The Gathering : An Audio Drama
Explicit content warning
10/31/22 • 40 min
When Sasha and Gemma’s mother dies they are contacted by the mysterious solicitor Clark, with news that the rambling and isolated family home, Harrington Hall has been left to the sisters as part of the will. There’s a catch however: in order to gain their inheritance Sasha and Gemma must spend a night together in the abandoned house...
Content warning : This drama contains strong language and depictions of peril and horror.
In The Gathering by Lewis Carter you can hear
Miztli Rose as Sasha
Phoebe Batteson Brown as Gemma
Alex White as Tom
Chris Gregory as Clark
Sarah Golding as Mrs Harrington
Marie-Claire Wood as Rosie
And Emily Inkpen as the nurse
Other voices were played by members of the cast.
Production, sound design, music and editing were by Chris Gregory
Recordings of Sasha and Gemma were by Phoebe Batteson Brown
Casting was by Chris Gregory and Lewis Carter
Sound effects were from Freesound.org and created by the team
The presenter in this podcast is Tiffany Clare
The script for The Gathering is copyright Lewis Carter and may not be reproduced in whole or part without the consent of the author.
Lewis Carter is an award winning writer and filmmaker living and working in South Wales.
You can follow Lewis on twitter here https://twitter.com/fictionist4hire
And Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/fictionist4hire/
Miztli Rose and Phoebe Batteson-Brown are actors and comedians based in London.
You can find out more about Phoebe here https://www.spotlight.com/6773-7863-8669
And follow her on twitter here https://twitter.com/phoebebbrown
And Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/phoebe_batteson/
Read more about Miztli here http://www.miztliroseneville.com/
Follow Miztli on twitter here https://twitter.com/RoseNeville1
And Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/miztli_rose/
Phoebe and Miztli work together as the comedy duo “Ladylikes” and you can find out more about them here https://ladylikescomedy.wixsite.com/ladylikes and listen to an Alternative Stories Podcast featuring Ladylikes here https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730/3479755-ladylikes-in-lockdown
Emily Inkpen, Alex White, Chris Gregory and Tiffany Clare have all appeared in the science fiction drama The Dex Legacy which is also produced by Alternative Stories. Find out more about The Dex Legacy, listen and subscribe via our website here https://www.thedexlegacy.com/
If you’ve enjoyed The Gathering please check out more Alternative Stories drama via this Podchaser link https://www.podchaser.com/profile/lists/16596/edit
Listen out for more drama from Alternative Stories in the coming weeks.
When Sasha and Gemma’s mother dies they are contacted by the mysterious solicitor Clark, with news that the rambling and isolated family home, Harrington Hall has been left to the sisters as part of the will. There’s a catch however: in order to gain their inheritance Sasha and Gemma must spend a night together in the abandoned house...
Content warning : This drama contains strong language and depictions of peril and horror.
In The Gathering by Lewis Carter you can hear
Miztli Rose as Sasha
Phoebe Batteson Brown as Gemma
Alex White as Tom
Chris Gregory as Clark
Sarah Golding as Mrs Harrington
Marie-Claire Wood as Rosie
And Emily Inkpen as the nurse
Other voices were played by members of the cast.
Production, sound design, music and editing were by Chris Gregory
Recordings of Sasha and Gemma were by Phoebe Batteson Brown
Casting was by Chris Gregory and Lewis Carter
Sound effects were from Freesound.org and created by the team
The presenter in this podcast is Tiffany Clare
The script for The Gathering is copyright Lewis Carter and may not be reproduced in whole or part without the consent of the author.
Lewis Carter is an award winning writer and filmmaker living and working in South Wales.
You can follow Lewis on twitter here https://twitter.com/fictionist4hire
And Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/fictionist4hire/
Miztli Rose and Phoebe Batteson-Brown are actors and comedians based in London.
You can find out more about Phoebe here https://www.spotlight.com/6773-7863-8669
And follow her on twitter here https://twitter.com/phoebebbrown
And Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/phoebe_batteson/
Read more about Miztli here http://www.miztliroseneville.com/
Follow Miztli on twitter here https://twitter.com/RoseNeville1
And Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/miztli_rose/
Phoebe and Miztli work together as the comedy duo “Ladylikes” and you can find out more about them here https://ladylikescomedy.wixsite.com/ladylikes and listen to an Alternative Stories Podcast featuring Ladylikes here https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730/3479755-ladylikes-in-lockdown
Emily Inkpen, Alex White, Chris Gregory and Tiffany Clare have all appeared in the science fiction drama The Dex Legacy which is also produced by Alternative Stories. Find out more about The Dex Legacy, listen and subscribe via our website here https://www.thedexlegacy.com/
If you’ve enjoyed The Gathering please check out more Alternative Stories drama via this Podchaser link https://www.podchaser.com/profile/lists/16596/edit
Listen out for more drama from Alternative Stories in the coming weeks.
