Well, we did it! On Saturday the 30th of October, as part of the ‘Off the Shelf’ festival, the ‘Cornucopia Radio Show’ was broadcast live from the Sheffield Winter Gardens, for 6 hours between 11am and 5pm.

The day featured poets, storytellers, comedians, performers, actors, musicians, singers and local amateur dramatic groups. Yes, it was a little chaotic (let there be no doubt about that!) but it was also pretty amazing, because amazing is the thing we do best!

Click here for an image gallery featuring every performer or click on the audio player below to listen to each and every act (and if you’d like to download them as individual mp3s click here)

And if you’d like to get involved in any of our future live events or help with the recording of our studio pieces, then our email address would be a good place to start: studio@cornucopia-radio.co.uk

This will be a chance to hear several new radio plays, many of which will be performed live in front of the public for the first time. Also at the same event, we’ll also be hosting Sheffield’s biggest ever ‘Open-Mic’ extravaganza, broadcasting every single performance live across the region on 93.2fm

And we need you! We’re looking for poets, storytellers, comedians, performers, actors, musicians, singers and local amateur dramatic groups to get in touch and arrange to perform for the people of Sheffield.

We can only accept performers who have booked a slot with us first (you can’t turn up unannounced). So please get in touch right now and arrange to perform by emailing studio@cornucopia-radio.co.uk

This day will also serve as an excellent introduction to the kind of work that ‘Cornucopia Radio’ and ‘Sheffield Live!’ are trying to achieve. So anybody who is interested in producing and helping out with future creative radio productions can come down; have a relaxed talk to our producers and see what happens next.

Because on this day you will be able to make yourself heard…by everybody!

‘Fishing’ tells the story of a son’s last ditch attempts at connection and reconciliation with his dying father Frank; who as the cancer takes over his body, is becoming increasingly bitter and frustrated at the prospect of losing control over what little time he has left. In the hospice, he dreams of one last “adventure” of his own, a return to one of his favourite fishing spots to ‘hit’ a Tench or two and sink a Pint of Kington’s at ‘The Royal’.

Realising that time is of the essence, Phil ‘kidnaps’ his Father from the clutches of ward sister “Eva Braun” and on a hired narrow-boat and borrowed time, the two men embark on a journey of discovery revolving around the only activity they ever shared – Fishing. As they make their journey along the rivers and canals, the two men learn some painful home truths as long held secrets and opinions rise to the surface and with time running out, Phil is forced to reassess his commitment to the trip and ultimately his Father. Can he make it to the bitter end or will his selfish, middle class sensibilities betray them both?

CAST

Phil BartonDavid Reid
Frank BartonChristopher Bellamy
KathKerry Marriott
Sheila Lynn Rishworth
DoctorWendy Davies
NurseBently Sangita Basudev
Auxiliary NurseRex Davies
Man on Canal Nick Card
Man in Chip ShopJason Turner
BrendaBecky Virgo

Credits: Written By Paul Kenny.
Edited, Produced and Directed by Peter Beeston
This work is released under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported license