Sheffield’s Blowfish Theatre company will bring their latest production, Trump the Musical, to Theatre Deli in May, after touring in London, Birmingham and Manchester. The satirical show takes on US politics follows last year’s success with the company’s first production, Boris the Musicals. Sheffield Live! reporter Azz Mohammed spoke to co-artistic director Laurence Peacock and actor David Bercot.
A popular weekly radio show on Sheffield Live community radio has led to the setting up of a record label and the launch of a first CD for music and comedy duo, the Glummer Twins. The Steel and Wire Show, produced by Harry Welburn, focuses on bluegrass, americana and old time folk music. Azz Mohammed reports for Sheffield Live!
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Well, we did it! On Saturday the 30th of October, as part of the ‘Off the Shelf’ festival, the ‘Cornucopia Radio Show’ was broadcast live from the Sheffield Winter Gardens, for 6 hours between 11am and 5pm.
The day featured poets, storytellers, comedians, performers, actors, musicians, singers and local amateur dramatic groups. Yes, it was a little chaotic (let there be no doubt about that!) but it was also pretty amazing, because amazing is the thing we do best!
Click here for an image gallery featuring every performer or click on the audio player below to listen to each and every act (and if you want to download them as individual mp3s click here)
And if you’d like to get involved in any of our future live events or help with the recording of our studio pieces, then our email address would be a good place to start: studio@cornucopia-radio.co.uk, or if that’s too hard, just try visiting the website.
Have you ever felt the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, the chills going up your spine until you feel like you have to shake this feeling off your back? No matter how silly it feels?
Or how about those times when you feel like someone is looking over your shoulder? So much so, that you can almost feel someone breathing down your neck?
Listening to this ‘Cornucopia Halloween’ special (broadcast as part of our annual allnight weirdathon), as you are right now; alone in a darkened room, the disturbing feelings become stronger than ever and so intense that you feel the need to keep looking behind you; just to reassure yourself that you’re still alone.
And that’s when it will strike…
[audio:http://www.cornucopia-radio.co.uk/Cornucopia%20Radio%20Podcast%2025.mp3|titles=Cornucopia Halloween Special]
You can also listen to the rest of the all-night weirdathon by clicking here
Credits: Produced, Written and Edited by Peter Beeston. The story “Dracula” was taken from the Woody Allen book “Getting Even” and was adapted for the podcast because we think it’s brilliant. Please don’t sue us!!
Performed By: Jonathan Syer, Rob Atkinson, Duncan Miller, Christopher Bellamy, Rex Davies, Wendy Davies, Renate Reynolds, Chris Drury, Sangita Basudev and Phil Mason.
Music Tracks:Night Of A Thousand Orgasms – Genre Lectric
Copyright © 2010 – A Cornucopia Production
‘Cornucopia Radio’ is a local ‘audio drama’ group which works closely with Sheffield Live! to give opportunities to local writers and performers to have their own work produced, performed and broadcast via the FM frequency (and networked around the world via various podcasting systems). It is both a platform for established Sheffield writers & performers and anybody wishing to gain experience or exposure for their work. If you wish to get involved yourself, you can email the production team at studio@cornucopia-radio.co.uk
Over the past few months, they have produced the following work.
