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Rocket Box Theatre are proud to announce a brand new project, ‘Rocket Bytes: A New Digital Season’. Through the mediums of audio theatre and animation, we invite you to recline with Rocket Box and experience storytelling from the comfort of your sofa. A new radio play every Monday!

First up in our season is 'Dolly's Playlist' by Eleanor Hibbert. 

Dolly. Late twenties. Stuck at a crossroad. When she is faced with a life changing opportunity, will she take it or make her own path? Through the combination of soul music and intimate storytelling, follow Dolly as she discloses her life's conundrums. Following its award winning run at the Buxton Fringe 2016, Dolly’s Playlist makes its return to audiences in the new format of audio theatre as a part of Rocket Box Theatre’s Digital Season, Rocket Bytes.

“Hibbert is a triple threat - Showing lightness of touch and great maturity” - Buxton Fringe Review

Trigger Warnings include: Occasional references to sexual assault and family bereavement.

Rocket Bytes: Dolly's Playlist

Up next is 'Star Crossed Clubbers' by Josh Gorroño Chapman! 

"How do you get noticed when ordering a drink at the bar?

How do you end an unwanted chat at the urinal?

How long should you hold eye-contact when you fancy someone in a club?

Follow Tim on a night out, abandoned by his mates and very out of practice. He's lost and searching, but not too sure what he's searching for.

Star-Crossed Clubbers is a short spoken word fable for the modern-day. Through a combination of poetry, voice and soundscapes, accompany Tim as he dodges his way through nightlife chaos.

Chips anyone?"

Rocket Bytes: Star-Crossed Clubbers

Head Space By Rachel Horner 

“You’re thinking of the happiest things in your life, the moments that made it all worth it. Think of them now.”

Put on some headphones, sit back, and have a (virtual) cup of tea with Sylvie.  

Reliving her happiest memories with the click of a cassette tape. Sylvie opens up a world familiar to her, safe to her, and one that is simply too busy for another sip of tea. Amy Winehouse is her best friend, Michael Jackson isn’t a Christian, and Elvis Presley drove a bus yesterday. Peter will be back any minute now. 

Hear the world through Sylvie’s ears: songs from a time long past, the hum of a busy high road, the static buzz of a blank television.


This piece, written by Rachel Horner, explores the eccentricities of getting older.

Rocket Bytes: Head Space

Welcome to the fourth installment of Rocket Bytes: A New Digital Season. 

Man Flu & EGGBOI By Kenny Cumino

“I remember we are animals from the glare in men's eyes.”
“My bedsheets don't smell like me anymore. “

Man Flu. EGGBOI. A double bill of poetry exploring the themes of sex, relationships, and mental health. Written and performed by Kenny Cumino with original music composed by Rocket Box Theatre.

Kenny is the Producer of the spoken word company ‘Pint Sized Poetry’ and has recently released her first YouTube poetry series entitles ‘Wanky Words from a Muddled Mind’, exploring sex, relationships, and PTSD. 

Find out more below:
Pint Sized Poetry: 
https://www.instagram.com/pintsizedpoems/

‘Wanky Words from a Muddled Mind’: 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC9_YPYshjUJYmzH_eeq-hQ

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Rocket Bytes: Man Flu & EGGBOI

Welcome to the fifth installment of Rocket Bytes! 

'Kylie & Me' by Matthew Ingram

“And I mean I'm not trying to be funny but you try listening to Spinning Around and not wanting to dance on the table"

Jamie is 16 years-old and tonight he’s off to see Kylie Minogue. Kylie’s his idol, and another idol of his, his dad, has bought the tickets. But everything’s not quite as it seems - because as Jamie starts to talk more and more, we learn more about the world that he's growing up in and the obstacles that he faces every day.

Kylie & Me’ is a short play about idols and growing up queer in a working-class world.

Matthew is an emerging writer for theatre, TV and radio born and raised in Wales, and based in Yorkshire. He has been developed by Sherman Theatre, Leeds Playhouse, BBC Writersroom and The Writing Squad. Matthew has been shortlisted for a BBC Audio Drama Award (2020), the Wales Writer in Residence 2019 award (BBC Wales/National Theatre Wales) and the BBC Writersroom Drama Room Scheme.

