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A Certain Date by Alan Harris

Geoff is a busy pest control technician. Then Mystic June tells him something to alter his life. Stars Julian Lewis Jones.

Geoff Levine, aka the Slim Reaper, is a pest control technician. All day long he kills rats and other vermin. Until Mystic June tells him something that will alter the rest of his life – what's left of it anyway.

A surreal and darkly comic exploration of the meaning of death. With talking pigeons.

A series of linked plays that start in a Register Office and end in either a birth, a marriage or a death.

Geoff ..... Julian Lewis Jones
Valmai ..... Sara McGaughey
Sandy ..... Katy Owen
Mystic June ..... Lisa Palfrey
Doctor Ramis ..... Richard Mitchley
Pigeon ..... Sion Pritchard
King Rat ..... Michael Bertenshaw

Written by Alan Harris
Directed by Helen Perry

A Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Cymru Wales production first broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in 2014.

45 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Geoff Julian Lewis Jones
Valmai Sara McGaughey
Sandy Katy Owen
Mystic June Lisa Palfrey
Doctor Ramis Richard Mitchley
Pigeon Sion Pritchard
King Rat Michael Bertenshaw
Director Helen Perry
Writer Alan Harris

Broadcasts

  • Wed 16 Jul 2014 14:15
  • Thu 8 Sep 2016 14:15
  • Thu 6 Jun 2019 11:15
  • Thu 6 Jun 2019 21:15

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