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In the far future, humanity has expanded out to explorer the outer reaches of the solar system. In the process, leaving behind the radioactively poisoned planet once known as Earth, now more commonly referred to as the “Forbidden World”. However, ‘Captain Robert Newsam’ is about to discover that the planet is not as desolate as he once imagined and that sometimes the only way to get where you’re going is… “The Drop”
‘The Drop’ is the first in our series of updated radio sci-fi pieces from the forties and fifties. Re-recorded with new actors, modern sound effects and atmospheric music. During these productions we try to stick to the original script as closely as possible; in-turn seeking to create modern, yet strangely old fashioned pieces of radio drama…
[audio:http://cornucopia.jellycast.com/files/audio/thedrop.mp3|titles=The Drop|artists=John Christopher]
Cast: Nic Bowden, George Webster, Joe Lister Yates, Matthew Scott, Jason Greenwood and Roderick Shearer Written by John Christopher. Original version broadcast on ‘ABC Radio’ April 9, 1953,
Directed and Edited by Peter Beeston, Copyright ©2010 – A Cornucopia Production
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What is the ideal bodyguard? The most ferocious looking? The most efficient killer? Or the most devoted? On Earth, you might find a combination of all three, but it’d never be as effective as the curious creature which came back from Mars with Dr. Clyde Curtis; the first human to ever step foot on the red planet…
“Martians Never Die” is the next in our series of updated radio sci-fi pieces from the forties and fifties. Re-recorded with new actors, modern sound effects and atmospheric music. During these productions we try to stick to the original script as closely as possible; in-turn seeking to create modern, yet strangely old fashioned pieces of radio drama…
[audio:http://cornucopia.jellycast.com/files/audio/Cornucopia%20Radio%20Podcast%2022.mp3|titles=Martians Never Die|artists=Lucius Daniel]
Cast: Tim Rutherford, Christine Bellamy, Ian Carter, Stephen Bullivant, Peter Beeston and Claire Hodgson. Written by Lucius Daniel, Original version first broadcast on ‘ABC Radio’ March 12, 1953 Directed and Edited by Peter Beeston, Copyright ©2010 – A Cornucopia Production
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‘Digging Deep’ tells the story of a community and a friendship that struggled to survive during the 1984-85 UK ‘Miner’s Strike’. Two people coming together for the first time in 25 years; remembering the decisions that they had to make and the consequences that were bound to follow…
[audio:http://cornucopia.jellycast.com/files/audio/Cornucopia%20Radio%20Podcast%2020.mp3|titles=Digging Deep|artists=Alice Collins]Cast: Alison Fell, Gill Butter and Dave Ridley
Credits: Written & Produced by Alice Collins,
Directed and Edited by Peter Beeston, Copyright ©2010 – A Cornucopia Production/
Biscuits for Tea
This is “Biscuits for Tea“, the story of two young flatmates who have recently left university and now find themselves considering what life might have in store next. Faced with broken relationships, dead end jobs, empty bank accounts and too much spare time to fill; they quickly work out they’ll have to help each other out if they’re going to get through this. That is, as long as they don’t irritate each other to death first…
[audio:http://cornucopia.jellycast.com/files/audio/Biscuits%20For%20Tea.mp3|titles=Biscuits for Tea|artists=Matthew Brown]Cast: Renate Reynolds and Robert Perkins. Written By Matthew Brown
Directed and Edited by Peter Beeston, Copyright ©2010 – A Cornucopia Production
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The past few weeks have seen two new radio plays from “Cornucopia Radio” broadcast on Sheffield Live. Created in partnership with local writers and performers, these pieces of work demonstrate the creative power of community radio and its ongoing commitment to all forms of radio production.
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“The House” is a new ‘concept poetry play’ written and directed by Nick Card (originally created as charity release for Amnesty International). It tells the tale of a prospective tenant who finds himself looking around a very mysterious property; owned by an even more mysterious landlord…
[download link]
Starring:
Nick Card: Poetry, Prose & lead Vocals
Geoffrey Card: The Landlord
David Zezulka: Prospective Tennant
Jess Falk: Additional House Viewer
Credits:
Nick Card: Writer, Producer, Editor
Peter Beeston: Sound Engineer
Thanks to: Jamie Stephenson, Claire Shanahan, Wakefield Poetry Access Group & Amnesty International.
Copyright © 2009 – A Cornucopia Production.
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‘Fishing’ by local playwright Paul Kenny, tells the story of a son’s last ditch attempts at connection and reconciliation with his dying father Frank; who as the cancer takes over his body, is becoming increasingly bitter and frustrated at the prospect of losing control over what little time he has left. In the hospice, he dreams of one last adventure of his own, a return to one of his favourite fishing spots to hit a Tench or two and sink a pint of Kingston’s. Realising that time is of the essence, Phil kidnaps his father and on a hired narrow-boat and borrowed time, the two men embark on a journey of discovery revolving around the only activity they ever shared…fishing.
[download link]
Starring:
David Reid: Phil Barton
Christopher Bellamy: Frank Barton
Kerry Marriott: Kath
Lynn Rishworth: Sheila
Wendy Davies: Doctor
Sangita Basudev: Nurse Bently
Rex Davies: Auxiliary Nurse
Nick Card: Man on Canal
Jason Turner: Man in Chip Shop
Becky Virgo: Brenda
Credits:
Written By Paul Kenny.
Edited, Produced and Directed by Peter Beeston
Copyright © 2009 – A Cornucopia Production.
To discover more about past, present and future radio productions. You can visit the Cornucopia Website, or Facebook page.
