SONG OF THE COSSACKS

A lovely message from experienced radio producer Sara Davies on Linked In which means a lot to me:

Stephen, this was a fantastic piece of radio drama, and made me weep. My father was one of the members of the British Army who had to say goodbye to Russians he had befriended - he wasn't an officer, and he never spoke much about it, but from what little he said it was clearly a deeply traumatic time and a burden he carried throughout his life. Many congratulations to everyone involved in the production.

OBVERSE BOOKS OFFER

A Paradise Towers special offer from Obverse - Build High for Happiness, a collection of stories including one by me, my own collection of short stories and Joh Toon's study of Paradise Towers.

Click on ths link for details.

PARADISE TOWERS: THE COMIC

The fourth issue of Paradise Found is now available from Cutaway Comics and a second Paradise Towers comic book story is now being planned.

Here I am displaying one of the four specially designed covers at The Capitol 2023.

Thanks to Gareth Kavanagh and Ian Winterton (pictured) for the comics.

And thank you Tony Jordan and the Doctor Who Appreciation Society for inviting me to The Capitol.

SONG OF THE COSSACKS

SONG OF THE COSSACKS my radio dramatisation of Jean Binnie's play about the enforced repatriation of the Cossacks after World War Two will be broadcast on Saturday 25th March at 14.45 pm. It will then be available on Sounds for four weeks.

This has been an intense experience. The nominated writer Kit Hesketh-Harvey died suddenly and I was asked to step in at very short notice i.e. two weeks from when I started writing to the first studio date. And I finally caught covid. But we've got through and I can only hope we've done justice to this powerful subject.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001kgch

THE CAPITOL DWAS APRIL 2023

MEMOIRS OF A MIDGET

Very excited that Radio 4 Extra is finally repeating my dramatisation of Walter de la Mare's Memoirs of a Midget. It's available for 29 days.

ME AND HIM AND WHO

A lovely review of my John Nathan-Turner audio drama from Lee Thacker in Set the Tape.

MORE WEAVER IN LONDON

Peter Ashmore, Artur Zakirov and Chiara Vinci in The Loves of Mars and Venus

WEAVER IN LONDON

A packed house gave a very warm reception to the Weaver double bill. Videos and photos to follow. For the moment a photo of us all lining up for a post-performance photo shoot with members of the Early Dance Circle who sponsored the performance. Me to the left by the Early Dance Circle representatives with the cast and band to the right.

WEAVER DANCE SUCCESS!

The company had a huge success at the Manoel Theatre in Valetta, Malta. And next Saturday 2ist January they're at the Marylebone Theatre in London. The first time my two scripts for the Weaver Ensemble have been played together.