The Ground Floor

Explicit content warning

08/19/20 • 16 min

"You'll never be a grown up if you can't face the dark, it said. Be brave. Be brave"

When his marriage fails to survive the lockdown, a man moves into his Mother's empty house. It's too big for one person - a strange and unsettling place to isolate in. But something far stranger - and infinitely more terrifying - is about to occur. Anthony Neilson's The Ground Floor takes you on a classic journey of poetry and terror: eerie, haunting, beautiful, and straight out of the uncanny valley.

Written by Anthony Neilson

Read by Paapa Essiedu

Directed by Jennifer Bakst

Sound, Music and Editing by Max Pappenheim

CONTENT WARNING - This audio drama contains scenes some people may find disturbing

For more information please visit: https://ett.org.uk/watch-and-listen/fked-up-bedtime-stories-for-adults-episode-3-the-ground-floor-by-anthony-neilson/

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"You'll never be a grown up if you can't face the dark, it said. Be brave. Be brave"

Written by Anthony Neilson

Read by Paapa Essiedu

Directed by Jennifer Bakst

Sound, Music and Editing by Max Pappenheim

CONTENT WARNING - This audio drama contains scenes some people may find disturbing

For more information please visit: https://ett.org.uk/watch-and-listen/fked-up-bedtime-stories-for-adults-episode-3-the-ground-floor-by-anthony-neilson/

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Maggie is a magpie of a person - she loves pretty her some pretty thangs. She loves admiring pretty thangs, collecting pretty thangs... When lockdown begins, Maggie decides to buy a sewing machine, determined to surround herself with beautiful clothes, made by her very own hand. She and the machine start a perfect relationship together. But pretty soon, the machine begins consuming more than just fabric... A rollercoaster of a piece - fall down the rabbit hole with AJ Yi's darkly comic folk tale for a new age.

Written by AJ Yi

Read by Amber James

Directed by Jennifer Bakst

Sound, Music and Editing by Max Pappenheim

CONTENT WARNING - this audio drama contains references to mental health, descriptions of blood and strong language.

For more information please visit: https://ett.org.uk/watch-and-listen/fked-up-bedtime-stories-for-adults-episode-2-the-machine-by-alissa-anne-jeun-yi/

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Written by Matilda Ibini

Read by Paapa Essiedu

Directed by Jennifer Bakst

Sound, Music and Editing by Max Pappenheim

CONTENT WARNING - This audio drama contains disturbing scenes and explicit descriptions of disordered sleep and sleep paralysis.

For more information please visit: https://ett.org.uk/watch-and-listen/fked-up-bedtime-stories-for-adults-episode-4-dont-panic-dont-move-by-matilda-ibini/

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