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Noel Coward’s Peace in Our Time

Digital Drama are delighted that our eight part audio production of Noel Coward’s Peace in Our Time is now available to purchase as a download and special edition CD from our online shop www.digitaldrama.org/shop.

Coward imagines life in a London pub during World War Two and the play’s themes of freedom, resistance and surveillance will resonate with the listener in 2016.

The cast includes; Dorothy Atkinson, BAFTA nominee in 2014 for her role as long suffering housekeeper in Mike Leigh’s acclaimed film Mr Turner, Linda Marlowe, best known for her 25 year span of work as Steven Berkoff’s leading lady and latterly on television in her role as Sylvie Carter in EastEnders and fellow EastEnder and Granchester actor Michael Simkins fresh from the recent UK tour of Noël Coward’s Hay Fever.

Peace in Our Time Episode 1 Preview Mix:

Production: Directed by Kate Valentine, Produced by Alison Ramsey, Adaption by Martyn Wade, Sound Design by David Chilton from Essential Studios.

To order your special edition CD or to download Peace in Our Time go to www.digitaldrama.org/shop

Thank you to all our supporters on Kickstarter

Caroline Valentine, Ben Hornsey, Joe W B Paxton, Molly Sweeny, Simon White, Daniel Wade, Sean Patterson, Susie Labinjoh, Emma Richards, Cat Horn, Janet Harris, Katie Barton, Ella Kennedy, Terri Brumby, Radha Dudhia, Jason DaPonte, Sophie Oxenham, Chris, Clare Matassa, Mia Bennett, Farne Sinclair, Cindy Womack, Beverley Sills, Alice Whieldon, Emily Rawson, Cheryl Wood, Jenny French, T Wilson, Andrew Merry, Mustard Club Adrian McLoughlin, Michael Simkins, Wendy Smithers, Jason Golder, Tanya Hughes, Jess Salmon, Jessica Dromgoole, Bernard Adams, Rae Cotter, Joe Gale, Peter Soer, Jacky Jackson-Cox, Carol Long, David Slattery-Christy, Graham & Carmel Botwright, Emma Morris, Wendy Appleby, Rachel Coughlan, John Deeley-Harkett, Graham Stimpson, Magnus Wood, Lynne Jones, Christine Golder, Michael Davison, Doug, Trevor Fairhurst, Dot, Susan Witterick, Mcternans, Pamela, Will Bowen, Emma J Medd, Peter Stevens, Jonathan Prynn, Liz Smith, Rod & Christina Parker, Pippa Sterne, Derek, Annabel McCall, Gillian Roberts, C Sinclair, Heather Hughes, P Hill, Sarah Cable, Malcolm Valentine, Alex Batchelor, Imogen Christie, John Kearon, Horace McDonald, Peter Osborne, Gareth Williams, Warren Carter, David Howell, Jenny Barraclough, Claire Lloyd, Emma, Jilly Bond, Linda Marlowe.

By Kate Valentine|2017-03-13T17:25:27+00:0021 December 2015|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Recording of Peace in Our Time

Digital Drama have had a great week working with 19 actors on location at Gerry’s Club, Soho, recording Noel Coward’s play Peace in Our Time. We are producing the play as an eight part audio drama that will be available to download and buy as a CD from November 2015.

If you would like further details of how to download the audio or pre-order a CD, please contact us here

By Kate Valentine|2016-05-04T19:54:54+00:0012 October 2015|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Kickstarter Campaign for Peace in Our Time Gathering Pace

Digital Drama’s Kickstarter campaign to produce Noel Coward’s little performed play ‘Peace in Our Time’ as an eight part audio serial is gathering pace. Commissioned by the Arts Council England to explore crowdfunding as a credible way of producing quality audio drama, the campaign is drawing support from theatre lovers across the world. To support the production, please go to www.kck.st/1Tzv5FC

Set in World War II, the action takes place in a London pub, The Shy Gazelle, which Coward based on his own local, The Antelope, just off Sloane Square.

Coward wrote the play after the war ended, imagining what life in London would have been like if The Battle of Britain had been lost in 1940. It is particularly relevant to produce this play now as we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of the conflict.

We are delighted to announce that Dorothy Atkinson will be playing publican Dorris Shattock. Last seen in Mike Leigh‘s award winning film Mr Turner, Dorothy was BAFTAnominated in 2014 for her role as Turner’s long suffering house keeper and has recently starred in Call The Midwife.

Steven Berkoff’s leading actress and EastEnders Star, Linda Marlowe has just joined the cast of Peace In Our Time.

Please support the production via the Kickstarter campaign by going to www.kck.st/1Tzv5FC.

By Kate Valentine|2016-05-04T19:57:26+00:0018 September 2015|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Noël Coward’s Peace In Our Time

Digital Drama’s Kickstarter campaign for Peace in Our Time is now live! Please help us promote it to all your friends and contacts. www.kck.st/1Tzv5FC

Noel Coward’s play Peace in Our Time evokes an occupied Britain during the Second World War.

Digital Drama are producing Peace in Our Time as an eight-part audio drama serial podcast, recorded and transmitted to a worldwide online audience in November 2015. We are delighted to have support from the Arts Council and the Noel Coward Foundation to produce this hidden gem.

With a cast of 40 characters, the play is seldom performed in the theatre because of the high production costs involved and has rarely been put on in the UK since its first production in 1947. Set in a London pub, Coward imagined Britain under German occupation in the Second World War. The production of the play this year will have particular relevance as it marks the 70^th anniversary of the end of the conflict. Released bi-weekly online, the format will draw a new audience to Coward’s work, whilst creating an interactive, online legacy for Coward’s play, related resources and a heightened profile for this little performed drama.

The Antelope was the inspiration for ‘The Shy Gazelle’, setting for ‘Peace In Our Time’

Click here www.kck.st/1Tzv5FC to support the project and enjoy rewards from as little as £5 – such as being the first to hear the drama, having a cameo role in the play and even become an Associate Producer. Please share the link and spread the word.

By Kate Valentine|2016-05-04T19:58:20+00:006 July 2015|Uncategorized|1 Comment

VE Day Remembered Opens at the Rose Theatre, Kingston

Digital Drama’s audio installation opens at the Rose Theatre, Kingston today. Designer James Rowlands and team have created the back garden of a Kingston house at the end of WW2, complete with Anderson shelter, veg patch and photos of those who remember the end of the war. Come and listen to the the VE Day memories of local residents as they recall the euphoria of that momentous day in twentieth century history.

The installation is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Big Lottery and the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. It is free and runs till the 21st of May 2015.

By Kate Valentine|2016-05-04T19:59:15+00:0028 April 2015|Uncategorized|0 Comments