Episode Five: The CDC is counting down the days until Christmas and getting ready for their busiest time of year as Stacey picks up the slack from Gareth.

A Seat at The Table is an episodic radio play inspired by and made with residents connected to the Community Hubs that sustain many neighbourhoods across County Durham. Through collaborative workshops, they have created a play that gives voice to the challenges and triumphs of these essential community spaces.

Created by Mustard Stories Arts CIC

Writer: Elijah Young
Director: Jonluke McKie
Sound Designer: Elliot Mann
Project Producer: Eilis McGowan
Recorded at White Wolf Studios
The Cast: Kylie Ann Ford, Jacqueline Phillips and residents from Junction 7, PACT House Stanley and Stanley Young Person's Club.

Episode Five - A Seat at The Table

Episode Six: Bobby and Carol continue to clash over the community garden, Gareth's up to his eyeballs in paperwork for the council and someone is up to no good.

A Seat at The Table is an episodic radio play inspired by and made with residents connected to the Community Hubs that sustain many neighbourhoods across County Durham. Through collaborative workshops, they have created a play that gives voice to the challenges and triumphs of these essential community spaces.

Created by Mustard Stories Arts CIC

Writer: Elijah Young
Director: Jonluke McKie
Sound Designer: Elliot Mann
Project Producer: Eilis McGowan
Recorded at White Wolf Studios
The Cast: Kylie Ann Ford, Jacqueline Phillips and residents from Junction 7, PACT House Stanley and Stanley Young Person's Club.

Episode Six - A Seat at The Table

Episode Seven: There’s been a fire at the CDC and Gareth was there. The community do their best to deal with the aftermath of the incident in order to make Christmas Day at the hub possible.

A Seat at The Table is an episodic radio play inspired by and made with residents connected to the Community Hubs that sustain many neighbourhoods across County Durham. Through collaborative workshops, they have created a play that gives voice to the challenges and triumphs of these essential community spaces.

Created by Mustard Stories Arts CIC

Writer: Elijah Young
Director: Jonluke McKie
Sound Designer: Elliot Mann
Project Producer: Eilis McGowan
Recorded at White Wolf Studios
The Cast: Kylie Ann Ford, Jacqueline Phillips and residents from Junction 7, PACT House Stanley and Stanley Young Person's Club.

Episode Seven - A Seat at The Table

On this Green Room IC interview, Beverly Mead talks to people from Dreamwell Theatre about their play Design for Living written by Noel Coward.  Joining Bev in the virtual Green Room IC are:  William Asmus, Director and cast members Tara Marks and Stephen Polchert.  This episode was recorded using zoom on February 6, 2025.

Green Room IC-Dreamwell: Design for Living

On this episode of No Small Parts, we hear from Karellyn Sterling, director of Bucyrus Little Theatre's upcoming production of Silent Sky. Karellyn explains the synopsis of Silent Sky, the cast of characters, and the surprises she has in store for this year's full-length play. Also, hear about other initiatives BLT has in store over the next few months. Listen Now! 

Karellyn Sterling: Silent Sky

On this Green Room IC segment, a celebration of a past stage play now receiving award nominations.  Bev Mead welcomes Mount Vernon Lisbon Community Theatre (MVLCT) to share news of nominations received for their 2024 production of "Perfect Arrangement”.  Several MVLCT people are nominated by Iowa Community Theatre Association awards.  The interview includes:
Katie Starks, Director of Perfect Arrangement
Braden Rood who played Barbara Grant
And Tina Conroy played the role of Kitty Sunderson

This interview was recorded using zoom on February 5, 2025.  Editor’s note: there are few brief spots during the interview when the audio is fuzzy or drops out.


Green Room IC-Mount Vernon Lisbon Community Theatre (MVLCT) Nominations

Kirsty Corbett collates the highlights of this year's Eagle Awards with all of the winner interviews available on this 15 minute special from Erewash Sound. 

Eagle Awards 2025 highlights special

Dr Janet Shipton chats with Kirsty about how Parky Players grew from a Lockdown project via video calls to an award winning theatre company, performing in Barcelona and Edinburgh as part of the Fringe Festival. This year, they are heading back to Edinburgh and Janet & Kirsty chat about the logistics of getting everything on to the train!

Janet Shipton from Parky Players chats with Kirsty Corbett about their upcoming gig at Edinburgh Fringe

On this episode of the Green Room IC, KICI welcomes back Mount Vernon Lisbon Community Theatre but with some new faces.  Joining Beverly Mead in the virtual Green Room IC are actors Matthew James and Mary Norton, along with Director David Morton.  They discuss the play, “Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks”, a production of MVLCT’s Elliott Studio Series.  The interview was recorded using zoom on August 3, 2025.


KICI's Green Room IC-Mount Vernon Lisbon Community Theatre Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks

Community Theatre is a marvelous way to spend time together.  Residents meet other residents, parents watch kids, theatre discussion takes place.  Listen to Eliazabeth Goebel and Ellen Spitaleni share there experiences in organizing the New Century Players in Oak Grove and Milwaukie, Oregon.  You’ll find out how you can assist these two leaders build on their 20 successful years in play production.

New Century Players -Community Theatre

Bucyrus Little Theatre promotes the performing arts in Crawford County, Ohio. We produce a minimum of four regular season performances each year and one youth production. We also feature master classes, a popular teen club, a teen improv troupe, and more.

Love Music - Love Erewash: Erewash Sound is the local radio station for the Derbyshire borough of Erewash, run by local people from studios in Ilkeston.

Our 'Listen Again' service is powered-by SoundCloud, meaning you never need to miss what's happening on your doorstep with interviews, features and shows available for you to listen to whenever it suits you.

You can find our live broadcasts 24/7 on 103.5 and 96.8 FM, online at erewashsound.com, on our free to download app and on your smartspeaker - ask it to "Play Erewash Sound".

I have many new opportunities while living near Portland, Oregon. I’m facilitating a group called Climate Change & Environmental Justice Task Force for the Southminster Presbyterian Church in Beaverton, Oregon. At the same time, I’ve been elected the Vice Chair of the Green Team at Willamette View, a retirement community of some 500 people. 

I have traveled internationally since the early 2000’s. I had a brief hiatus, but, now have started again. My latest foray was to Kansas & Florida, two places that are very different than Oregon, socially, politically, geographically, and otherwise. But I appreciated this experience and will share them on Sound Cloud.

New tracks tagged #Community Theatre