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A remote valley, echoing with birdsong. An expensive off-grid eco house, going to ruin. A wire fence garlanded with dead crows. And a visionary environmentalist, fast disappearing down a rabbit-hole of conspiracy theories.

Following Skye's burnout, she and her partner Kezia hope to start a radical new life in the alternative eco community set up by Skye's friend Tobias. Tobias is an idealistic disruptor, who has tried to find a more sustainable way to live. When they arrive they are surprised to find there's no one around, and the place has fallen into a state of neglect. It's unnerving. Tobias admits that all the other community members have left and that he's been finding it hard to maintain the smallholding alone, reverting from permaculture to rewilding.
They find Tobias changed by too much isolation. He's started a long-distance relationship with a woman called Wonder, and become ensnared in conspiracy theories. He's fallen out with the neighbouring farmer Fiona, who blocked his plans to install solar panels and last week shot at his dog. In retaliation Tobias is sabotaging her snares.

Can Skye help bring him back from the brink?

Snares by Clare Bayley is part of 麻豆约拍 Radio 4鈥檚 Breaking the Rules season and explores if the way you choose to live your life inevitably has an impact on those around you. It questions if rule-breaking is always brave or if imposing your views on others can be harmful.

SKYE......Rebecca Banatvala
KEZIA.....Sarah Kameela Impey
TOBIAS.....Rupert Hill
FIONA......Jenny Platt

Written by Clare Bayley
Directed by Nadia Molinari
Sound design by Sharon Hughes
Production co-ordinator: Pippa Day
Musical Director: Akintayo Akinbode

A 麻豆约拍 Studios Audio Production for 麻豆约拍 Radio 4.