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The Sylvia Plath Literary Festival : A Poetry Anthology
The Sylvia Plath literary festival celebrates the life and work of one of the twentieth century’s most influential poets. Taking place over the weekend of the 21st to 23rd of October in Hebden Bridge and Heptonstall in West Yorkshire, the festival will feature events led by and featuring contemporary poets. In this podcast we hear from some of the poets appearing at the festival with their thoughts on Plath and readings of their poems.
Thank you for listening to this edition of the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast
You can find out about each of the poets featured in this podcast via the following links
Polly Atkin. https://pollyatkin.com/
Jessica Mookherjee https://thejessicapoet.com/
Daniel Fraser https://danieljamesfraser.wordpress.com/
Michael Crowley http://michaelcrowley.co.uk/
Maureen Boyle https://twitter.com/BoyleMo
Find out more about the Sylvia Plath Literary Festival, order the After Sylvia anthology and book tickets for in-person and online events visit the festival’s website here https://plathfest.co.uk/
Follow the festival on social media
https://twitter.com/PlathFest
https://www.instagram.com/plathfest/
You can hear more from Polly Atkin by listening to her interview on the new Alternative Stories produced Seren Poetry Podcast. https://www.buzzsprout.com/2035359
And hear from Plathfest director Sarah Corbett in an extended interview in this podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730/11406109
This podcast has been presented by Chris Gregory and Tiffany Clare. Each of the contributors recorded their own poems for this programme.
Production, sound design and editing were by Chris Gregory
Follow Alternative Stories on social media
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and contact us by email at [email protected]
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Postcards From Another World: An Audio Drama
Making a life on a new world following a family tragedy, Lyra and Neeva reflect on their past lines as farmers on Epsilon while coming to terms with the realities of existence on their new home, Lunasetti. Postcards From Another World by Frasier Armitage is the winner of the 2022 Pen to Print audio play competition.
In Postcards from Another World by Frasier Armitage you heard
Sarah Golding as Lyra
Marie-Claire Wood as Neeva
Warren Graham as Zabo
Emily Inkpen as the computer
Rhiannon Armitage as the Lunasetti spaceport announcer
Chris Gregory as Privik.
Production, sound design and editing were by Chris Gregory for Alternative Stories
The original score was composed and performed by Chris Gregory
Sound effects were from Freesound.org
Casting advice, actor coaching and beta listening were by Frasier Armitage.
You can find out more about Frasier Armitage and his work by visiting his website here https://frasierarmitage.com/
You can follow Frasier on twitter here https://twitter.com/FrasierArmitage
And Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/frasierarmitage/
You can contact and hire our lead actors by visiting them online
Sarah Golding https://sarahgoldingvoiceactorandmore.weebly.com/
Marie-Claire Wood https://linktr.ee/MarieClaireWood
Warren Graham https://twitter.com/wg973
Emily Inkpen https://www.emilyinkpen.com/
The script for Postcards from Another World by Frasier Armitage was the winner of the 2022 Pen to Print audio play competition. We would like to thank Pen to print for their support in the making of this drama and for sponsoring this annual competition. The 2023 competition is open for entries now. We are looking for scripts of around half an hour (4- 5000 words) and the competition is open to UK residents only. You have until 31st March to submit your entires and you can find out more and enter the competition here
https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/competitions-2023/
We hope you’ve enjoyed listening to Postcards From Another World. Please join us in 2023 for more audio drama, poetry and fiction podcasts You can subscribe by searching for alternative stories in your favourite podcast app.
If you’ve enjoyed this audio drama please check out our other science fiction , fantasy and cli fi productions. Here’s a link to a podchaser playlist https://www.podchaser.com/lists/sci-fi-and-climate-fiction-on-alternative-stories-107aDoFzmM
You’ll also enjoy our science fiction serial drama The Dex Legacy by Emily Inkpen – search The Dex Legacy in your favourite podcast app to listen and subscribe.
https://www.thedexlegacy.com/
We’d like to end this podcast with a recommendation for an audio drama we think you’ll enjoy.. Set in the wilds of British Columbia, Darkstead is a fantasy crime drama by writer / director Lucy Gib Smith. You can listen and subscribe to Darkstead here https://www.darkstead.com/
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