The Cornucopia Halloween Special II

On Hallowe’en the thing you must do, Is pretend that nothing can frighten you. An’ if somethin’ scares you and you want to run. Jus’ let on like it’s Hallowe’en fun.

‘Cornucopia Radio’ returned to the airwaves of Sheffield Live! 93.2fm on the 31st of October to present another six hour ‘Halloween Marathon’, starting at 1am and finishing at the first light of 7am. The show featured brand new original short stories, plays, monologues, sketches and Halloween music. Instead of giving you the full six hours; on this page you can listen to a special one hour production of all the best bits from the entire evening: (Warning: this programme might contain material some people could find offensive)

Fishing

‘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 favorite fishing spots to ‘hit’ a tench or two and sink a pint of Kington’s at ‘The Royal’.

The House By Nick Card

You stand in front of the door. Your hand held in mid-air, posed to knock upon the harsh wooden surface. But you don’t. You barely move at all. Instead, you let the gentle summer breeze wash over you. “The House” is our new concept narrative #poetryplay. Previously produced by the ‘Cornucopia Radio’ as an album release for ‘Amnesty International’ and now available as an exclusive podcast.

The Archie and Cilla Show

Beleaguered controversial northern post-industrial amnesiac dot.communist entrepreneur Ray Christmas resides herbaholically in just one of his edge-of-the-city mansions where, holed up with his unwitting personal pharmacist, cinematographer and biographer, the two manage to leverage his global majority shareholding in the totally fixed and failing Baby-bond futures market by selling the crudely written, filmed and directed feline soap opera – “The Archie & Cilla Show” – to an overindulgent media conglomerate.