Ragged Scratch Podcast S3E5: Heartbeats New Bent

Ragged Scratch Podcast

Season: 4 Episode: 5

Warning: Content Marked Explicit.

Published on Dec 17th at 4:30am

CW: Swearing (one moderate instance in interviews and one mild, gendered incidence in A Silver Bow New Bent)

Hosted by Natalie Winter 

Ragged Scratch Podcast Theme music by Alyx Jones 

S3 Production Assistants: Natalie Chisolm, Natalie Beran, Victoria Taylor Roberts, Molly Sweeney, Ellie Gill, Rosemary Lippard

A QUARTER OF A MILLION HEARTBEATS, by Richard Hearn

A disciplinary meeting is called to investigate Brandon's unusual weekend activity...

Directed by Nadaav

Edit and sound design by Howard Sinden

Brandon - Stephen Spencer

Josie - Susie Valerio

A SILVER BOW NEW BENT, by Jude Reid

Under a full moon, a psychiatrist arrives at the State Hospital to assess a violent inpatient.  It's not unusual for a murderer to claim that a higher power made them do it - but what's worrying is that this time it might be true. 

Directed by Annabel Baldwin

Edit and Sound Design by Anna Rodriguez

James - Anthony Hewson

Cynthia - Kate Nieland

Security Guard - Nick Halliwell

SHOUTOUTS: 

Richard Hearn's full length play "Margaret Makepeace and the Quantum Twist' will feature in the Brighton Scratch Nights produced by Unmasked Theatre in January. This will take place at The Rialto Theatre in Brighton and is likely to be streamed online.  Follow Richard Unmasked Theatre or Brighton Rialto on Twitter for updates.

Kate Nieland can be heard in short animation 'Date an Invertebrate' that can be found on Kate's Website or YouTube channel

Sara Lynam features throughout Uncanny Collective’s Christmas Ghost Story Festival, which runs online 16th-20th December, particularly in When The Walls Speak by Corey McMillan, and The Shadows on the Wall by Mary E Wilkins Freeman Saturday 19th December at 5pm. Other festival performances feature Ragged Scratch producer Natalie reading a new ghost story by writer Rhiannon Owens on Friday 18th at 7pm. Tickets start at £6, full lineup and details here: https://uncannycollective.co.uk/warnings-to-the-curious/

The Guardian’s best theatre show to watch online this Christmas: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/nov/30/the-snow-must-go-on-top-theatre-shows-to-watch-online-this-christmas

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