An audio play written by Harrison Evered
Curly befriends a new student at Danson Wood High – but not everyone is so welcoming.
Curly…Harrison Evered
Jim…Daniel Schorstein
Aaron…Rohan Harry
Millie…Poppy Savine
Music composed by Jude Neanor
An audio play written by Harrison Evered
Curly befriends a new student at Danson Wood High – but not everyone is so welcoming.
Curly…Harrison Evered
Jim…Daniel Schorstein
Aaron…Rohan Harry
Millie…Poppy Savine
Music composed by Jude Neanor
GOING OFF THE RAILS
PART ONE: TUMMY TROUBLE
Join the students at Danson Wood High.
Meet Year 11 pupils Harry and Oscar. Harry’s got a problem – and it’s about to get him into a lot of trouble.
Harry…Tom Birkett
Oscar…Sebastian O’Driscoll-Henderson
Jade…Poppy Thody
Music composed by Jude Neanor
Following our placing in the Podcast of the Year category, DWS Audio was delighted to receive the following comments from the judges about our drama serial ROUGH DIAMONDS:
“This is a really ambitious project – drama is the most difficult thing to pull off in my experience – and clearly the students involved rose to the challenge with a really excellent drama.”
“Great writing and performances – highly relevant for target audience. Kept my attention. Keep it up!”
“What a fantastic school project! I am very impressed to hear this audio drama entry, it is really well made and the students are excellent actors. All in all, an excellent entry. Well done.”
“This is fabulous! Strong radio drama acting from young performers, excellent sound design and soundscapes and overall, the production maintains a consistently strong feel. If this is just one example of the type of audio DWS Audio are helping school pupils to produce, then they have definitely set the bar for others to follow. Well done! I genuinely enjoyed this and 5 mins were not enough!”
LOST AND FOUND
Join the students at Danson Wood High.
This is an omnibus edition of a 5-part story. New pupil Lucas just wants to get to his History lesson on time…
Lucas…Thomas Cridland
Maty…Sam Chapman
Dolly…Ruby Robinson
Darcy…Katie Walter
Baz…Jamie McLeod
Millie…Poppy Savine
Grace…Paige Patterson
Emily…Poppy Benningfield
Music composed by Jude Neanor
DWS Audio presents five more micro dramas written and recorded by Darrick Wood School pupils in Year 7
The above plays were written and recorded by Keira Kaynacki, Lia Hellewell, Lanah Skates, Mattea Blue, Lylie McDonald, Ava Tubman-Scott and Isobel Keith.
DWS Audio is delighted to announce that an episode of our weekly drama serial ROUGH DIAMONDS was awarded silver at this year’s Community Radio Awards in the Podcast of the Year category.
The awards ceremony was held in Coventry, as part of the UK City of Culture celebrations.
Martin Steers, awards chair, said: “As ever, the judges tell me how impressed they are with the output of our sector, and how year on year, it steps up a level.”
“It’s the second year of awards within a pandemic, but organisations like DWS Audio have proven their value at the heart of their local areas.”
“The recognition for podcast of the year, awarded for Darrick Wood School’s weekly audio drama serial ‘Rough Diamonds’, is well deserved, and we hope it recognises their success, and encourages others to engage, represent and support their communities.”
Nadine Dorries, Secretary of State for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, said, in a video played at the start of the awards: “It’s so great to see such a huge variety of nominees, and you all thoroughly deserve your nominations.”
You can listen again to the podcast here:
LOST & FOUND
PART FIVE: FOUND
Join the students at Danson Wood High
In the final episode of this five-part story, Maty tries to convince Lucas to come back to school.
Lucas…Thomas Cridland
Maty…Sam Chapman
Millie…Poppy Savine
Grace…Paige Patterson
Emily…Poppy Benningfield
Music composed by Jude Neanor
DWS Audio presents five more micro dramas written and recorded by Darrick Wood School pupils in Year 7
The above plays were written and recorded by Oscar Green, Archie Norris, Dylan Mbay, Ajanta Mann, Amelie Stone, Amelia Toulson, Isobel Keith, Mattea Blue and Lanah Skates.
LOST & FOUND
PART FOUR: LUCAS’S STORY
Join the students at Danson Wood High.
Lucas fakes illness to avoid going to school, but how long can he keep up the pretence?
Performed by Thomas Cridland
Music composed by Jude Neanor