16 episodes

Strange stories for stranger times. With the contemporary world being the troubled, complicated, messy place it is – difficult enough for us to wrap our conscious minds around – we want to interrogate the ugly underbelly of what haunts our unconscious minds.
F**ked Up Bedtime Stories (for Adults) Series 2 consists of 7 stories from 7 writers, read by leading actors and put out as a podcast and listened to by audiences right before bedtime, all exorcising different and unique horrors from our world and from our lives.
F**ked Up Bedtime Stories (for adults) Series 1 features seven short stories written by Alissa Anne Jeun Yi, Dipo Baruwa-Etti, Tim Crouch, Vivienne Franzmann, Matilda Ibini, Amy Jephta and Anthony Neilson. ETT asked these 7 brilliant and provocative writers to tackle the strangeness of our nighttime imaginings and twist the familiar form of bedtime stories into something uncanny, dark and surreal.
F**ked Up Bedtime Stories (for adults) is an English Touring Theatre audio-project.

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F**ked Up Bedtime Stories (for Adults‪)‬ English Touring Theatre

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    • 3.7 • 23 Ratings

Strange stories for stranger times. With the contemporary world being the troubled, complicated, messy place it is – difficult enough for us to wrap our conscious minds around – we want to interrogate the ugly underbelly of what haunts our unconscious minds.
F**ked Up Bedtime Stories (for Adults) Series 2 consists of 7 stories from 7 writers, read by leading actors and put out as a podcast and listened to by audiences right before bedtime, all exorcising different and unique horrors from our world and from our lives.
F**ked Up Bedtime Stories (for adults) Series 1 features seven short stories written by Alissa Anne Jeun Yi, Dipo Baruwa-Etti, Tim Crouch, Vivienne Franzmann, Matilda Ibini, Amy Jephta and Anthony Neilson. ETT asked these 7 brilliant and provocative writers to tackle the strangeness of our nighttime imaginings and twist the familiar form of bedtime stories into something uncanny, dark and surreal.
F**ked Up Bedtime Stories (for adults) is an English Touring Theatre audio-project.

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    Wank

    Wank

    by Ella Hickson
    Read by Maxine Peake
    Directed by Jennifer Bakst, with sound design and composition by Helen Skiera. 
    The theme tune was composed by Max Pappenheim.
    CONTENT WARNING - This audio drama contains disturbing scenes and sexual references, and is recommended for people aged 16+
    I once saw a woman eating an almond croissant with a knife and fork. Some things are weird enough that you should do them in private.
    A story about getting on the property ladder, having your own space, safety; about class, neighbours, and sex. A weird and wonderful story of some "frankly very fucking odd" neighbours with dog-advert shiny hair, expensive jeans, and unexpected habits…

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    • 15 min
    The Future is in the Wastelands

    The Future is in the Wastelands

    Written by Sonya Kelly
    Read by Justine Mitchell
    Directed by Richard Twyman, with sound design and composition by Xana.
    The theme tune was composed by Max Pappenheim.
    CONTENT WARNING - This audio drama contains disturbing scenes and is recommended for people aged 16+
    Tim downed his Don Perignon, and headed for the lift, out of the life he’d been living, and into the unknown.
    His future was in the wasteland.
    Tim leads a sad little life, working in a sad little office. But that's all about to change. Tim is dreaming big now - about to make his mark on the world, and on the future. All he has to do, is go out there and tame the wastelands...

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    • 23 min
    The Factory

    The Factory

    Written by Kwame Owusu
    Read by Jamael Westman
    Directed by Jennifer Bakst, with sound design and composition by Helen Atkinson.
    The theme tune was composed by Max Pappenheim.
    CONTENT WARNING - This audio drama contains disturbing scenes and is recommended for people aged 16+
    The world's on fire. Temperatures rising. Costs rising. Cruelty rising. We've had enough.
    When Jeremiah is captured at a protest, he finds himself transported to The Factory, where nightmares beyond his wildest dreams lie in wait...

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    • 22 min
    The Wound

    The Wound

    Written by Yasmin Joseph
    Read by Tamara Lawrance
    Directed by Jennifer Bakst, with sound design and composition by Xana.
    The theme tune was composed by Max Pappenheim.
    CONTENT WARNING - This audio drama contains disturbing scenes and is recommended for people aged 16+
    You carry the wound. I'm so sorry. But you carry the wound. Lots of us do.
    Sasha has just moved into her new home. Finally. Her own yard. What could go wrong? But just when she thinks she's on her own, she catches something moving in the mirror...

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    • 19 min
    The Giant

    The Giant

    Written by Chris Bush
    Read by Sophie Melville
    Directed by Jennifer Bakst, with sound design by Helen Atkinson.
    The theme tune was composed by Max Pappenheim.
    CONTENT WARNING - This audio drama contains disturbing scenes and is recommended for people aged 16+
    This refusal to be contained meant my people remained boundless – in geography and in imagination. A great-great-uncle on my mother’s side grew tired of the constraints of gravity, and opted to live amongst the clouds instead, where there are fewer walls and arguments. Not to be outdone, his sister began to proselytise against the tyranny of three dimensions, and through a combination of early morning breathing exercises and fish oil supplements managed to access a fourth, a fifth, a sixth, and at that point lost count, because numbers no longer understood her. 
    The story of a giant - a vast, happy, enormous giant. But when a cataclysmic event changes the world and means everyone has to stay indoors for a while - even giants - something begins to change, things become tighter, smaller, and nobody knows if things will ever quite be the same... Can we ever feel as big and as free as we did before?

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    • 16 min
    On A Distant Shore

    On A Distant Shore

    Written by Francis Turnly
    Read by David Harewood
    Directed by Jennifer Bakst, with sound design and composition by Helen Skiera.
    The theme tune was composed by Max Pappenheim.
    CONTENT WARNING - This audio drama contains disturbing scenes and is recommended for people aged 16+
    Britain is full. Offshoring is the most practical and humane way for Britain to protect its borders. And I’m proud to have voted this policy through.
    Home Secretary Robinson is proud to protect Britain's borders. But when he unexpectedly finds himself stranded on a distant shore with no way home, he begins to reconsider his beliefs - while facing stranger and stranger encounters in this strange land...

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    • 27 min

Customer Reviews

3.7 out of 5
23 Ratings

23 Ratings

curlyheadedkelsey ,

PLEASE MAKE MORE

I listen to 2-3 per night. When I first started listening, I would knockout with the first 5 minutes. Now that I know all the stories, it takes a bit longer for me to nod off. Please make more!!! I will pay a monthly subscription for MORE.

Kbell!! ,

Exactly what I was searching for

I love all things true crime and horror, but oftentimes it’s too rambunctious to fall asleep to. These stories are told softly and brilliantly for even the busiest brain to retain. Please keep putting out episodes because I’m going to blow through these ones wayyy too quickly! Good job guys

Basra Roberti ,

The Shadow knows

So does the ETT. Creepy and brilliantly paced. A ride on the wild and dark side yet comes out the other side to get even with the idiots who make things worse.

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