Writer: Matthew Ingram 
Director/Sound Editing: Ross Hayward
Marketing and Video Editing: Alice Lloyd-Davies
Captions: Zach Pierce
Illustrations: Eleanor Hibbert
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Jamie: Josh Gorroño Chapman
Music performed by Eleanor Hibbert
 
Produced by Rocket Box Theatre.

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Rocket Bytes

Rocket bytes: Kylie & Me

Welcome to the 6th instalment of Rocket Bytes! 

“Winnifred Bay. Winnifred Bay, come in, this is Lab, 1 at Red Ridge. Hello? Winnifred Bay, are you receiving me?”

Join Tim, Martha and Patricia: three research scientists who find themselves trapped in a lab in the middle of the Arctic. Tim and Martha brave the cold (and the bears) in the hope to contact their home base. Patricia thinks she’s hit a scientific goldmine.

Like moths to a flame, they are quick to latch on to what seems to be the discovery of a lifetime: a frozen neolithic woman, perfectly preserved in ice. But something’s not quite right.

Put on some headphones and sit at the centre of their research base. Rocket Box invite you to experience an immersive 3D world of directional sound: every footstep, every echo, every strike of a match. Tune in to hear this chilling new radio play by Mischa Jones.

Rocket Bytes: Early Woman

“The clouds gather and converge as the thunder rumbles”

“A perfect Mad Hatter’s affair”

A Raindrop Falls & Childhood. A double bill of poetry exploring the themes of growth, nostalgia and reflection. Sit back and relive your youth at the Mad Hatter’s tea party: experience the familiar smell of cucumber sandwiches on plastic plates, the sound of laughter echoing through the garden and the faint twinkle of a fairy’s wing gliding past your ear. 

Written and performed by Paulina Davey with original music composed by Harry Brewer.

Rocket Bytes: A Raindrop Falls & Childhood

"Now our story has begun
We draw you from your ale and rum
To our world, we invite you back
To Edward Scrook and his heart so black…" 

Join Rosie and the Rocket Box Carollers on Christmas Eve as they visit avaricious old Uncle Edward. But this won’t quite be the Christmas Eve he was expecting. As the clock strikes midnight, a visitor arrives to warn Edward of what awaits him on the other side…

Rocket Box Theatre Presents: A Christmas Carol, a binaural audio retelling the Dickens’ classic – the festive installment in their Rocket Bytes Season of audio theatre.

Carols, ghost stories, a pantomime Dame and even Daisy the Cow… 

DONATION:
We want this production to be heard and enjoyed by as many people as possible which is why we have made access to it completely FREE.

If you enjoy the piece, we kindly ask that you consider making a small donation to the #WeMakeEvents campaign: an international movement that is working hard to support freelancers in the live events and entertainment industries.

Any donation you are able to make will massively support individual workers, families and industry charities affected by the current restrictions on arts and entertainment, and will help springboard the industry we love into a rapid post-COVID recovery. 

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CREW:
Adapted by: Mischa Jones
Director/Lead Editor: Eleanor Hibbert
Producer: Alice Lloyd-Davies
Editors: Mischa Jones and Harry Brewer
Original Musical Arrangements by: Eleanor Hibbert, Mischa Jones and Harry Brewer

CAST:
Edward Scrook: Zach Pierce
Rosie: Keira MacAlister
Narrator/Choir Leader: Freya Dawes
Daniel McGloyne: Harry Brewer
Ghost of Christmas Past: Mischa Jones
Dame of Christmas Present: Eleanor Hibbert
Jenny: Sophie Parkin
Jenny's Father: Sam Colborne
Young Scrook/ Jenny's Husband/ Diner: Josh Gorroño Chapman
Train Announcer: Ross Hayward
Hannah/Soloist/Small Tim: Alice Lloyd-Davies
Carollers: Mischa Jones, Harry Brewer, Eleanor Hibbert and Alice Lloyd-Davies
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A Christmas Carol: A Binaural Audio Experience | Rocket Box Theatre

We are an emerging theatre company who believe in sharing with our audience.
Our theatre is not a lecture, it’s responsive; we don’t blame or attack. 
We find stories with a pulse and embrace the live. 

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