Join us for a series of different individual audiodrama productions written by Alisdair Adams and recorded by a group of highly talented performers in our home town of Sheffield.
All of them are stories with a modern contemporary outlook, that we hope will warm your heart and make you laugh.
Join Letty Butler & Stephen Mellor (aka Dave) for a brand new game show that shines the spotlight on new and existing writers, via the medium of chatting, creative prompts & live writing challenges. We have two different studio guests every two weeks, including novelists, poets, spoken word artists and scriptwriters. Plus you can also play along at home, so email us your work based on the prompts you hear and it might end up on the show!
Welcome to the “Bernie Clifton Podcast”, a riotous and unpredictable comedy show recorded in front of a live audience in glorious Sheffield once every month. We’ve got special guests joining us from the world of showbiz, comedy and entertainment on each episode. They’ll be chatting with Bernie and talking about what they’re thinking, feeling, doing & everything else inbetween!
James sits alone in his flat dreading the things that lurk outside. Margaret silently considers how much time she has left as a machine rhythmically measures her heartbeat. Kathy slowly worries about what she has lost and Jane tries to come to terms with what she now has to cut away.
It is a season of change for all four of them, and that’s when the lightbulb flickers for a brief moment before the filament breaks at its weakest point and everyone is left in darkness. We know it’s only temporary and lightness will soon return… but can we be really sure?
The gavel slams onto its pedestal and the audience bursts into applause. All around them, the gallery is buzzing with conversations from its many occupants, who mingle amongst the different paintings, photographs and sculptures that reside in this beautiful and luxurious endless white room. At the back, beaming with pride; stands Oscar Johansson. He’s the artist behind all this work… even though most of it was created by ‘something’ else.
We move around a Taxidermist’s candlelit workshop. It is full of dark, dusty objects cluttering every nook and cranny. Stuffed animals, piles of bones, amphibians pickled in formaldehyde; all tools of the trade, all laid out ready for use. We then reach Mr Stuffit, huddled up by the fireplace alongside his daughter Jocasta; who is a stunning thing of great beauty. Nineteen and never been kissed, but if eerie Gothicness was ever made an Olympic sport, with her tatty Victorian clothing, wild black hair, alabaster complexion and antique Caliper strapped around her leg, then Jocasta would already be on the podium.
I’ve never had any luck. Infact, my entire life has been plagued by bad luck. It just follows me around like a bad smell. I was born unlucky, and it’s followed me around ever since. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not bitter and I wouldn’t swap my life for the world, but couldn’t I have just a bit of what other people have?