Episode 4: Celestial Navigation by Sara Clifford

Episode 4 of the Full Harvest podcast, hosted by South Downs National Park, titled "Episode 4: Celestial Navigation by Sara Clifford" was published on June 24, 2021 and runs 14 minutes.

June 24, 2021 ·14m · Full Harvest

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Summary

“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 in partnership with the South Downs National Park Authority. 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 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 play A Thousand Days, was a Finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn award. As Artistic Director of her company, Inroads ( 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 on Full Harvest, the project which developed from this.

Episode Description

“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 in partnership with the South Downs National Park Authority.

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

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 play A Thousand Days, was a Finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn award.

As Artistic Director of her company, Inroads ( 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 on Full Harvest, the project which developed from this.