This weekend (January 28-29th) Darrick Wood School will be one of six UK schools and universities participating in ‘The Transmission’ Festival being held in Tirana, Albania. Supported by funding from the EU over thirty schools and universities across Europe have been recording one of six plays written by a professional playwright.
DWS Audio chose to record a play entitled ‘My Mother is a Murderer’. It will be available to listen to here shortly.
This week BBC Radio Kent broadcast another of our ‘Rough Diamonds’ stories on Leo Ulph’s Upload show. This was a the very first airing a new story entitled ‘A Case of Neglect’. You can catch up with the story via the BBC Sounds links below:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0dszz8z
Listen from 10 minutes 30 seconds to 17 minutes 15 seconds
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0dt001s
from 26.30 – 33.40
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0dt021d
from 10.15 – 17.15
WILD BOYS
This is an omnibus edition. Frank and Baz have an unlikely friendship; one that’s about to be tested.
Baz…Jamie McLeod
Frank…Kevin Zhang
Soph…Lucy Sumner
Music composed by Jude Neanor
An audio comedy-drama.
There’s been a murder in a tower block – or so claim three witnesses. But without a body this is going to be a tough case to crack for Detective Inspector Cooper.
Written and produced by Thomas Cridland. Featuring Katie Brash, James Monaghan, Evie Mortimer-Walker, George Norris and Connor Priestman.
An audio drama written and produced by Isabella Larena
When two police officers are called to a grisly crime scene, they’re shocked by what they discover. But what is the connection between the dead man and that guy who called them?
Detective #1…Isabella Larena
Detective #2…Jack Phillips
Eco Club members Keira McMullan and Isabella Moriarty discuss the issues around deforestation.
This week four more episodes of our audio drama serial ‘Rough Diamonds’ were broadcast on Leo Ulph’s Upload show on BBC Radio Kent. We are so grateful to Leo and the BBC for championing the work of our students. You can catch up with this week’s episode via BBC Sounds (below):
Upload on BBC Radio Kent – 21/11/2022 – BBC Sounds
from 11.30 – 15.40
Upload on BBC Radio Kent – 22/11/2022 – BBC Sounds
from 10.30 – 17.00
Upload on BBC Radio Kent – 23/11/2022 – BBC Sounds
from 48.30 – 53.30
Upload on BBC Radio Kent – 24/11/2022 – BBC Sounds
from 11.20 – 17.30
Cast:
Dolly…Ruby Robinson
Darcy…Katie Walter
Music composed by Jude Neanor
An audio drama
Brighton, 1964. Mods versus Rockers. As the two tribes clash on the beach, Fletch – a seventeen-year-old Mod – seeks refuge in a fisherman’s hut.
Fletch…Thomas Cridland
Southwick Rog…Connor Priestman
Foley and sound design by Nathanael Chappell
A comedy about two hapless car jackers written and produced by Thomas Cridland.
Performed by Thomas Cridland and Connor Priestman
Imagine being cut off from the wider world? Listen to three brilliant new audio dramas that explore the theme of isolation.
Written and performed by: Charlie Lunn, Louis Davies, John Memheti; additional voice: Jack Oram
Written and performed by: Josh Ridley, Jacob Daldorph, Jack Oram, Jakub Cupa
Written and performed by: Alexandra Brandt, Emma Larner, Amelie Pester, Lulu Broadie
