Christmas isn't always an easy time, especially if you have lost someone close. When two sisters meet up just before Christmas, the realities of the last year catch up with them...A comical and touching look at dealing with loss.
Written by Arabella Arnott,
Starring Rosie Stancliffe and Katheryn Beaumont.
Directed by Matt Jamie.

Music credits:
The HoHoHo's for "Deck the Halls" at the beginning of the play (freemusicarchive.org/music/The_HoHo…ls_CC-BY-NC-ND)

and Rue Royale for "Deck the Halls" at the end of the play! (freemusicarchive.org/music/Rue_Roya…Deck_the_Halls)

used under CC license permissions creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

and many thanks to Mariam Rezaei for the PlayStream themey opening music thing.

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Tangerine by Arabella Arnott

A young woman crosses paths with a stranger in the library, and their stories overlap amongst the books and whispered conversations.
A short audio drama by Wendy Errington. Written in response to the themes of "Down to Zero" by Lizi Patch, a new play running 18-29 June 2019 at Alphabetti Theatre. See our website for more details.

Written by WENDY ERRINGTON
Performed by HANNAH WALKER and ARABELLA ARNOTT
Recorded and directed by MATT JAMIE

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Great Expectations - A Love Story Of Sorts by Wendy Errington

Our second podcast response play accompanying Lizi Patch's "Down To Zero" which ran at Alphabetti Theatre, Newcastle, in July this year....Karen has taken up dozens of classes, including Zumba and she's dragged her daughter Izzy along to join in.  Is Karen trying to "better herself" or is she running away from something... and maybe Izzy will get more out of this Zumba class than she imagined.  
A comedy about being true to yourself. 

Written by Anne-Marie Draycott and Charity Trimm
Directed by Matt Jamie
Cast: Zoe Lambert, Alice Blundell 
with Arabella Arnott and Skyla Pearce.

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Thanks to Arts Council England and Alphabetti Theatre

UNZIPPED by Draycott and Trimm

Mum has arranged a surprise road trip for her and her daughter.  But her idea of a chance to bond under the stars in Kielder forest isn't met with as much enthusiasm as she'd hoped for from her social-media-addicted daughter.  
A short comedy drama by Arabella Arnott
Starring Arabella Arnott and Skyla Pearce

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Stars and Sh*t

Tom has been in the car for hours. Well, it feels like hours. He doesn't know where his mum is taking him and his sister Maisey.  Or why his dad isn't with them this time.  "Because he's not" is all his mum says.  And that's not a proper reason.

A short story about feeling trapped, and the hope of escape.

Written and performed by Arabella Arnott
Edited by Matt Jamie.
(c) Arabella Arnott / Coracle 2020

WASP By Arabella Arnott

"A lot of people won't shop in Charity shops becuase of the smell..."

But Amy loves working in the Charity shop - despite her mum's warnings about odours and that they're just full of "dead men's clothes".  Meet some of the colourful characters she works with in this touching story about old clothes, old memories, and friendship.

Written by Arabella Arnott
Performed by Jude Nelson
Directed by Matt Jamie
Music by Kieth Thomas and J D Meyer
www.coracleproductions.com

Dead Men’s Clothes

Kath is trying to write her blog, while Matt is trying to pack up their flat so they can finally move out. But it's not just the apple tree in the garden which Kath will miss.

A short drama about moving in, moving on, and apples.

Written by Arabella Arnott
Performed by Katie Powell and Adam Donaldson
Directed and Edited by Matt Jamie
Music by Sleeping Lion

TASCAM DR-40

Appling by Arabella Arnott

“A sharply written meditation on age, race, and fear” (The Stage*) by Degna Stone.

Half-way through life and the answer to most questions always seems to be the same.  Should I stop drinking? Is the planet really f@*ked? Have we left it too late? Did 17-year-old me know more than I do? Maybe I’m asking the wrong questions...

