An elderly lady meets a young stranger.  Loneliness and connection across generations is an unexpected outcome of this short drama recorded on location in Folkestone, Kent. 

This audio drama is the result of 5 years working with young writers across the UK.  The project was funded by 21st Century Fox and took place in Belfast, Edinburgh, Derby Oxford, London and online. 

All the dramas in this series are written during the time of Covid lockdowns, or soon after the restrictions were changed.  The dramas reflect society and the unusual, stressful, and sometimes bizarre consequences of recent historical events.

Open is written by Emily Reader

Vanessa - Diane Langford
Mae - Madeleine Leslay
Manager - Oliver Gower
Audio production - David Sharp
Director Cordelia Galloway
Producer Camilla Byk

Emily Reader is a script writer specialising in audio and television. ‘Growing Through Goldsmiths‘. She has was awarded a distinction for her Script Writing MA at Goldsmiths University, and won the Script to Screen Award for the Best UK Short Screenplay at the Kingston International Film Festival, meaning her short film, Swan Song, is being produced to be screened at next year’s festival. She works with Wilkinson Productions Audio as a scriptwriter and associate producer, regularly pitching to the BBC.

Her stage play, Rumours, was performed both in Exeter and at the Inter-University Drama Festival in Glasgow in 2018. In May 2020, she adapted the script into a radio play. She has a portfolio of scripts available for production. Emily’s work has been produced and distributed by Thematic Theatre, Indie-Clips, Eva’s Echo Theatre Company, Ragged Foils, and the Haringey Fringe.Emily has also written for BBC Radio Newsjack. Her scripts have been shortlisted by ‘Owdyado Theatre, Ghostcow Productions, and her work has been read at scratch nights lead by Scriptwriters & Co, Dapper Sandwich, Newsroom Theatre Company, and Lonely Penguin Productions.

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