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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

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

Galsworthy and Human Battles on the Home Front Exhibition

“Affecting and absorbing, Human Battles is a touching tribute to a local experience of war.”

A great evening for the opening of audio / visual exhibition Galsworthy and Human Battles on the Home Front, produced by Digital Drama for The Rose Theatre. Ken Smith, Mayor of Kingston, spoke of Galsworthy’s humanitarian campaigns and the South West London Military Wives Choir sang for guests including the exhibition’s local contributors.

Four stars for the exhibition from Alexandra Sims of The Upcoming:

“The exhibition not only unearths the much-forgotten philanthropy of one of London’s greatest author’s but also, through local stories, connects us to an event that a century on can feel extremely distant. The combination of personal tales and Galsworthy’s biography all framed within the context of the war creates an exhibition large in scope, yet with intimate and meaningful layers that speak to us today. Small touches such as the diary excerpts and letters, written by local soldiers and the embroidered postcards written with messages of love from the front, give an intimate touch making their sacrifices seem all the more devastating.

The audio element is particularly moving, as hearing the voices of soldier’s children and grandchilden as well as their undergoing rehabilitation at Headley Court make the exhibit all the more poignant. Affecting and absorbing, Human Battles is a touching tribute to a local experience of war.”

Click here for full review and here for the Galsworthy project page.

Galsworthy related images courtesy of Cadbury Research Library and Special Collections, University of Birmingham.