retained in trench warfare and sent to Gallipoli (now in modern day Turkiye), where they were out manned, out gunned and outflanked at every turn. Sandy Barclay, recounting his experiences at the front, was only too aware that the life expectancy of a bomber...
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Boswell's Galloping Farmers 3: To Kill A Louse
Sound Escape Theatre
Episode 3 of a six part audio drama based on the memoir of Alexander (Sandy) Barclay, who fought in the infamous Gallipoli campaign of 1915. By turns brutal, horrific and funny, the series tells of the real experiences of the men who volunteered as cavalrymen in the Ayrshire Yeomanry, only to have their horses taken away. They were retained in trench warfare and sent to Gallipoli (now in modern day Turkiye), where they were out manned, out gunned and outflanked at every turn. As the campaign progresses, the fighting becomes more desperate. Sandy and the men serving with him come to realise...
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Boswell's Galloping Farmers 2: Over the Top
Sound Escape Theatre
Episode 2 of a six part audio drama based on the memoir of Alexander (Sandy) Barclay, who fought in the infamous Gallipoli campaign of 1915. By turns brutal, horrific and funny, the series tells of the real experiences of the men who volunteered as cavalrymen in the Ayrshire Yeomanry, only to have their horses taken away. They were retained in trench warfare and sent to Gallipoli (now in modern day Turkiye), where they were out manned, out gunned and outflanked at every turn. Sandy recounts his experiences in this compelling drama series: "I was stuck in my firing position with legs...
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Boswell's Galloping Farmers 1: The Fear of Fear
Sound Escape Theatre
A six part audio drama based on the memoir of Alexander (Sandy) Barclay, who fought in the infamous Gallipoli campaign of 1915. By turns brutal, horrific and funny, the series tells of the real experiences of the men who volunteered as cavalrymen in the Ayrshire Yeomanry, only to have their horses taken away. They were retrained in trench warfare and sent to Gallipoli (now in modern day Turkiye), where they were out manned, out gunned and outflanked at every turn. But Sandy survived, and much later, recounts his experiences in this compelling drama series: "Sixty years it’s been. I...
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Behind The Scenes — The Glad Giver
Sound Escape Theatre
A bonus episode where the author, Jill Korn, talks about how she came to write and produce her audio drama about Julian of Norwich.
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The Glad Giver
Sound Escape Theatre
Julian of Norwich is an old woman who has lived walled up in her stone cell for more than forty years. When she was thirty, she received sixteen visions or 'shewings' which she believed came from God, and she spent the rest of her life contemplating and writing about them. Julian's book, Revelations of Divine Love, is the first book we have in English that was written by a woman. The play is set in 1413 and imagines the daily life of Julian at 70. She has already completed her book but her life is by no means empty. Her cell is very near the river and its busy docks, whose comings and goings...
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There Goes Craufurdland
Sound Escape Theatre
“Cousin John. Dead more than twenty years. I can’t see you, but I know you’re here. Why? You abandoned this place years ago; you neglected it and left it to strangers. Why have you come back?” Craufurdland Castle in Fenwick, Ayrshire, keeps its secrets close. It has been held in the same family for almost two thousand years. It is the early 1800s. Janet Craufurd, Lady of the house, writes in her diary, charting the progress of renovations to the estate which has suffered years of neglect. But Janet’s mind is not easy. She suspects that the house has its own story to tell – a story...
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The Lady And The Poet
Sound Escape Theatre
The Lady and the Poet is an audio drama about the friendship between the Scottish poet, Robert Burns and his patron, Frances Dunlop. In 1786, Robert Burns sent a copy of his book, Poems, Chiefly in The Scottish Dialect, to Mrs Frances Wallace Dunlop of Dunlop in Ayrshire. This was the first edition of his work, printed in Kilmarnock. Mrs Dunlop was so taken with it, and with him, that she became his patron and later, his confidant. But the voices of these two strong and determined characters still resonate across the years through their letters. Their friendship endured for a decade before...
info_outlineCollaboration is set in 1940s Paris. Following the Liberation of France, the French singer, Edith Piaf, was investigated for charges of collaborating with the Nazi régime during the Occupation. Piaf was a performer, a survivor and a pragmatist. She was a woman who lived by her own talents and values: for her, music stood beyond politics. Edith herself said: 'Ne pas chanter, c’est mourir' ('Not to sing is to die').
Collaboration explores the story through the relationships of three women: Edith herself and two of her closest associates, Simone Berteaut and Andrée Bigard. It examines themes of truth and interpretation, loyalty and lies,
It also raises serious questions about truth and lies, collaboration and resistance: by failing to resist governments, how far can we be said to be colluding with their values and actions?