Episode 3: Nature’s Storehouse by Lucy Flannery

Episode 1: Wild Garlic by Sarah Hehir

“Wild Garlic”, River Ouse, Sarah Hehir Through charming rhyme and rhythm, Wild Garlic charts the close bond of a father and daughter- from the childish glee of springtime swims to the grown woman mourning his death, the river and its flora and fauna provide a comforting constant. Credits Written by Sarah Hehir Read by Madeleine Gray, Sidney Kean and Sarah Hehir Edited by Elliot Lampitt Commissioned and produced by Applause [https://applause.org.uk/] in partnership with the South Downs National Park Authority [https://www.southdowns.gov.uk/]. With special thanks to Gill Corris and U3A, the people of Lindfield, The Bent Arms Pub and Lindfield Life Community Magazine We hope you enjoyed listening to this episode, there are nine more podcasts for you to enjoy so please subscribe to this series. Sarah Hehir Sarah has been a writer, dramatist and a drama teacher for over 20 years. She performed at Kosovo’s International Literary Festival in 2019, and in 2013 she won the BBC Writer’s Prize for a radio drama Bang Up where the North Downs became part of the narrative and was broadcast as the afternoon drama on Radio 4. An accomplished writer for Theatre, Film, Radio and TV she was recently chosen as the commissioned poet on the Turner Prize ‘Connect together’ a project using words and ideas collected through community workshops to create an epic poem about the journey from London to Margate.

Episode 2: Cement Bags by Sara Clifford

“Cement Bags”, River Adur, Sara Clifford Ever passed a disused building and wondered about what stories it had to tell? Cement Bags brings to life the hustle and bustle of the Cement Factory at Beeding. Meet the women who worked there on the telephone exchange and listen to their lives in parallel to the building, from its glory days as an industrial hub to its poignant decline. Credits Written by Sara Clifford Read by Jean Trend Recorded by Oliver Cherer Edited by Elliot Lampitt Commissioned and produced by Applause [https://applause.org.uk/] in partnership with the South Downs National Park Authority [https://www.southdowns.gov.uk/] With special thanks to Dylan Moore and Ian Weild We hope you enjoyed listening to this episode, there are nine more podcasts for you to enjoy so please subscribe to this series. Sara Clifford Lead writer/Dramaturg for Full Harvest www.saraclifford.com [http://www.saraclifford.com/] Sara works as a writer, director and community artist, and has written over forty plays including commissions for the Soho Theatre, York Theatre Royal & Nottingham Playhouse. She has been Writer in Residence at the University of Brighton and at Chichester Festival Theatre, and her work has been produced in France, Italy, Guadeloupe and Hong Kong. Her playA Thousand Days, was a Finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn award. As Artistic Director of her company, Inroads (www.inroads.org.uk [http://www.inroads.org.uk/])  she works with local communities to write place-based work rooted in their stories, and has developed six site-specific participatory pieces, with a new show coming for 2022,Two Pairs of Eyes, seed funded by Farnham Maltings. In 2019, she was Writer in Residence for the South Downs Park/ Applause, and the resulting show,Cherry Soup, toured rural venues across the Park.  She is the lead writer onFull Harvest, the project which developed from this.

Episode 3: Nature’s Storehouse by Lucy Flannery

“Nature’s Storehouse”, River Meon, Lucy Flannery Exploring the history and mythology of the South Downs as a man uses his love of running to work towards recovery both physically and mentally. Credits Written by Lucy Flannery Read by John Knowles Recorded by Oliver Cherer Edited by Elliot Lampitt Commissioned and produced by Applause [https://applause.org.uk/] in partnership with the South Downs National Park Authority [https://www.southdowns.gov.uk/]. We hope you enjoyed listening to this episode, there are nine more podcasts for you to enjoy so please subscribe to this series. Lucy Flannery Lucy’s writing career has included: working with Alison Stead and Roy Hudd onLike A Daughter, a drama for BBC Radio 4, being commissioned to write an original play,Tomorrow Will Be Too Late, as part of the D-Day 70th Anniversary Commemoration and writing Nana one-minute monologue created during lockdown for Ink Festival. She has worked on the Chichester Festival Theatre’s playwriting course and most recently as Writer-In-Residence at the University of Plymouth. She is both an artistic practitioner and an FE College Governor, she is experienced in working with young people.

