Janey Takes Off
Janey is on her first holiday abroad with boyfriend Matthew, carers Kayleigh and Daniel. A new rom com by Leanne Allen. Will Janey’s wheelchair even make it off the plane?
Janey Takes Off is a rom com by new writer Leanne Allen, packed with holiday adventures. It's her second drama for Radio 4, full of her trademark comic touches and sharp observation of life as a wheelchair user.
Janey and Matthew are about to go on their first weekend abroad in Spain, along with carer, Kayleigh and her anxious boyfriend Daniel. Matthew hopes it will prove to Janey that he is able and ready to move in with her. Janey is not convinced and wants Matthew to appreciate the sheer amount of effort that goes into sharing a space with her, hoists, wheelchair, toothbrushes and all!
As Janey feared, the holiday presents all manner of access adventures and chaos from getting off the plane, to malfunctioning hoists and an unexpected visit to the hospital. And while Kayleigh and Daniel are sickeningly in love, will Janey and Matthew's relationship survive, dive or thrive during their weekend in Alicante?
The Writer:
Leanne Allen is a talented new writer, from Solihull, and a wheelchair user. She wrote the well received Jazz and Dice for Radio 4 in 2021. She has worked with Naked Productions on several community radio drama projects, and an innovative new version of Middlemarch for Radio 3 in 2022.
Cast:
Janey ..... Steph Lacey
Kayleigh ..... Mandip Gill
Matthew ..... John Askew
Daniel ..... Darren Kuppan
Air Steward/Woman ..... Mina Anwar
Director: Hannah Quigley
Producer: Polly Thomas
Sound Designer: Louis Blatherwick
Illustration: Julian Gray
Production Manager: Darren Spruce
Executive Producer: Eloise Whitmore
A Naked production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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- Thu 7 Sep 2023 14:15Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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