CHOCOLATE ORANGE BISCUITS

CHOCOLATE ORANGE BISCUITS A selection of short plays

Written by Lisa Parry

Starring Matthew Field, Faye Honeysett, Lucy Bruegger, Maggie Turner and Emily Wright

Edited by Lester Barry

Indulge yourself by listening to four short plays from Lisa Parry which all feature, at some point, chocolate, oranges or biscuits!

From Brum to Manhattan was previously staged at Theatre 503, London. The Giving of Flowers was also staged at Theatre 503 and later at The Sherman, Cardiff. Throwing Oranges to the Ducks was previously performed at The Shakespearean Globe, London and Hot Chocolate and Therapy was published in Orbis.

Running Time: 31mins

http://www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk/download/choc_o_bis.mp3.mp3

ARIADNE AND LEONORA

ARIADNE and LEONORA Written by Alyssa Kyria.  

Starring Alyssa Kyria.

Welcome to the weird world of Alyssa Kyria. Meet Leonora, the mentally abusive Australian life coach… and Ariadne, the Greek Footballers wife who tells us about her bitchy life as a WAG. Seriously funny stuff.

“Faultless material and comic timing!” 
 London Theatre Review
  
“A potential star…my jaw dropped. She deserves to be on Saturday night TV with giant ratings!”
Chortle

http://www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk/download/Ariadne_And_Leonora.mp3

PHILIP HANCOCK – POET

POETRY by Philip Hancock

Edited by Joe Waters

Poet Philip Hancock was born in the village of Newchapel, Stoke-on-Trent on Christmas Day. A painter and decorator by trade, he is widely published in poetry magazines. He also writes short stories and currently has a film script in pre-production.

This download contains four brilliant poems read by Philip himself, and an interview into the motivations and life of the poet.

Running Time: 18mins 12

http://www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk/download/Phillip_Hancock_Poems_Interview.mp3

VALENTINES DAY

VALENTINES DAY by Derek Webb

Starring Jan Haydn Rowles, Nick Ewans, Tania Foley and Trevor Cuthbertson

Directed by Stuart Price

Edited by Jeff Moreno

When Chris gives his wife Nicola a present of some saucy undies as well as a card on Valentine’s Day, it’s with the hope of spicing up their marriage. She is a successful advertising executive, whose career seems to be assuming more and more importance.  In the post, she also gets another card from someone called Stuart who she doesn’t know. But he certainly seems to know her and isn’t content with just sending a card. . . 

Running Time 45mins

http://www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk/download/Valentines_Day.mp3

 

FROZEN

Written by Gareth Parker.  

Starring Josephine Hart and Jack Bowman.

Edited by Morgann Runacre Temple

Frozen, directed by Jenny Runacre is a dark tale of two very opposing worlds colliding; the affect two total strangers can have on each other when events spiral out of control, when people are thrown together one night by chance.

Contains strong language and scenes that maybe of a disturbing nature for some listeners.

“Truly excellent – Excellent acting, excellent producing, excellent direction, excellent writing; that’s all I have to say about it” -  Adrian Brown, LOST Theatre

Running Time: 27 mins 49 secs

http://www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk/download/Frozen.mp3

NORMAL NIGHT

A NORMAL NIGHT A short story written by Stuart Price.

Read by Neil Frost

Simon Small is having a major problem. He’s filled with desire for his girlfriends sister – and tonight, she’s staying over…

Contains strong language.

http://www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk/download/Normal_Night.mp3

MUM (& DAD) TO BE

MUM (& DAD) TO BE written by Karen Bartholomew

Directed by Emily Wright

Starring Nic Van Gelder, Sarah Goddard, Irene Bradshaw and Catriona Ryan

A heartwarming, and accurately amusing short play about first time parents and how their world changes whilst preparing for the pitter patter of tiny feet!

Contains some mild uses of bad language

Running Time: 23mins 10secs

http://www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk/download/mum_and_dad.mp3.mp3 

DREAM ME A WINTER

DREAM ME A WINTER written by Simon Farquhar

Starring Faye Honeysett, Reuben Anderson and Mariele Runacre Temple

Edited by Lester Barry

Dream Me a Winter was written for the Old Vic 24 Hour Plays Celebrity Gala 2006, which saw six selected writers asked to each write a ten minute play from scratch over one night which the casts then have to learn and perform the following evening. The Old Vic production was directed by Josie Rourke and starred Tamsin Outhwaite, Patricia Hodge and Adrian Lukis

Contains strong language and scenes that maybe of a disturbing nature for some listeners.

Running Time: 11 mins 15 secs.

http://www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk/download/Dream_Me_A_Winter_2.mp3

THE WOMAN INSIDE

Written by Tony Dugdale

Starring Simon Fisher Becker & Tania Foley

They say that every man has a feminine side, but what happens when the woman inside wants to become the woman outside?

http://www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk/download/the_woman_inside.mp3

THE IMPORTANCE OF SHOES

Written by James Johnson

Starring Jack Bowman, Sinead Beary, Hayley Doherty and Daniel Rodrigues

Directed by Jenny Runacre

Edited by Joe Waters

Vanessa’s an addict, Marise is a collector, London-boy Sebastian sells, Polish Doctor Dylan tells people to stop. Four lIves in Belfast revolve around shoes.

http://www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk/download/The_Importance_of_Shoes.mp3