Episode 4: Celestial Navigation by Sara Clifford

“Celestial Navigation”, River Ouse, Sara Clifford A poignant tale of family relationships, the intergenerational bond between a young woman and her grandfather is explored against the backdrop of a busy Ferry town. A reminder that we don’t know what we have until it’s gone. Credits Written by Sara Clifford Read by Madeleine Gray and Sidney Kean Edited by Elliot Lampitt Commissioned and produced by Applause [https://applause.org.uk/] in partnership with the South Downs National Park Authority [https://www.southdowns.gov.uk/]. With special thanks to the people of Newhaven and Andrew Bishop. We hope you enjoyed listening to this episode, there are nine more podcasts for you to enjoy so please subscribe to this series. Sara Clifford Lead writer/Dramaturg for Full Harvest www.saraclifford.com [http://www.saraclifford.com/] Sara works as a writer, director and community artist, and has written over forty plays including commissions for the Soho Theatre, York Theatre Royal & Nottingham Playhouse. She has been Writer in Residence at the University of Brighton and at Chichester Festival Theatre, and her work has been produced in France, Italy, Guadeloupe and Hong Kong. Her playA Thousand Days, was a Finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn award. As Artistic Director of her company, Inroads (www.inroads.org.uk [http://www.inroads.org.uk/])  she works with local communities to write place-based work rooted in their stories, and has developed six site-specific participatory pieces, with a new show coming for 2022,Two Pairs of Eyes, seed funded by Farnham Maltings. In 2019, she was Writer in Residence for the South Downs Park/ Applause, and the resulting show,Cherry Soup, toured rural venues across the Park.  She is the lead writer onFull Harvest, the project which developed from this.

Episode 5: Meanderings by Rosanna Lowe

“Meanderings”, River Cuckmere, Rosanna Lowe An elderly woman reflects on her meandering life as it mirrors the bends and breaks of the River Cuckmere. Life is never quite what it seems on the surface and her winding journey finds diversity in the landscape and its inhabitants, proving that where there is life there is hope. Credits Written by Rosanna Lowe Read by Jean Trend, Grant Brookes, Odi Oquosa and Rosanna Lowe Recorded by Oliver Cherer Edited by Elliot Lampitt Commissioned and produced by Applause [https://applause.org.uk/] in partnership with the South Downs National Park Authority [https://www.southdowns.gov.uk/]. The final story mixes some verbatim material from interviews with fictional text. A very special thanks to Ollie Barber and Odi Okaka Oquosa for sharing their very personal stories. Thanks too to all the members of the Arts on Prescription creative writing group. Thanks too to Ann Bloomfield of Active Arts and Chrys Brookes, Anthony Elvin, Jon Pratty of MSL Projects, Tara Reddy of Arts on Prescription, Phil Potter and Craig, Sarah Janes, Chris, Bill and Alice Lowe and Rosie Lee. And, of course, the rivers. We hope you enjoyed listening to this episode, there are nine more podcasts for you to enjoy so please subscribe to this series. Rosanna Lowe Rosanna is an experienced writer, director and performer. Pieces she has written/directed have been performed in theatres in the UK, France, Malaysia and the US and include the devised show Hummingbirds at the Young Vic, nominated for a Total Theatre Award in Edinburgh, Chester Tuffnut at Polka Theatre, The Bacchae in the Cultural Olympiad and co-writing/co-directing portmanteau feature film London Unplugged. She has written two climate change radio plays, winning Radio 4 and IRDP awards. Her work often focuses on history, people and place and ranges from sketch-writing for TV series Horrible Histories to co-writing Brighton The Graphic Novel. She has worked in travel writing, winning awards with the Royal Geographical Society Award and The Times. She lived in Guatemala during its civil war and wrote Volcanoland, a travel narrative, collecting extraordinary stories and testimonies about the war and its aftermath. She was the commissioned writer for Goonhilly Village Green, a multidisciplinary festival celebrating the nature, heritage and community of Goonhilly Downs. She is currently the Lead Storyteller for interactive children’s show Printer’s Playtime. She has worked on various heritage and engagement projects with arts organisation MSL, creating a series of audio story poems called Ordinary Extraordinary inspired by Hastings residents. Rosanna has run numerous creative writing projects, often with children, but also with mothers from Holloway Prison and with Creative Future. She currently runs writing for wellbeing sessions for Arts on Prescription, which caters for people, like herself, with mental or physical health inequalities.