BAWDS Podcast Productions

From our series of Seasonal Scenes, a selection of evocative readings on the subject of Summer, recorded remotely in lockdown.

Poems and prose from our locked-down actors, reflecting various aspects of Easter including from Thomas Hardy, Leo Tolstoy, AE Housman, Claude McKay and Rowena Bennett.

One of two episodes to celebrate the poetry, prose and music of Christmas. This episode takes us to Christmas day itself.

One of two episodes to celebrate the poetry, prose and music of Christmas. This episode takes us through the lead up to Christmas day.

From plum puddings, cakes and choirs - our thoughts on Christmas from a range of different sources.

Pictures of winter from a wide range of poets, read from their homes by our accomplished actors.

Pride and Prejudice is one of Jane Austen's most loved novels. In this episode we meet the key characters in their most famous scenes, telling how Elizabeth and Darcy eventually get together.

A selection of well-known and less well-known poems on Aspects of Love, performed in lockdown by our accomplished actors from their homes.

From Witches to Ghouls, Horror to Humour, we celebrate Halloween with a selection of extracts from well known pieces, brought to life by our experienced actors.

Two of Shakespeare's Dynamic Couples - Macbeth & Lady Macbeth, and Beatrice & Benedick - and their plots to Kill, in these dramatic extracts from 'Macbeth' and 'Much Ado About Nothing'.

From our series of 'Shakespeare Shorts' - the outline story of The Tempest by William Shakespeare, using key speeches dramatised by our accomplished Actors.

Enactments from Lewis Carroll's Nonsense poems - Jaberwocky, You Are Old Father William, and The Walrus & the Carpenter, brought to life by some of our actors.

The Lady of Shallot, Annabel Lee, and Patterns, each tell a tale to enthral.

Some well-known poems from favourite writers, brought to life by our actors.

Accounts of the Charge of the Light Brigade, Letter to Captain Scott, Discovering Tutenkhamen, and The Battle of Britain, dramatised using the actual words from those involved.

An extended episode to close our Spring 2022 series, enacting the story of Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice', including the signing of the life-threatening Bond, and the famous Court scene.

A selection of dramatised readings from four of Jules Verne's most popular works.

The acclaimed Restoration play 'The Country Wife' by Wycherley, continues our series of remote recordings. This is especially important to Bawds as it was this play that gave us our name!

This episodes focusses upon some of Oscar Wilde's strongest and most challenging women, from An Ideal Husband, A Woman of No Importance, and a review of Ellen Terry. All as usual recorded from our actors homes in lockdown.

To celebrate World Book Day 2021, and the 150th Anniversary of the publication of 'Alice through the Looking Glass', our actors re-live some key moments with Alice, the Flowers, the Red Queen, the White King, the Mad Hatter, Humpty Dumpty .... et al. Enjoy this nonsense with us all!

One of two episodes in celebration of World Book Day. An introduction to some of our favourites and extracts from The Secret Garden, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Wind in the Willows, and The Velveteen Rabbit.

Music especially written for local theatre productions, by Mike Milne and Ian Favell.

A wry look at aspects of Humour, from Al Read to Dylan Thomas, Wodehouse to Ayckbourn, John Aubrey to E B White ........

Extracts from Charles Dickens books Martin Chuzzlewit, Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield, presented by our acomplished actors from their homes in lockdown.

The story of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Nights Dream, brought to life by our accomplished actors from their homes during lockdown.

Four pieces written by writers who lived or studied at some point in Cambridge - Samuel Pepys, William Wordsworth, Virginia Woolf, and Andrew Nickolds - brought to life by our seasoned actors.

Extracts from writings from Emily Bronte, Mary Shelley, Emily Dickenson, and Margaret Lane about Beatrix Potter, illustrating a range of interesting thoughts and ideas.

Five of Shakespeares best loved sonnets (18, 29, 109, 116, 130), read from home in lockdown by our accomplished actors.

Our extracts from 'The Importance of Being Earnest', and 'Lady Windemer's Fan' have been chosen to bring alive the way Oscar Wilde portrayed amazing women and his profound admiration for the female sex.

A selection of humourous readings from well-known books - this time from 'Three men in a boat' from Jerome K Jerome, Barry Pain's 'Eliza', and Grossmith's '9.43'.