Produced and edited by Matt Jamie
Music by SIMRIT www.facebook.com/simritmusic
Seydina Mboup  www.facebook.com/kolektivomusic
and Jeff McIlwain www.facebook.com/lusine.official

(*review from original live production in 2019 produced by Coracle as a reaction piece to "Down to Zero" by Lizi Patch.  Updated and adapted for radio in 2020.)

Probably - by Degna Stone

A Play by Wendy Errington
Directed and adapted for Audio by Matt Jamie

**Content Warning** - some listeners may be disturbed by some of the themes in this play. Head to www.writelonger.co.uk for more information and support.​

Cast: Janine Leigh as Ruby
and Lucy Curry as Young Ruby
​
with additional voices from
Jacqueline Phillips, Katie Powell, Arabella Arnott, Amelia Loulli, and Sam Neale.

"I didn’t need to bury it. I had less years of her blanking me... less of her just looking right through me. I had a few years of being happy... I remember what that feels like.

You’ll forgive her... them... one day."
​
What if we could talk to our younger self, how would that sound? Would we understand how we've become the person we are today? Or would we wish we'd somehow never grown up?
​
Saluting Magpies is a tale of trauma, superstition, stories, and survival.

Produced by Coracle / Matt Jamie
in association with Alphabetti Theatre / Ben Dickenson
Supported by Arts Council England

MUSIC
used under Creative Commons Licensce from the Free Music Archive
Click links for details and license info

--Meydan-- 
Various tracks from their album "Havor"
 freemusicarchive.org/music/Meydan/Havor

“The Beauty of Maths" 
freemusicarchive.org/music/Meydan/T…eauty_of_Maths

--Ketsa--
“Maypole” / Above and Below freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Above_and_Below

“Hip Hop Instrumental 2” / Emotive Music for Film and Radio freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Em…Film_and_Radio

“Reflective” / Different Angles freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Different_Angles

"Warm Morning" / Metamporphasis freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Metamorphosis

--Pictures of the Floating World--
 "Waves"
 freemusicarchive.org/music/Pictures…528/Waves_1217

With excerpts from the books
"Milly Molly Mandy" by Joyce L Brisley
"Charlotte's Web" by E B White
"Skellig" by David Almond

SALUTING MAGPIES by Wendy Errington

"It's a semicolon....It's a break.  A pause.  It's not the end"
A true story about how a walk home might have been the difference between life and death.

*Content Warning: Contains themes which may be triggering for some listeners - themes of suicide, self harm, depression.

Semi Colon is a short radio drama written by Ali Pritchard
Performed by Declan Wilson and Jake Jarrett
Adapted for audio and directed by Matt Jamie
With thanks to Nick Tyler for additional sound effects.

An excerpt from How Did We Get To This Point? 
Funded by HomeGroup & Art Council England
first performed at Alphabetti Theatre in December 2016
Original production directed by Ben Dickenson
With research support by Allie Davies & Pip Chamberlin 
and dramaturgy by Steve Byron
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Music Credits (Creative Commons Licence)
Blear Moon, "Town of Two Houses", "Cold Summer Moon"
Meydan "Please Wake Up"
Ketsa "Tired Thoughts"
all from https://freemusicarchive.org
and
Paul Fowler - "Stormchaser" (facebook)
Ruby Amanfu - "Lover’s Road" (Facebook)
from business.facebook.com/creatorstudio/

Semicolon by Ali Pritchard

Welcome to The PlayStream Podcast - a collection of audio dramas and comedies from Coracle, a company based in Newcastle/Gateshead.  Coracle are dedicated to nurturing new writing talent and creating quality audio drama and theatre.  Bold story-telling is at the heart of our work.  

The podcast contains original plays from our resident writer Arabella Arnott, as well as commissioned podcasts written as reaction pieces to accompany our live theatre productions.  

Feel free to check our other work on our website and follow us on various social media! - www.coracleproductions.com

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