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
Supported by Creative Scotland
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High Spirits
Sound Escape Theatre
© Jill Korn / John Boyd
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The Escort
Sound Escape Theatre
Alex has her own life. And not all of it is for sharing with her parents. But, as it turns out, everyone has their own secrets and when Alex's mum needs a favour, she finds she can't refuse - no matter where that takes her.
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Sea Change
Sound Escape Theatre
Early in 2020, two of my friends remarked that my audio plays were very dark – they didn’t think I had quite such a black imagination. They asked for a love story - "with a happy ending.”
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Galore!
Sound Escape Theatre
How many years does it take to feel as though you really belong? For Francine, living on the Isle of Donan, nothing will ever be the same now that her reason for being there is gone. But Francine is a survivor. Outwardly conventional she may be, but like a true Frenchwoman, she’s up for a little rebellion when the opportunity arises.
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Confessional
Sound Escape Theatre
Joan of Arc was burned at the stake for witchcraft Gilles de Rais, her captain and medieval super-hero, was convicted of child-murder and sorcery and burned a decade later. 'Confessional' explores the link between the two events, and examines how powerful men can seem to be untouchable and unstoppable.
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Collaboration
Sound Escape Theatre
In 1945 the Parisian-born singer, Edith Piaf, was investigated for charges of collaborating with the Nazi régime. Piaf was a performer, a survivor and a pragmatist, but was she a collaborator? The play raises questions about truth and lies, collaboration and resistance: as relevant today as in 1945.
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