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Transcription by Kate Atkinson, adapted by Katie Hims – two x 57’
A study of duality, and shades of loyalty, in this great modern spy story with an extraordinary heroine.
‘I’m Perry’s girl.’ ‘Oh I don’t think you’re anyone’s girl, Miss Armstrong’.
The Big Payback by Lenny Henry – 44’ original
A comedy with teeth, looking at reparations and the ramifications of slavery that will never be resolved
I’m not here to apologise. It wasn’t me who enslaved your ancestors.
Over by Daisy Hall – 44’ original
A Simon and Garfunkel tribute act ends when one gets married – a wedding day comedy about growing up and moving on.
Who’s going to sing El Condor Pasa to pensioners in Neath if not us?
The Children by Lucy Kirkwood – 90’
An adaptation of her hit stage play looking forwards and backwards at responsibility – part of the Royal Court’s 70th anniversary celebrations
All our lives we’ve been those kind of people, when we have a picnic, we don’t just clear up our own litter, we go around and pick up other people’s too.
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons, adapted by Sarah Daniels – 57′
Classic comic novel parodying rural melodramas.
Something nasty in the woodshed.