The Audio Drama Show

James Newberry
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Bringing you the best of original and adapted English language drama, literature, autobiography, and poetry - classical and modern - from talented independent writers and producers.

  1. Fallout

    09/10/2025

    Fallout

    Loneliness, personal tragedy, and the enduring power of friendship combine in this moving, modern short story. Two women from different cultures, Kath and Suzu, together deal with the consequences of random circumstance and life-changing loss.  Send us a text

    21 min
  2. The Laboratory of Dr Smith

    11/04/2024

    The Laboratory of Dr Smith

    Doctor Charles Smith is a scientist and dreamer.  He has a revolutionary idea for how the human race can develop itself and the planet.  With the fruits of his work about to be revealed, Smith receives a visit from his commercial sponsor, who gets more than he bargained for in an explosive, life-threatening (and perhaps life-changing) encounter, as the horror of his vision is finally revealed. Send us a text

    19 min
  3. The Falcon Part 2

    09/03/2024

    The Falcon Part 2

    Alphonse and Emina have become lovers. His desire to please her makes him drop his guard and appear in public places. As a double act they go to local villages, beginning to make money and plans for the future: until the past catches up with them...     Send us a text

    38 min
  4. The Falcon Part 1

    08/01/2024

    The Falcon Part 1

    By chance, young dancer Emina meets equally youthful, trumpet-playing soldier Alphonse in a barn in the mountains of war-torn Southern Spain. They are both innocent and experienced in entirely different ways. Initially wary, they tell each other stories that weave fact and fiction. She lies and he believes her. He tells the truth and she mistrusts him. But when he plays and she dances, they understand each other perfectly.     Original Music - David Sutton Anderson Trumpet - Anthony Aarons Saxophone - Melanie Henry Send us a text

    40 min
  5. Interlopers Part 2 by Thomas Hardy

    07/04/2024

    Interlopers Part 2 by Thomas Hardy

    After the dramatic series of arrivals and events at the Knap on marriage engagement night in Part 1, the triangle of relationships between Sally Hall, her ex sister-in-law Helena, and Farmer Charles Darton becomes tangled still further by marriage, death, and more courtship interloping. The path to an eventual denouement highlights the problematic position of women in 19th Century Victorian society, reflecting protofeminist themes that are present in many of Hardy’s major works. Send us a text

    25 min
  6. Interlopers Part 1 by Thomas Hardy

    11/22/2023

    Interlopers Part 1 by Thomas Hardy

    On a dark night, Farmer Charles Darton and his friend Japheth Johns are riding on their way to The Knap to meet Sally Hall, Charles' bride-to-be. Losing their way is the prelude to a series of unexpected arrivals and events that potentially changes lives forever. Send us a text

    26 min
  7. Crudely, Badly, Cheaply Part 2

    10/19/2023

    Crudely, Badly, Cheaply Part 2

    Having ended Part 1 with his business plan "in the air", Jimmy 'Skiver' McIver at last gets the backing and support of his old school friend and businessman Roger Soul and Denise, Roger's glamorous PA. They launch the dry cleaning business with a fanfare.  Sadly, the venture has attracted renewed attention from loan shark Mo Greensmith, who has hatched a dastardly plan of deceit and revenge-by-extortion on Roger Soul - with Jimmy as "piggy in the middle"!  As events quickly turn disastrous, and caught between a big rock and a very hard place, 'Skiver' lives up to his name and flees.  But will it be enough to save his skin? Part 2 of 2 Send us a text

    37 min
  8. Crudely, Badly, Cheaply Part 1

    06/20/2023

    Crudely, Badly, Cheaply Part 1

    Jimmy ‘Skiver’ McIver is back! Last heard from in “Ashes to Ashford”* sunning himself on a Caribbean beach, “Crudely, Badly, Cheaply” takes us back 15 years to less lucky times for our feckless Cockney wheeler-dealer.  In Part 1 of the prequel, Jimmy bumps into old school mate and businessman, the decidedly-successful Roger Soul and pitches a money-making idea for a dry cleaning business to him. But with no stake of his own to put in, Jimmy embarks on a risky road that attracts the possibly dangerous attention of Maureen ‘Mo’ Greensmith, the “formidable” local loan shark.  With only the support of Fred and Lemmy at the Dog and Duck pub, what could possibly go wrong for ‘Skiver’ this time?  *(Parts 1 and 2 of “Ashes to Ashford” are available on this podcast) Send us a text

    30 min
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Bringing you the best of original and adapted English language drama, literature, autobiography, and poetry - classical and modern - from talented independent writers and producers.

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  • Creator
    James Newberry
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2025
  • Episodes
    83
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2025 The Audio Drama Show
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