By Megan
Link: https://www.forty-fivenorth.com/the-giant-pacific-octopus-maratime-school
Available until: Unknown
A lot of people wonder what might happen if it wasn’t possible to live on Earth anymore. The usual solution which people come up with is that we should all get into a spaceship and find another planet to live on but The Giant Pacific Octopus Maritime School has another idea. We should all go and live underwater.
By Cal
Link: https://soundcloud.com/user-538797665/a-passion-play
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A Passion Play is the story of two girls in Cork in 2015. The title refers to the fact they’re putting on a passion play at their local church, but perhaps one of the girls is starting to feel a passion for the other. Or perhaps they both are.
By Emma
Link: https://www.forty-fivenorth.com/lem-n-ginge-the-princess-of-kakos
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Lem & Ginge: The Princess of Kakos is an audio comedy in four parts. It’s about two actors who are looking for some stage work. I’m sure most stage actors can relate to this at the moment. Camping in a field is cheaper than a Travelodge and it’s while they’re in this field that they discover the Princess of Kakos has a big problem.
By Aashiq
Link: https://soundcloud.com/user-538797665/the-you-play
Text version: https://www.forty-fivenorth.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The_You_Play_small_acts.pdf
Available
until: Unknown
Content
warning: If you have mental health problems, it’s possible that some of the
things they ask you to do might trigger you. I wasn’t too happy about being
told something was my fault and when I was asked to think of slicing something
with a knife, I thought about self-harming. I didn’t do it, but you might want to be a bit careful.
The You
Play is a play all about me. You have to listen and do as you’re
told (two things I’ve never been very good at) and it tells you what you’re
feeling and what’s happened to you and what’s happening to you right now. It’s
actually really freaky. A lot of the things weren’t true for me, but I got so
into it, I believed them!
By Emma
Link: https://www.forty-fivenorth.com/loss-hope-the-gift
Available until: Unknown
I think The Gift is one of those plays that seem really simple on the surface, though they are lovely but there’s a deeper meaning underneath.
By Cal
Link: https://www.forty-fivenorth.com/loss-hope-this-is-a-man
Available until: Unknown
Content warning: Terminal illness, animal cruelty, violence
This is a Man is all about being a man. What’s expected of you and what’s not expected. What’s allowed and what’s just wrong.
There is tragedy in this story. The main character, Greg, loses someone and it’s really sad, but he’s also forced to lose a part of himself. He’s a man – actually, he’s only a boy, but he’s still a man. He’s not supposed to have emotions. He’s just expected to get on it.
Link: https://www.forty-fivenorth.com/loss-hope-we-have-sinned
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We have Sinned is the first in a series of three plays in the Loss & Hope Series. They are all short audio plays, but I haven’t listened to the others so I’m not sure if there’s a common theme.
We Have Sinned is about a fifteen year old girl called Esther who goes to an all-girls Catholic school. She wants to be good, but she can’t help getting into trouble so she usually has quite a lot to say when she goes to Confession.
