Radio Plays

2021

Baggage

by Nicolas Ridley


About the Play

Hilary has come to the end of her week long holiday in Greece and is readying herself for the return to the stress and constraints of her busy life. Her holiday was certainly made more interesting by her chance meeting with Simon... or was it fate? Where will the signs lead...

About the Author
Nicolas Ridley has lived and worked in Tokyo, Casablanca, Barcelona, Hong Kong & Paris and now lives in London & Bath where he writes fiction, non-fiction, scripts and stage plays under different names. A prize-winner and Pushcart Prize nominee, Nicolas’s short stories, non-fiction and flash fiction pieces have appeared in a range of anthologies, magazines and literary journals in the UK, Ireland, Canada and the USA.

Cast

Simon - Simon Victor
Hilary - Louise Elliker
Mrs Lerios - Emma Borland


Directed by Mandy Witt

Produced by Gareth Forber

March 2021


Luck of the Draw by A.S. Robertson

Directed by Craig Robertson


About the Play

It is the long-awaited annual Christmas prize draw for the Shelf Union Social Club. In a locked committee room, with everything in place for a fair draw, the Chairman, the Treasurer and the Organizer await the beleaguered Mr. Pessel, a non-committee guest witness, to pick a winning ticket. A witty, humorous moral entanglement begins when Mr. Pessel draws a ticket belonging to Mr. Brooker, one of the richest men in the area and not a ticket belonging to someone more worthy of winning the first-prize hamper.

Cast

Wilf - Charlie Currier
Mr Pessel - Bill Compton
Mrs Bannion - Karen Holley 
Ronnie - Kate Roberts

Directed by Craig Robertson
Produced by Mandy Witt & Gareth Forber

February 2021


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2020

WANTED ON VOYAGE 
by Phil Lewis

About the play

A sea cruise was a life-time dream of Muriel's.

In frail health she could only realise that dream with the help of her lovely carer and travel companion, Emma. For Muriel the tranquillity of the ship-board life and quiet days was all she needed. For Emma, the sunshine filled the time before enjoying the evening party life. But even a trip to paradise must come to an end. Both must return home and the life they left behind. But will it be the same life?

Cast

Muriel - June Bland
Emma - Miranda Loughrey

Directed by Mandy Witt
Produced by Gareth Forber
Released:  April 2020

A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Charles Dickens

About the play

A Christmas Carol recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man. This particular version of the story is a radio play first performed in 1938.
 
Cast

Narrator - Karen Holley
Bob Cratchit - Del Jenkins
Scrooge - Marc Anderson
Fred - Stephen Alexander
Marley - Dave Andrew
Ghost of Christmas Past - Liz Thiel
Fezziwig - Stephen Alexander
Belle - Laura Crowe
Young Scrooge - Stephen Alexander
Belle's Husband - Charlie Swift
Ghost of Christmas Present - Laura Crowe
Martha - Hannah Few
Tiny Tim - Max Samartsev
Mrs Cratchit- Emma Borland
Boy - Erin Loughrey

Supporting roles: Charlie Loughrey, Miranda Loughrey, Charlie Swift, Dave Andrew
Carol Singers: Heather Ackroy, Rachel Adcock, Stephen Alexander, Erica Beimesche, Nicolas Mansart

Directed by June Bland
Music by Stephen Alexander
Produced by Gareth Forber
Released: May 2020
CRITIC'S CHOICE
by Lesley North

About the play

An ambitious young playwright – a potential West End hit, and a volatile leading man; a dangerous mix that leads to drama and tragedy.  A chance encounter in a hotel bar transports Cassie back 20 years to a night she never forgot. What she didn’t realise was that her actions that night changed one man’s life forever.

Cast

Hotel Barman - Glen Kirton
Cassie - Louise Elliker
Phillip - Dave Andrew
Marcia - Marie-Jose Zuurbier
Martin - Brian Nathan
David - Glen Kirton
Sylvia - Laura Crowe
Theatre Barman -  Craig Robertson
Hazel - Mandy Witt
Waitress - Nicola Anderson
Landlady - Tess Townsend
Ian - Craig Robertson
Jean - Nicola Anderson
Sally - Tess Townsend 
Justin - Glen Kirton
Gina  - Marie-Jose Zuurbier

Directed by Lesley North
Produced by Gareth Forber
Released: June 2020
Marsha's Last Stand
by Max Drayton

About the play

A university lecturer is retiring and addresses her students for the last time.   After years of teaching the subject of history she wonders how much the world has benefited from it.
And how much there is left learn from it.

This monologue was written especially for Mandy Witt by local author Max Drayton a couple of years ago and  Mandy is thrilled to have the opportunity to finally perform it, directed by Louise Elliker.

Cast

Marsha - Mandy Witt

Directed by Louise Elliker
Produced by Gareth Forber
Released: July 2020
 The Mysterious Death of Christine Wilde
by Lianne Gill

About the play

In “The Mysterious Death of Christine Wilde,” Lynn, an actress in her fifties, visits the home of Caryl, a current and famous star of the stage. They get to talking and the mysterious death of young Christine Wilde, when they were all young and in the theatre together many years ago, comes up. Who did kill Christine? And why would they do it?


Cast

Caryl Kane - Marie Jose Zuurbier
Lynn Sommers - Dreen Legg
Christine Wilde - Miranda Loughrey
Clifford Dunn - Stephen Alexander
The Stage Manager - Jan Stewart

Directed by Karen Holley
Produced by Gareth Forber & Mandy Witt
Music: Bensound.com
Licensed by Off The Wall Plays
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