Dead Weather
Multi award-winning drama set in rural Wales. A middle-aged woman is driven to the edge of madness when her composer husband abandons her for his childhood sweetheart.
Winner Best Drama, Best Actress (Juliet Aubrey) and Best Supporting Actress (Claire Price) at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Audio Drama Awards 2022.
Following a move from London to rural Wales, Sam is abandoned by her composer husband, Dylan, for Freya, his childhood sweetheart. Sam is devastated and haunted by the memory of a place by the sea where Dylan wrote a sonata just for her. When a lost young crow turns up in her garden, Sam takes it in and nurtures it. But this act of compassion will unleash a series of events that drive her to the edge of madness.
A magical tale exploring the indelible traces that happiness leaves.
The writer Hattie Naylor is a multi-award-winning scriptwriter and audio dramatist. She won the Tinniswood Award for Best Radio Script in 2010 for Ivan and the Dogs which also picked up an Olivier nomination and has recently been adapted as a film. She has written for the National Theatre, Manchester Royal Exchange, the Young Vic, Soho Theatre, The Egg, Theatre Royal Bath, Dash Arts, and Bristol Old Vic. She is a regular contributor the integrated circus company Extraordinary Bodies and is a Senior Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University.
Sam ….. Juliet Aubrey
Dylan ….. Matthew Gravelle
Freya ….. Claire Price
Alwyn ….. Lloyd Meredith
Ceri and Nerys ….. Megan Jones
Written by Hattie Naylor
Music composed by Dan Jones and performed by Dan Jones and Jonathan Morton
Sound Design ….. Adam Woodhams
Mix ….. Steve Bond
Executive Producer ….. Sara Davies
Directed and produced by Nicolas Jackson
An Afonica production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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- Tue 17 Nov 2020 14:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Wed 11 Jan 2023 14:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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