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| The Scene Talks To.... Julia Sowerbutt | 11 Apr 2024 | 00:24:20 | |
In our new sub-series, The Scene will be chatting to various folks in the know about all things New Writing, audio, theatre, distribution, Production..... to see what we can learn from people who've been doing it all much longer than us. In the FIRST of this interview series, Julia Sowerbutt tells us all about her experience of running one of the UK's largest New Writing events - INK Festival, which takes place each year in Suffolk. Poetry, comedy, workshops, talks - ALSO make up the bill, "..we've been described as a mini Edinburgh!" We chat about how she got 'here', the challenges and rewards, and why it's important to continue providing space for creatives to practice their craft. You can find out more about INK Festival here, and if you are a writer - at ANY stage of your journey - the window for submitting your work for next year's INK Festival (2025) is opening up in June, so keep an eye on the website and get those biros sharpened. | |||
| Hacking Tyler by Judy Klass and Ron Reed | 16 Oct 2023 | 00:23:43 | |
Imagine your best friend suddenly adopts a load of world views and values which makes them unrecognisable to you. How would you distinguish their true essence, from their programming? Cast: Sound design - Sassy Clyde Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Our season jingle is by Emma McGrath Come visit us: | |||
| Matt & Eva Are Not Dead Yet by Emily Jane Clark | 07 Aug 2023 | 00:15:12 | |
Not all happy endings are the happy endings we read about in story books. Matt & Eva have one or two things to get off their chest, before it's too late... Sound design - Sassy Clyde Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Our season jingle is by Emma McGrath Come visit us: | |||
| Laugh Track by Liam D Gillies | 31 Jul 2023 | 00:08:38 | |
Jessie and Claire struggle to keep their spirits up and their limbs attached, while surviving every day in a terrifying reality - watched over by a monstrous captor with a taste for tacky comedy. Sound design - Sassy Clyde Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Our season jingle is by Emma McGrath Come visit us: | |||
| I Think This Will Be Good For Us by Will Pinhey | 24 Jul 2023 | 00:11:21 | |
Modern relationships take many forms. We listen here to long-term couple Jan and Michael, as they share with us their concerns and considerations around the potential polyamorous turn, their relationship is about to take. Sound design - Sassy Clyde Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Our season jingle is by Emma McGrath Come visit us: | |||
| Writer Stephen Saleh reacts to hearing his podplay | 21 Jul 2023 | 00:03:30 | |
Sassy Clyde talks to Stephen Saleh about his podplay Lockdown No. 36. “We do have short memories, and we forget how bloody grim it was….” Listen to the podplay here ARE YOU A WRITER? We are looking for scripts for SEASON 4! Send them in to us here!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thescene_pod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thescene_pod/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thescenepod/ Thanks to Janno Media for their support | |||
| Lockdown No.36 by Stephen Saleh | 17 Jul 2023 | 00:10:21 | |
Set some way in to the future, we visit a dingy bar in an overcrowded city and hear how the Covid-19 Pandemic, brought about a bitter sweet gender equality. Additional voices - Velenzia Spearpoint and Sassy Clyde Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Our season jingle is by Emma McGrath Come visit us: | |||
| If Nothing Happens by Sue Hassall | 29 Mar 2021 | 00:23:03 | |
Gloria hunkers down and prepares for the worst in the safety of her cellar. Surrounded by everything she could possibly need to survive what she is certain is the impending end of days, there is one precious neccesity she must bring to her side before it’s too late… her beloved son, Noblet. Cast: Directed by Niamh Handley-Vaughan Sound design by Janno Media Our season jinlgle was conjured by Emma McGrath. Emma’s new EP Settled In Motion is out now, so why not have a listen of it at her website Emma McGrath.co.uk | |||
| A New Goddess In Town by L.Z Zyphyr | 22 Mar 2021 | 00:14:17 | |
A New Goddess In Town by L.Z Zephyr There has been a shake up upstairs, and recently deceased Brick finds himself on the receiving end of some rather probing questions - hoping his answers bring him the approval of the Big Guy, sorry, Big Gal, herself. Cast: Brick - Hassan Govia Directed by Paula Benson.
