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Damien will be back on the airwaves soon in another new BBC Radio 4 drama! The drama is called 'Shard' and descrived as "An atmospheric, slow burn folk-horror story examining the impact of environmental catastrophe on an alternative society." Damien plays the lead character Spooner. It will be part of a week long series of new audio dramas on BBC Radio 4, to celebrate and honour a hundred years of BBC audio drama this year. BBC Radio 4 champions fresh production talent with five pioneering dramas More details below! Shard Monday 10 July 2023, 14:15 – 15:00 An atmospheric, slow burn folk-horror story examining the impact of environmental catastrophe on an alternative society, from producer Hugh Hick in his Radio 4 debut. Spooner thinks he’s finally found his tribe when he escapes city life and joins an experimental commune on an island off the coast of Ireland. But when it turns into a barren wasteland overnight, he begins to realise that the island is demanding a price from them that's higher than he could ever have imagined… Spooner - Damien Molony Kemp - Finbar Lynch Cara - Rebecca O’Mara Ryan - Trevor Kaneswaran Siofra - Kitty O’Sullivan Rescuer - Will Kirk Sound Design by Keith Graham Production Co-ordinator - Clare Ewing Directed by Hugh Hick A BBC Audio Production for BBC Radio 4 __________________ Join DMF here too: Fan Site \| Twitter \| Instagram \| Facebook \| Youtube

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Sounds good, I love listening to Damien. Mid-afternoon is a good time, too, loads of listeners. -- Edited by EllieForster on Saturday 24th of June 2023 04:08:01 PM __________________

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Same Ellie, only 5 days until this airs! __________________ Fan Site \| Twitter \| Instagram \| Facebook \| Youtube

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and by the way, what a great description: "An atmospheric, slow burn folk-horror story" - this alone is enough to pull me in! __________________ Fan Site \| Twitter \| Instagram \| Facebook \| Youtube

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Tuning in right now! Looking forward to this.... __________________ Fan Site \| Twitter \| Instagram \| Facebook \| Youtube

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Wow ...truly creepy and darkly twisty! Damien was fabulous as always. Such a very captivating performer every time in a radio drama. It is so much more than voice, really. Also enjoyed that his character Spooner missed his coffee machine the most. How funny, when Damien has often in the past shared his passion for coffee! __________________ Fan Site \| Twitter \| Instagram \| Facebook \| Youtube

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Loved this. Enthralled from the start. So many twists - at first I wondered if it was all a delusion, that Kemp had never existed. I ended up feeling I still didn't know everything and wondering what was real and what wasn't. Was Cara still alive? Was she the person the interviewer was talking to at the end? Loved it - really found myself wanting to know more! Radio is difficult for the actors, I think, all the emotions come from just the voice. __________________

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Ooh Ellie, after reading your thoughts I really want to listen again. It was enigmatic, but think I felt less ambiguity than you at first, it slowly crept over me as we moved through the drama and ramped up towards the end.

Agree with you about the voice, I'm no expert at all on radio acting, or acting at all, but performing in this non visual way is inspiring. Damien is particularly talented in radio drama. He conveys everything and more than, something transcendent beyond words and voice somehow. Aware this sounds a bit gushing but it is genuinely what I think. I often imagine the words on the script and think about how different actors would read them. Damien takes them to a level beyond, it comes across as a natural talent, can imagine the director doesn't need to direct too much in terms of the emotional charge conveyed.

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