358 episodes

Welcome to the Unbound Theatre Podcast!

Here you’ll find the latest audio projects from award-winning storytelling company Unbound Theatre, presented by (and based at) Queens Park Arts Centre.

The podcast spans all manner of titles, including AudioVerse Award winner (Best Storyteller – Erika Sanderson) ‘The Chronicles of Professor Chronomier’, sleuthing sitcom ‘Inspector Murder Inspects…’ and our epic ‘Sounds & Sweet Airs’ project, which aims to bring the complete works of Shakespeare to the airwaves.

There’s also plenty of behind-the-scenes content, additional audio drama series, audiobooks, poetry, panel games, and more! We’re here to Tell Great Stories, and we’ve plenty of them to choose from!

Discover more about Unbound’s work across audio, theatre, and film at www.unboundtheatre.co.uk.

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Welcome to the Unbound Theatre Podcast!

Here you’ll find the latest audio projects from award-winning storytelling company Unbound Theatre, presented by (and based at) Queens Park Arts Centre.

The podcast spans all manner of titles, including AudioVerse Award winner (Best Storyteller – Erika Sanderson) ‘The Chronicles of Professor Chronomier’, sleuthing sitcom ‘Inspector Murder Inspects…’ and our epic ‘Sounds & Sweet Airs’ project, which aims to bring the complete works of Shakespeare to the airwaves.

There’s also plenty of behind-the-scenes content, additional audio drama series, audiobooks, poetry, panel games, and more! We’re here to Tell Great Stories, and we’ve plenty of them to choose from!

Discover more about Unbound’s work across audio, theatre, and film at www.unboundtheatre.co.uk.

    'Hamlet' (Act 5)

    'Hamlet' (Act 5)

    Sounds & Sweet Airs - The Complete Works of Shakespeare
    Hamlet
    Act 5

    Returning to Elsinore, Hamlet prepares to confront the consequences of both his actions and inaction. An encounter with a grave digger at last makes the course ahead of him clear, and he and Claudius make their plans for the final reckoning...

    CAST
    Hamlet - Kati Herbert
    Claudius - Phil Donnelly
    Gertrude - Jac Knight
    Laertes - Daniel McGinty
    Horatio - Gareth Johnson
    Grave Digger - Micky Scott
    Priest - Andrew Faber
    Osric - Beatrice Benedek

    CREW
    Writer - William Shakespeare
    Producer / Director - Dario Knight
    Sound Engineer - Stephan Medhurst
    Title Music - Dream Cave
    Additional Music - John Bjork

    • 19 min
    'Hamlet' (Act 4)

    'Hamlet' (Act 4)

    Sounds & Sweet Airs - The Complete Works of Shakespeare
    Hamlet
    Act 4

    Polonius' plan to prove Hamlet's madness in set in motion, leading to a deadly confrontation between the prince and his mother. When blood is spilled, the final fatal trajectory of Hamlet's vengeance is set in motion, and none in Elsinore are safe from its consequences...

    CAST
    Hamlet - Kati Herbert
    Claudius - Phil Donnelly
    Gertrude - Jac Knight
    Ophelia - Stephanie Hull
    Polonius - Robert Aldington
    Laertes - Daniel McGinty
    Horatio - Gareth Johnson
    Ghost - Andrew Faber

    CREW
    Writer - William Shakespeare
    Producer / Director - Dario Knight
    Sound Engineer - Stephan Medhurst
    Title Music - Dream Cave
    Additional Music - John Bjork

    • 24 min
    'Hamlet' (Act 3)

    'Hamlet' (Act 3)

    Sounds & Sweet Airs - The Complete Works of Shakespeare
    Hamlet
    Act 3

    With his closest friends and confidents enlisted to Claudius' network of surveillance, Hamlet resorts to drastic measures to isolate himself from the court. Soon the players' performance nears, and the avenging prince turns his attention to his uncle...

    CAST
    Hamlet - Kati Herbert
    Claudius - Phil Donnelly
    Gertrude - Jac Knight
    Ophelia - Stephanie Hull
    Polonius - Robert Aldington
    Horatio - Gareth Johnson
    Rosencrantz / Player Queen - Beatrice Benedek
    Guildenstern - Micky Scott
    Player King - Andrew Faber

    CREW
    Writer - William Shakespeare
    Producer / Director - Dario Knight
    Sound Engineer - Stephan Medhurst
    Title Music - Dream Cave
    Additional Music - John Bjork, Erasmus Talbot & Kevin MacLeod

    • 20 min
    'Hamlet' (Act 2)

    'Hamlet' (Act 2)

    Sounds & Sweet Airs - The Complete Works of Shakespeare
    Hamlet
    Act 2

    Hamlet's mission to unnerve the king's court begins, leaving Ophelia distraught and ensnared in Claudius and Polonius' plans to investigate the prince's behaviour. When a band of traveling players arrive at Elsinore, Hamlet devises a plan of his own to unmask a murderer...

    CAST
    Hamlet - Kati Herbert
    Claudius - Phil Donnelly
    Gertrude - Jac Knight
    Ophelia - Stephanie Hull
    Polonius - Robert Aldington
    Rosencrantz - Beatrice Benedek
    Guildenstern - Micky Scott
    First Player - Daniel McGinty

    CREW
    Writer - William Shakespeare
    Producer / Director - Dario Knight
    Sound Engineer - Stephan Medhurst
    Title Music - Dream Cave
    Additional Music - John Bjork & Philip Ayers

    • 21 min
    Professor Chronomier - 'What Runcible Saw'

    Professor Chronomier - 'What Runcible Saw'

    'The Chronicles of Professor Chronomier: What Runcible Saw'
    Written by Dario Knight | Performed by Erika Sanderson

    A new mini-chronicle in celebration of World Book Day.

    Long before the Professor's journey began, there was Runcible and his shop. Runcible - and his trusty cat Hermes - preside over the most enormous collection of books and maps and curios from across the world. But something is wrong. An infection is creeping across the pages of history, and the cause is worryingly close to home...

    • 42 min
    'Hamlet' (Act 1)

    'Hamlet' (Act 1)

    Sounds & Sweet Airs - The Complete Works of Shakespeare
    Hamlet
    Act 1

    The King of Denmark is dead. His brother now sits on the throne, married to the widow of the former monarch. Prince Hamlet is broken by the affair, but a visitation from the realm of the dead reveals details of a betrayal even greater than he could have imagined.

    CAST
    Hamlet - Kati Herbert
    Claudius - Phil Donnelly
    Gertrude - Jac Knight
    Ophelia - Stephanie Hull
    Polonius - Robert Aldington
    Laertes - Daniel McGinty
    Horatio - Gareth Johnson
    Ghost - Andrew Faber

    CREW
    Writer - William Shakespeare
    Producer / Director - Dario Knight
    Sound Engineer - Stephan Medhurst
    Title Music - Dream Cave
    Additional Music - John Bjork

    • 21 min

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