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What next for the book club? A discussion begins. https://soundcloud.com/thecornerhouse/1-book-club/s-WgmQH6JXSKH?si=85e211556bd64e5aa4e82b8a05a07384&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
School bores troublesome teenager Will who addresses Max. The second lockdown has enabled them to spend lots of time together. Will is a ‘harder to place’ child in foster care, awaiting his annual review. Why is his foster carer, ‘Rob the Knob’ behaving so strangely? https://soundcloud.com/thecornerhouse/a-good-boy-by-tony-elston/s-4qRZTk4jVI8
It is war-time and four colleagues in The Ministry vent their frustration at how the public is responding. Their discussion of the aura of failure that is shrouding the country culminates in a dramatic re-writing of history. https://soundcloud.com/thecornerhouse/a-thankless-task-war-by-peter-whitehead/s-Pda04T9Bur1
Phil and Debs decide to do the quick crossword, but this one turns out to be particularly tricky. https://soundcloud.com/thecornerhouse/never-a-cross-word-by-david-levay/s-h9R8rI3yIFB
Kevin Pollard is going through a mid-life crisis and imagines he is more of a sporting hero than he really is. His wife Jane is becoming exasperated. https://soundcloud.com/thecornerhouse/all-in-the-mind-by-graham-large/s-BuVRDrqyu1w
Be careful what you wish for. There truly is more to life than money! https://soundcloud.com/thecornerhouse/always-wanted-by-graeme-blackmore/s-6cKweIl6CeT
They tell us it’s a secure, streamlined service with pick-up at your own convenience, but for one man it’s an existential minefield… https://soundcloud.com/thecornerhouse/id-by-susannah-finzi/s-Eoj21ccWUcO
A daily riverside stroll often produces an ever emerging landscape, but rarely a dip into a new timezone https://soundcloud.com/thecornerhouse/the-portal-by-tim-free/s-wc3B2glEQob
Helen is having enough trouble coping with her ageing body and mind, let alone her bossy daughter who is staying with her in the latest lockdown, when a disturbing phone call creates a challenge and leads to a new lease of life on her own terms. https://soundcloud.com/thecornerhouse/kind-like-sharen-by-flloyd-kennedy/s-TtkhqzrYaVn After its inclusion in 12 at 12 in …
A writer attempting her first play during Lockdown is finding it something of an obstacle course. https://soundcloud.com/thecornerhouse/lockdown-playwright-by-miranda-fuller/s-tFWbv4oghB5
Sophie is studying hard for her GCSEs. She adores her pet cat, Mr Bumble, but on the eve of her exams, her Dad, Jeff, accidentally runs over the cat in his car. To ensure his daughter doesn’t mess up her exams Jeff needs to convince Sophie that Mr Bumble is still alive. https://soundcloud.com/thecornerhouse/3-mr-bumble-is-dead-by-malcolm-duffy/s-qmHk7UxqKD1
Mark & Amy have arranged an appointment with an estate agent to view an empty house. It is an executor sale, the owner having recently died. It is a cold, late afternoon in December and the light is starting to fade. The action takes place in real time over the course of the play, beginning …