Our season jingle is from the strings of Emma McGrath. Emma’s new EP Settled In Motion is out now. Do yourelf a favour? Go and listen to it now, via her website Emma McGrath.co.uk. | |||
| The Robbing Class by Michelle Payne | 15 Mar 2021 | 00:15:46 | |
Two sisters, find that crime is their only hope of surviving the rising cost of living in London. And, there is always room for one more accomplice to join the family… In this episode we are proud to feature the talented graduates of Savi Arts, a brand new training platform for creatives. For more information visit Savi-arts.co.uk. This episode contains strong language. Cast:
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| Three Women In A Music Box by Dan Horrigan | 08 Mar 2021 | 00:11:24 | |
We all need people to turn to and places to go, to offload our deepest's and our darkest’s. This little PodPlay takes a look at one girls stash of secrets... Three Women In A Music Box by Dan Horrigan Cast: Annabel - Odera Iwugo Sound production by Janno Media Our season jingle was strummed just for us by Emma McGrath. Emma's latest EP, 'Settled In Motion' is out now and you can listen to it via her website www.emmamcgrath.co.uk | |||
| Aberrations by Andrew Curtis pt.2 | 01 Mar 2021 | 00:18:33 | |
Caught between obligations to her old and pressures from her new relationships, with just a side of ‘understaffed, 12 hour NHS hospital shift’ thrown in for good measure, how long will it be before Joan completely flips her lid?… and which poor souls will be standing in the line of fire when she does. Joan was played by Helen Jessica Liggat Our season jingle was written for us by McGrath. Emma, McGrath. | |||
| Bloody Paperwork by Lawrence Quilty | 09 Oct 2023 | 00:16:53 | |
This is the story of Hailey Glass, a disgraced politician whose arrogance and blinkered ambition, made her an easy mark to exploit and frame for the war crimes of a corrupt government. Cast: Sound design - Sassy Clyde Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Our season jingle is by Emma McGrath Come visit us: | |||
| Aberrations by Andrew Curtis - pt. 1 | 22 Feb 2021 | 00:15:42 | |
In this two parter, we follow our heroine Joan, as she navigates shift work on the renal ward of an NHS hospital, and a new relationship. As if that’s not enough to be getting on with, she then get call from her ex-girlfriend Izzy, asking for help… This was part one of two, so please tune in next week to find out what happens next.
*This episode contains some strong language Our season jingle was written for us by the unstoppable Emma McGrath. Emma’s latest EP Settled in Motion is out now and you can listen to it via her website | |||
| Four Glasses by Marshall Veniar | 15 Feb 2021 | 00:11:28 | |
Cast: Directed by Micha Mirto Sound design by Janno Media Our season jingle was written by our dear friend Emma McGrath. Emma’s latest EP Settled In Motion is out now, you can listen to it via her website www.emmamcgrath.co.uk | |||
| CRUMS by Jane Quill | 08 Feb 2021 | 00:13:40 | |
Cast: Sound production was by Janno Media. Our season jingle was written for us by uber cool Emma McGrath. Emma’s latest EP Settled In Motion is out now, you can listen to it via her website www.emmamcgrath.co.uk | |||
| Exploding Maggie by Kevin Jones | 01 Feb 2021 | 00:09:26 | |
Exploding Maggie by Kevin Jones starred Kevin McNally as the Writer and Sassy Clyde as Maggie. Sound production was by Janno Media. Our theme tune this season was written by the wonderful Emma McGrath. Emma’s latest EP Settled In Motion is out now, you can listen to it via her website emmamcgrath.co.uk | |||
| Mites by James Mannion | 25 Jan 2021 | 00:17:26 | |
A pest controller responds to a call out from a wealthy aging lady, living all alone after her husbands mysterious disappearance. Although she can’t remember placing the call, she is in dire need of his…… services. This surrealist piece of comedy drama never quite clarifies who, if anyone, is playing who…. Cast: Sound production by Janno Media. Our theme tune this season was written by the wonderful Emma McGrath. Emma’s latest EP Settled In Motion is out now, you can listen to it via her website emmamcgrath.co.uk | |||
| GAIA by Lawrence Quilty | 18 Jan 2021 | 00:23:26 | |
Brilliantly un-nerving, with a ‘just around the corner’ feel to it, this is GAIA by Lawrence Quilty. The Young Woman – Maddie O’Brien Harmen – Arty Froushan GAIA – Sassy Clyde Directed by Sassy Clyde Sound design by Janno Media Our theme tune this season was written by the incredibly talented Emma McGrath. Emma’s latest EP Settled In Motion is out now, you can listen to it via her website www.emmamcgrath.co.uk | |||
| Sneek preview of a new episode for season 2 - coming soon | 24 Dec 2020 | 00:01:56 | |
We're looking forward to launching season 2 very soon - but for now, here's a sneak peak of a new epsiode.
