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A Brilliant Void

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Audio drama - beginning with three classic Irish Science Fiction stories adapted from A Brilliant Void, an anthology published by Tramp Press. These are stories written between 1858 and 1915, featuring a young man obsessed with the microscopic world, a professor who is indifferent to the human cost of his new discovery, and a scientist who discovers the secret of eternal youth - and regrets its use. Sci-Fi can be very focussed on the future for obvious reasons, but it can also tell us a lot about the past: what once seemed plausible, and why. But more than that, these are great stories, where extraordinary things happen in extraordinary ways. All told with a great cast and full sound design.

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Lady Clanbevan's Baby

23 min

Lady Clanbevan’s Baby, from 1915, considers the lengths to which somebody might go to retain their youthful good looks. And the price that they – and others – may have to pay. This features Richard Norman-Wright and Sarah Byrne, directed by Mary Shannon with Ronald Jones. facebook.com/skerriestheatregroup instagram.com/skerriestheatregroup tiktok.com/skerriestheatregroup

The Professor's Experiment

33 min

This is adapted from the 1895 short story by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, taken from A Brilliant Void, published by Tramp Press. It is an STG Production. To learn more about us, visit Skerries Theatre Group This story, from a time when anaesthesia was in its infancy, recounts the tale of a professor who has devised a method to keep people unconscious for precise periods of time: not just hours or day days, but possibly months or years. He has asked permission to test it on prisoners from Kilmainham Jail but been refused. he is close to despair, when  young woman in s state of desperation turns up at his door... Featuring Aisling Coleman, Dave McGloughlin, Conor Chatten, Ciara Russell and Bob Murphy Directed by Clare Fox. Sound design and sound engineering by Shane Walsh and Noël Duplaa Adapted for audio and produced by Tom Tierney Incidental music by Noël Duplaa and Tom Tierney facebook.com/skerriestheatregroup instagram.com/skerriestheatregroup tiktok.com/skerriestheatregroup

The Diamond Lens, A Brilliant Void

49 min

This is adapted from the 1858 short story by Fitz-James O'Brien, taken from A Brilliant Void, published by Tramp Press. It is an STG Production. To learn more about us, visit Skerries Theatre Group This story, from the 1850s, is about a young man who becomes obsessed with what he sees though his microscopes. At a time when the existence of the atom as we know it was not yet firmly established, the story recounts how he manages to look inside an atom (using a diamond lens) and the extraordinary world he sees there. Featuring Cameron Armstrong, Dave McEvoy and Lili Hutchens, along with Karen Power, Kevin O'Malley, Jake Guildea and Thomas Power. Directed by Marie Kelly. Sound design and sound engineering by Shane Walsh and Noël Duplaa Adapted for audio and produced by Tom Tierney Incidental music by Noël Duplaa and Tom Tierney     facebook.com/skerriestheatregroup instagram.com/skerriestheatregroup tiktok.com/skerriestheatregroup

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Lady Clanbevan's Baby

23 min

Lady Clanbevan’s Baby, from 1915, considers the lengths to which somebody might go to retain their youthful good looks. And the price that they – and others – may have to pay. This features Richard Norman-Wright and Sarah Byrne, directed by Mary Shannon with Ronald Jones. facebook.com/skerriestheatregroup instagram.com/skerriestheatregroup tiktok.com/skerriestheatregroup

The Professor's Experiment

33 min

This is adapted from the 1895 short story by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, taken from A Brilliant Void, published by Tramp Press. It is an STG Production. To learn more about us, visit Skerries Theatre Group This story, from a time when anaesthesia was in its infancy, recounts the tale of a professor who has devised a method to keep people unconscious for precise periods of time: not just hours or day days, but possibly months or years. He has asked permission to test it on prisoners from Kilmainham Jail but been refused. he is close to despair, when  young woman in s state of desperation turns up at his door... Featuring Aisling Coleman, Dave McGloughlin, Conor Chatten, Ciara Russell and Bob Murphy Directed by Clare Fox. Sound design and sound engineering by Shane Walsh and Noël Duplaa Adapted for audio and produced by Tom Tierney Incidental music by Noël Duplaa and Tom Tierney facebook.com/skerriestheatregroup instagram.com/skerriestheatregroup tiktok.com/skerriestheatregroup

The Diamond Lens, A Brilliant Void

49 min

This is adapted from the 1858 short story by Fitz-James O'Brien, taken from A Brilliant Void, published by Tramp Press. It is an STG Production. To learn more about us, visit Skerries Theatre Group This story, from the 1850s, is about a young man who becomes obsessed with what he sees though his microscopes. At a time when the existence of the atom as we know it was not yet firmly established, the story recounts how he manages to look inside an atom (using a diamond lens) and the extraordinary world he sees there. Featuring Cameron Armstrong, Dave McEvoy and Lili Hutchens, along with Karen Power, Kevin O'Malley, Jake Guildea and Thomas Power. Directed by Marie Kelly. Sound design and sound engineering by Shane Walsh and Noël Duplaa Adapted for audio and produced by Tom Tierney Incidental music by Noël Duplaa and Tom Tierney     facebook.com/skerriestheatregroup instagram.com/skerriestheatregroup tiktok.com/skerriestheatregroup

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