"He sits in the middle of her room, dizzy and weirded out. He stares at her. Neither of them knows what to do with the other. This goes on for a number of days until the man’s mother takes action. She decides to love him."

This is a story about a dog. It is also a story about love, and abandonment, and hope. About anger, and bitterness, and whether the fish are coming back. About guilt and shame and pride. But mostly, it is a story about a dog. 

Vivienne Franzmann's beautiful and haunting The Man, the Man's Mother, and the Dog is a return to classic fireside storytelling. Plug in and immerse yourself in the dark magic of this story of a dog's life. Don't worry. The dog lives.

Written by Vivienne Franzmann

Read by Amber James

Directed by Jennifer Bakst

Sound, Music and Editing by Max Pappenheim

CONTENT WARNING - This audio drama contains violent imagery and some upsetting scenes.

For more information please visit: https://ett.org.uk/watch-and-listen/fked-up-bedtime-stories-for-adults-episode-5the-man-the-mans-mother-and-the-dog-and-the-uninspired-title-yeah-sorry-about-that-by-vivienne-franzmann/

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“Don’t panic, it’s not real. Don’t move, it’s can’t hurt you. You don’t have to stay here if you don’t want to, it’s your dream, you can go anywhere."

Vee suffers from sleep paralysis. No big deal right? Loads of people do. Except, nothing is quite as it seems - and with the barriers between worlds becoming more and more porous in these troubled times, things start creeping through that shouldn't be here. Hungry things. Join Vee as she has a chat with her very own demon in Matilda Ibini's comic yet terrifying Don't Panic. Don't Move. Don't Stay.

Written by Matilda Ibini

Read by Paapa Essiedu

Directed by Jennifer Bakst

Sound, Music and Editing by Max Pappenheim

CONTENT WARNING - This audio drama contains disturbing scenes and explicit descriptions of disordered sleep and sleep paralysis.

For more information please visit: https://ett.org.uk/watch-and-listen/fked-up-bedtime-stories-for-adults-episode-4-dont-panic-dont-move-by-matilda-ibini/

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"You'll never be a grown up if you can't face the dark, it said. Be brave. Be brave"

When his marriage fails to survive the lockdown, a man moves into his Mother's empty house. It's too big for one person - a strange and unsettling place to isolate in. But something far stranger - and infinitely more terrifying - is about to occur. Anthony Neilson's The Ground Floor takes you on a classic journey of poetry and terror: eerie, haunting, beautiful, and straight out of the uncanny valley. 

Written by Anthony Neilson

Read by Paapa Essiedu

Directed by Jennifer Bakst

Sound, Music and Editing by Max Pappenheim

CONTENT WARNING - This audio drama contains scenes some people may find disturbing

For more information please visit: https://ett.org.uk/watch-and-listen/fked-up-bedtime-stories-for-adults-episode-3-the-ground-floor-by-anthony-neilson/

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"The story begins The Day The World Stood Still. Do you remember that day? The day time stopped"

Maggie is a magpie of a person - she loves pretty her some pretty thangs. She loves admiring pretty thangs, collecting pretty thangs... When lockdown begins, Maggie decides to buy a sewing machine, determined to surround herself with beautiful clothes, made by her very own hand. She and the machine start a perfect relationship together. But pretty soon, the machine begins consuming more than just fabric... A rollercoaster of a piece - fall down the rabbit hole with AJ Yi's darkly comic folk tale for a new age.

Written by AJ Yi

Read by Amber James

Directed by Jennifer Bakst

Sound, Music and Editing by Max Pappenheim

CONTENT WARNING - this audio drama contains references to mental health, descriptions of blood and strong language.

For more information please visit: https://ett.org.uk/watch-and-listen/fked-up-bedtime-stories-for-adults-episode-2-the-machine-by-alissa-anne-jeun-yi/

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"The government had been looking for an angle, they said. These things would become symbols of hope. Ninety of them. From Plymouth to Carlisle."

This is not a heartwarming story about a sweet old lady. This is not a story about heroes, and martyrs, and knights of the realm. This is a story about the true meaning of dedication. A sharp satire bursting with dark humour cutting insight - Tim Crouch's Milky Drinks is an unsettling story for unsettling times.

Written by Tim Crouch

Read by Amber James

Directed by Jennifer Bakst

Sound, Music and Editing by Max Pappenheim

CONTENT WARNING - This audio drama contains some upsetting scenes and deals with COVID-19 and death of the elderly.

For more information please visit https://ett.org.uk/watch-and-listen/fked-up-bedtime-stories-for-adults-episode-1-milky-drinks-by-tim-crouch/

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F**ked Up Bedtime Stories (for adults) features seven short stories written by Alissa Anne Jeun Yi, Dipo Baruwa-Etti, Tim Crouch, Vivienne Franzmann, Matilda Ibini, Amy Jephta and Anthony Neilson. We asked these 7 brilliant and provocative writers to tackle the strangeness of our nighttime imaginings and twist the familiar form of bedtime stories into something uncanny, dark and surreal.

Read by Paapa Essiedu and Amber James

Directed by Jennifer Bakst

Sound, Music and Editing by Max Pappenheim.

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