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| Seen And Not Heard by Laura Shoebottom | 17 Aug 2020 | 00:15:40 | |
Written by Laura Shoebottom Cast: Directed by Amy Toledano Sound design by the team at Janno Media Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Our season jingle is by Emma McGrath Come visit us: | |||
| Ever Changing Skyline by Emma Pitt | 10 Aug 2020 | 00:14:17 | |
Written by Emma Pitt Cast: Sound design by the team at Janno Media Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Our season jingle is by Emma McGrath Come visit us: | |||
| Don't Move by Jessica Mallett | 03 Aug 2020 | 00:18:10 | |
Written by Jessica Mallet Cast: Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Our season jingle is by Emma McGrath Come visit us: | |||
| Sickening by Daisy Garroch | 25 Sep 2023 | 00:10:56 | |
David and Susie attend their millionth social obligation event of the Summer - a gender reveal - and one they're not likely to ever forget. That is, unless, the next expectant mother finds an even more outrageous way to make the party go off. Cast: Sound design and narration - Sassy Clyde Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Our season jingle is by Emma McGrath Come visit us: | |||
| Make Your Fortune by Michael Staniforth | 27 Jul 2020 | 00:15:56 | |
Written by Michael Staniforth Cast: Sound design by the team at Janno Media Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Our season jingle is by Emma McGrath Come visit us: | |||
| Vast by Callie Walsh | 20 Jul 2020 | 00:14:23 | |
Written by Callie Walsh Cast: Sound design by the team at Janno Media Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Our season jingle is by Emma McGrath Come visit us: | |||
| The Last Taboo by Tom Jensen | 13 Jul 2020 | 00:13:23 | |
Written by Tom Jensen Cast: Sound design by the team at Janno Media Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Our season jingle is by Emma McGrath Come visit us: | |||
| Relative Values by Viv Young | 06 Jul 2020 | 00:13:29 | |
Written by Viv Young Cast: Sound design by the team at Janno Media Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Our season jingle is by Emma McGrath Come visit us: | |||
| Foundering by Miranda Colmans | 29 Jun 2020 | 00:14:15 | |
Written by Miranda Colmans Cast: Sound design by the team at Janno Media Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Our season jingle is by Emma McGrath Come visit us: | |||
| Boxsets by Richard Fitchett | 22 Jun 2020 | 00:11:10 | |
Boxsets by Richard Fitchett Cast: Sound design by the team at Janno Media Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Our season jingle is by Emma McGrath Come visit us: | |||
| Captain by Kevin Jones | 10 Jun 2020 | 00:11:19 | |
Captain by Kevin Jones. Cast: Sound design by the team at Janno Media Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Our season jingle is by Emma McGrath Come visit us: | |||
| RELOAD: Four Glasses by Marshall Veniar | 18 Sep 2023 | 00:12:41 | |
Four friends meet up regularly to share witticisms and woes about the difficulties of getting pregnant. *There is discussion in this play about gender identity and infertility which some listeners may be sensitive to. Please take care while listening. Cast: Sound design by Sassy Clyde Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Our season jingle is by Emma McGrath Come visit us: | |||
| RELOAD: GAIA by Lawrence Quilty | 11 Sep 2023 | 00:24:19 | |
Set a short way in to an unrecognisable future, the younger generation put the older on trial for their past crimes against the environment. Cast: Additional voices/ Sound design - Sassy Clyde Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Our season jingle is by Emma McGrath Come visit us: | |||
| RELOAD: Mites by James Mannion | 04 Sep 2023 | 00:17:49 | |
A pest controller responds to a call out from a wealthy aging lady, living all alone after her husbands mysterious disappearance. Although she can’t remember placing the call, she is in dire need of his…… services. Cast: Sound design - Sassy Clyde Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Our season jingle is by Emma McGrath Come visit us: | |||
| Daddy Issues by Lynsey Cullen | 28 Aug 2023 | 00:09:17 | |
These days, there is no such thing as a ‘typical’ family unit. As the gender and sexuality spectrum continues to diversify and evolve, how human kind sets about producing and raising the next generation, requires ever more creative thinking. Cast: Sound design - Sassy Clyde Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Our season jingle is by Emma McGrath Come visit us: | |||
| My Wee Home by Aaron Hickland | 21 Aug 2023 | 00:22:08 | |
