Harry’s Home – A radio play with Doctor Who star Nicola Bryant – downthetubes.net

Doctor Who star Nicola Bryant belongs to the line-up for which it is scheduled Harry’s homea gently funny and emotional audio drama that touches on the everyday reality of dementia and is currently seeking crowdfunding on IndieGogo.

Harry’s home is a non-profit project and will be made available free of charge to dementia and Alzheimer’s charities upon completion. But to complete it, the team is led by Helen Quigleyknown as a podcast producer and her work for B7 Media and Comedy Central, needs your support!.

Harry’s home – an authentic, lightly humorous and emotional piece that touches on the everyday realism of living with someone living with dementia – was originally written by Hannah Puddefoot and was first performed by amateur theater group Theater at Baddow in Chelmsford, Essex in 2013 as one of their TAB Studio productions.

The story is a reminder that whatever is slowly being lost, there may still be time to heal old hurts, build bridges and create new memories for those left behind.

At that time directed by Helen Quigleynow production manager of B7 Media, it had a personal impact.

“I was looking for a short play about memory to perform in Chelmsford and I happened to meet Hannah at a party,” she explains. “She told me about a play she had written: Harry’s home. It was a perfect coincidence and the premiere took place in April 2013 with a cast consisting of members of Theater at Baddow in their studio performance space.

“I always had that feeling Harry’s home would have deserved a larger audience – its subject matter, sensitivity and likeable characters resonated with everyone who saw the small, original production, but I had neither the skills nor the experience to carry it on at the time. Ten years later, I finally feel like I’ve acquired both – and I’m now at an age where it has even more resonance for me and the people around me. Both of my parents have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in the last two years.

“As I have already produced a number of professional radio plays for BBC Radio 4 and Audible at B7 Media, I contacted Hannah to see if she would be interested in adapting them Harry… for audio. Luckily it was her!”

Paired with author and script editor Colin Brake (EastEnders, doctors, bugs), Hannah expanded and adapted Harry’s home into a new drama for audio that you can support here. The initial funding – £6,750 – covers studio rent, writer, cast and studio manager fees for the recording session. Producer and director fees will be deferred until we reach the stretch goal.

“If we’re lucky and get it there early, we can set a stretch target of £10,685 (another £3,950) for Stage 2 to cover post-production,” says Helen, “including a sound designer and an original music composer… and any other costs necessary for the rewards.”

Nicola Bryantwhose career has spanned 35 years in theater, television and radio, has joined the project as co-producer and will play Harry’s daughter Theresa.

“I love the piece. It’s sweet, poignant and full of well-drawn characters,” she says. “It’s great. When do we start?”

Nicola, who recently starred in the short horror film, The WildernessDirected by Greig Johnson, the film is best known for her role as American companion Peri in Doctor Who Alongside Peter Davison and Colin Baker – a role she played for three years and which she continues to play in Big Finish radio plays. Other radio plays include Dark shadows, The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield, Iris Wildethyme, The Confessions of Dorian Gray, The accompanying chronicles, UNITAnd Judge Dredd.

She has also appeared in one-off dramas Night of the Triffids And The Mervyn Stein Mysteries and for Audible the exciting psychological thriller The effect.

Nicola has also made guest appearances on numerous television shows, most notably as Rowan Atkinson’s niece in ” Blackadder’s Christmas Caroland also in Accident; Cravings; Wild seeds; Animal Ark; Doctors; Holby City; Love in Hyde Park; My family; scoop; the award-winning comedy The 10 percent; and three series of The business.

Nicola’s most controversial roles were the role of royal correspondent in the drama documentary about Princess Diana’s investigation. There are dark forcesand play God The theory of everything. More recently Nicola appeared in the BBC series New bloodthe miniseries The promiseand as Lana in Star Trek continues.

• You can support this charitable project, which upon completion will be made available free of charge to dementia and Alzheimer’s charities here on IndieGogo

If you want to be among the first to know about it Harry’s homeMake a pledge of any size and select Harry’s Home MP3 as an add-on. If you would like to listen to the cast and crew live, select the reward that will give you access to the online premiere

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The founder of downthetubes, which he founded in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer and in promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently the editor of Star Trek Explorerspublished by Titan – his third tour of duty on the originally titled title Star Trek Magazine.

He has been active in British comic publishing since the 1980s and has edited titles such as: Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazineand more. He also edited the comic anthology STRIP Magazine and has edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including the volumes Charley’s War and Dan Dare.

He is the author of Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible,” a creator-owned project with artist Smuzz from 2000 AD; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.

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