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 …
When Robin booked a relaxing cruise to the moons of Jupiter, he never imagined it would end with him trapped in a lifeboat, drifting in space. With his fate in the hands of an inept customer support rep, Robin begins to wonder if he will ever get home. https://soundcloud.com/thecornerhouse/lifeboat-by-emma-burton/s-z6hvsUM1PFu
CornerHOUSE Radio Shorts was our very own Covid-proof challenge. It was November 2020, and with lockdown and no live events possible we invited submissions for a 7-10 minute original radio play – performed by whoever was gathered at home and recorded as an Mp3. We were looking for a number of good plays that would …
Radio Shorts returns to cH-online from 17th January. Following last year’s 12 at 12, we return with a compact 6 at 6! 6 of the best of the radio plays submitted in response to our second Radio Shorts drama initiative will be going online for the next two weeks on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday …
Read more6 at 6 – cornerHOUSE Radio Shorts starts 17 January
CornerHOUSE Radio Shorts is back, and we’re looking for more radio dramas. Last Spring (2021) we had 24 submissions of which 12 were selected and are still available on our website to listen to at Radio Shorts . The plays will be assessed by a panel of listeners. We’re looking for a number of good …
Hilary Walker, one of the poets from the cH, has been shortlisted and selected to read her poem ‘We Are One’ on Thursday 20 May at an online international celebration of poetry to mark the publication of the Montreal Poetry Prize Anthology 2020 (Véhicule Press) . The event runs from 9–10:30pm and features readings by …
Picture Corner presents its first photographic event, an online exhibition of water themed photos.
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