How much of our relationships are conducted without the other person even needing to be there? Conversations sprawling across many mediums, over weeks and months - leaving a trail behind them. A record of our attempt to understand each other, stay connected, and overcome our differences. Cast: Sound design - Sassy Clyde Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Our season jingle is by Emma McGrath Come visit us: | |||
| Artist Unknown by Nicky Denovan | 14 Aug 2023 | 00:12:39 | |
At a house clearance undertaken by sibling Grace and Nick, whose Mum has recently passed away, they take a trip down memory lane. As they lovingly sort through her bits and pieces they stumble across an entry in her diary that turns their entire world upside down..... Cast: Sound design - Sassy Clyde Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Our season jingle is by Emma McGrath Come visit us: | |||
| Warning by Katharine Armitage | 23 Nov 2024 | 00:10:40 | |
A spicy, twisty psychological drama, set on a lonely country road in the dead of night. The story contains details of a car accident where someone lost their life, so if this is sensitive topic for you then please listen with care. As ever, we encourage you to listen with headphones for the best experience of the story. Cast: Sound design - Sassy Clyde Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Send your own short scripts in to be considered for podification, in season 5 of The Scene Podcast Come visit us: | |||
| The Scene Talks To... Sarah Tombling | 19 Dec 2024 | 00:29:51 | |
In our new sub-series, The Scene will be chatting to various folks in the know about all things New Writing, audio, theatre, distribution, Production..... to see what we can learn from people who've been doing it all much longer than us. In the third of this interview series, Sarah Tombling tells us all about her career as a Production Manager, then Producer and the specifics of those roles in the overall picture of audio production. The third series of Who Killed Aldridge Kemp – Aldrich Kemp and the Rose of Pamir and The Lovecraft Investigations are available on BBC Sounds.
The Heat of The Sun from Big Fish radio.
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| Who You Are by Isabel Ceatano de Rocha | 14 Dec 2024 | 00:10:57 | |
A look inside the mind of a psychopath, whose conscience choruses justification for her heinous acts. As ever, we encourage you to listen with headphones for the best experience of the story. Cast: Sound design - Evolve Audio FX Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Send your own short scripts in to be considered for podification, in season 5 of The Scene Podcast Come visit us: | |||
| A Dangerous Truth by Tom Jensen | 07 Dec 2024 | 00:10:24 | |
Mel and Faye section their daughter for her delusional beliefs. But is it really HER who poses a threat to society? As ever, we encourage you to listen with headphones for the best experience of the story. Cast: Sound design - Sassy Clyde Masterclass in sound design during this recording session by David Thomas. Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Send your own short scripts in to be considered for podification, in season 5 of The Scene Podcast Come visit us: | |||
| The Scene Talks To.... David Thomas | 04 Dec 2024 | 00:35:40 | |
In our new sub-series, The Scene will be chatting to various folks in the know about all things New Writing, audio, theatre, distribution, Production..... to see what we can learn from people who've been doing it all much longer than us. In the second of this interview series, David Thomas tells us all about the art of recording sound - mainly on location, for maximum authenticity. David has worked on some of favourite podcast drama series for the BBC and Audible - things like The Lovecraft Investigations, Who Killed Aldridge Kemp, Silos - to name a few. | |||
| Afternoon Tea by Kevin O'Connor | 30 Nov 2024 | 00:13:41 | |
A Georgian, high society picnic takes an unexpected turn, challenging gender norms and sexual fluidity. As ever, we encourage you to listen with headphones for the best experience of the story. Cast: Sound design - Sassy Clyde Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Thanks to Soho House Studios where this episode was recorded. Send your own short scripts in to be considered for podification, in season 5 of The Scene Podcast Come visit us: | |||
| Diary Of A Sci-fi Novelist by Carmen Walton | 01 Feb 2025 | 00:18:15 | |
Zillah keeps a diary. It documents her Sci-fi writing aspirations, her romantic endeavours and the various ways she makes a buck; the most lucrative of these being as a biography Ghost Writer for the criminal underworld. How and when will these worlds collide? As ever, we encourage you to listen with headphones for the best experience of the story. Cast: Directed by John Powell Thanks to The Young Actors Theatre, Islington - where this episode was recorded. Masterclass in sound design during this recording session by David Thomas. Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Come visit us: | |||
