Podcast drama: Three brains, two bodies, one secret plan: an absurd journey into the invisible world of carers and dementia. Silva keeps her new Brain in the cupboard under the stairs, who should Karen the carer care for now? “Heart-rending and laugh out loud, a roller-coaster of an emotional journey”,
Alex Coulter, Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance
Nominated Best Podcast, Rockie Award 2022
Nominated Best Podcast, Miami Web Fest 2022
Selected New Jersey Webfest 2022
Shortlisted Marlene Sidaway, Best Actress, BBC Audio Award 2022
Shortlisted Best Audio Fiction Series, Indie Series Awards 2022
Longlisted for the Woman’s Prize of Playwrighting 2020
Cast and Company:
Silva Marlene Sidaway
Karen Melissa Johns
Brain Shappi Khorsandi
Mark Cyril Nri
Music Sarah Moody
Dramaturg Sara Davies
Written and Directed by Elspeth Penny
Assistant Producer (casting): Tess Davidson
Original Sound Recordings Euan McAleece
Post Production Sound Iain Hunter
Made by 2BU Productions Ltd www.2buproductions.org
Based on research by Professor Justine Schneider, University of Nottingham
Funding from: Arts Council England; NIHR School for Social Care Research, University of Nottingham for dissemination of the BOUGH study of home care for people with dementia.
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Impact Acceleration funding; Adrian Mantle
Thank you to: the original cast and team for the theatre work in progress play: Pameli Benham, Angie Belcher, Sarah Moody, Izzy Ripley, Chris Pirie, David Lane and Fiona Matthews/Theatre Orchard. Thanks also for help from Dons Coleston-Shields, Simon Winkler, Bede Burston, Charlotte Bailey, Arthur Burston, David Richmond at Arts In Development, Theatre Bristol and Deasy Bamford.
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