I particularly love all the misremembered phrases that Robin comes out with the earnestness and conviction with which they say them makes them all the more hilarious.įrom a director’s perspective, how does directing an audio play differ from something performed on a stage?Ĭraig (Director): Well, I’ve never done it before but it’s a challenging experience because one of the most important storytelling tools you have as a director is the relationship of bodies in space, when making an audio play, that’s taken away from you. There is physical comedy and linguistic comedy, and some really heartfelt moments too, exploring the power of human connection in a world where it is outlawed. Just shouting at the ball almost willing it to play itself – it’s great fun!īen: It has all the scope of an epic dystopian allegory, but all the playfulness of a long-form sketch. Shafoan: A highlight of mine is when Alex and Robin play ‘Ball sports’ – The concept of playing a game that is so recognisable to us and removing all the physics elements is a wonderful image. What part of the play have you enjoyed the most – why do you think listeners will find it especially entertaining?
I think you merge all those things together and you get Oh for F*cks Sake (I’m in love with you) I think listened to a Christmas song which, in singing about santa, says “he sees you when you are sleeping” and thought Santa sounded like an evil dictator.
I was also living in Oxford at the time, and I find Oxford a bit like a creepy dystopia. Eventually I started dating people and that started getting in the way of my new found litter picking hobby. Samson: I had a breakup, and with all the spare time I started picking up plastic around my local area. What made you want to create and then tell this story? What’s the inspiration behind it? It’s an immensely fun character in an immensely fun play. But when they meet Cortobian spy Alex and start questioning everything, their whole life blows up around them. Robin is charmingly naive, and very enthusiastic about doing their state-sanctioned litter-picking day in, day out, in the hope of one day making it onto the good list. It was great fun bringing them to life – working out how they navigate and develop their relationship to Robin, unearthing the comedy in the discovery of each other.īen (actor): My character’s called Robin and they are absolutely enamoured with Santa Clause (the totalitarian leader of the People’s Republic of Kettering), and with all things Christmas. They are smart and quick-witted but also awkwardly vulnerable in their own way. Shaofan (actor): Alex is a sparky character who has always been on the front foot in survival mode, negotiating the world around her. Tell us about your character(s), what’s the best bit about bringing them to life? Robin falls in love with a revolutionary from a rival republic and robin has the decision of whether to risk their current safety in monotony or to try to save the world with the person he loves.
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Samson (Writer): It’s a dystopian rom-com, it follows Robin a litter picker who has accidentally discovered how to grow food.
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