| Overflown by Niall McCarthy | 12 Jan 2025 | 00:12:06 | |
In what they think are their final minutes, strangers Sam and Alex grapple with some tricky personal and moralistic admin. As ever, we encourage you to listen with headphones for the best experience of the story. Cast: Thanks to Soho House where this episode was recorded. Sound design - Sassy Clyde Masterclass in sound design during this recording session by David Thomas. Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Come visit us: | |||
| La Dames Aux Camélias by Darren Ross | 16 May 2025 | 00:20:47 | |
The greatest mystery of contemporary art is about to be blown wide open. La Dame Aux Camelia explores the high-stakes games of value, identity, and authenticity in the ever-shifting landscape of contemporary art. But ya know, with jokes. As ever, we encourage you to listen with headphones for the best experience of the story. Cast: Directed by John Powell Thanks to The Young Actors Theatre, Islington - where this episode was recorded. Masterclass in sound design during this recording session by David Thomas. Produced by Janno Media in association with Get Over It Productions Come visit us: | |||
| The Scene duz Lambeth Fringe - The Dying Wish | 29 Sep 2025 | 00:14:49 | |
The Scene gets up close to some of the artists and perfomers taking part in this years Lambeth Fringe. Offering up sneak previews of a few choice shows, and insights in to purpose and process that bring these pieces to life. The Dying Wish This bold new tragicomedy by Brazilian writer Mauro Fazion combines dark comedy with raw realism to hold up a mirror to our collective contradictions. While the play’s style is not strictly realistic, its content is deeply rooted in truth. As Mauro says: “It’s so deeply realistic, it looks like nonsense.” Using absurdist dialogue, surreal scenarios, and clownesque theatricality, the play exposes the cracks in our systems of justice, bureaucracy, and institutionalised violence. Set in a crumbling execution chamber, two hangmen, Rooney and Ingmar, wrestle with increasingly nonsensical orders as they prepare to hang Paul Freeman, a man condemned for ambiguous “crimes”, that reveal more about a broken system than the convict himself. Inspired by real events and steeped in the spirit of Brecht, Ionesco, Arrabal, and the Theatre of the Absurd, the play is both biting satire and haunting human drama. As one reviewer put it: “This is the theatre we want to see.” Produced by Fractured Time Productions, this daring new writing invites audiences to think, feel, and question the world around them, proof that timeless, provocative theatre still has the power to change us.
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| The Scene duz Lambeth Fringe - Washing Machine Vortex | 26 Sep 2025 | 00:19:30 | |
The Scene gets up close to some of the artists and perfomers taking part in this years Lambeth Fringe. Offering up sneak previews of a few choice shows, and insights in to purpose and process that bring these pieces to life. Washing Machine Vortex A 'Greek-style' tragedy! While doing the washing for her elderly father, one woman dives into the swirling cycles of her past — confronting psychoanalysis, patriarchy, and the spirit of Electra herself. Blending autobiography, visual storytelling, and a rocking 60s soundtrack to create something deeply personal and defiantly bold. Sarah MK Archdeacon with Hana Lane, Jon C Archdeacon and Tom Marshman. Tickets through the Lambeth Fringe website: https://lambethfringe.com/events | |||
| The Scene duz Lambeth Fringe - Bog Body | 24 Sep 2025 | 00:33:35 | |
The Scene gets up close to some of the artists and perfomers taking part in this years Lambeth Fringe. Offering up sneak previews of a few choice shows, and insights in to purpose and process that bring these pieces to life. Bog Body: A One-Woman Show This terrifying one-woman show is not for the faint of heart. Award-winning actress and playwright Olivia Cordell debuts her first one-woman show after a successful workshop at the Cockpit Theatre. BOG BODY is a tour de force performance that will leave audiences scared, thrilled, and ultimately, moved. Join forensic anthropologist Dr. Alyssa Kim for a thrilling lecture on a supposedly cursed “bog body”: 2000-year-old human remains found in a peat bog. You'll laugh, you'll cry, and you'll scream as she faces off against an ancient monster and her own deepest fears. Tickets through the Lambeth Fringe website: https://lambethfringe.com/events | |||