This Weird Normal

Listen to the actors in This Weird Normal as they talk through the process.

Sound Design and recording by Cathy Dixon.

This Weird Normal is based on an original idea by Asif Khan and was developed with Stella Kammel and Susan Wokoma. It is a RADA Audio Production. It was recorded by RADA sound specialists.

The cast includes Rachel Barnwell, Omar Bynon, Gavi Singh Chera, Benjamin Isaac, Caleb Obediah, Sophie Kleiman, Katya Morrison, Mali O’Donnell, alongside Funlola Olufunwa and actors Patrick Brennan and Tracy Wiles.

The creative team included Director Jeremy Mortimer, Assistant Director Anita Gander, Executive Producer Pamela Jikiemi.

Sound Design and Recording was by Henry Boothroyd, Cathy Dixon, Henry Parritt and Ben Paveley overseen by Steve Mayo and Phil Matejtschuk with Sound Mixing from Adam Woodhams.

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Listen to the sound team behind This Weird Normal as they talk through the process.

Sound Design and recording by Cathy Dixon.

This Weird Normal is based on an original idea by Asif Khan and was developed with Stella Kammel and Susan Wokoma. It is a RADA Audio Production. It was recorded by RADA sound specialists.

The cast includes Rachel Barnwell, Omar Bynon, Gavi Singh Chera, Benjamin Isaac, Caleb Obediah, Sophie Kleiman, Katya Morrison, Mali O’Donnell, alongside Funlola Olufunwa and actors Patrick Brennan and Tracy Wiles.

The creative team included Director Jeremy Mortimer, Assistant Director Anita Gander, Executive Producer Pamela Jikiemi.

Sound Design and Recording was by Henry Boothroyd, Cathy Dixon, Henry Parritt and Ben Paveley overseen by Steve Mayo and Phil Matejtschuk with Sound Mixing from Adam Woodhams.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Listen to the writers behind This Weird Normal as they talk through the process.

Sound Design and recording by Cathy Dixon.

This Weird Normal is based on an original idea by Asif Khan and was developed with Stella Kammel and Susan Wokoma. It is a RADA Audio Production. It was recorded by RADA sound specialists.

The cast includes Rachel Barnwell, Omar Bynon, Gavi Singh Chera, Benjamin Isaac, Caleb Obediah, Sophie Kleiman, Katya Morrison, Mali O’Donnell, alongside Funlola Olufunwa and actors Patrick Brennan and Tracy Wiles.

The creative team included Director Jeremy Mortimer, Assistant Director Anita Gander, Executive Producer Pamela Jikiemi.

Sound Design and Recording was by Henry Boothroyd, Cathy Dixon, Henry Parritt and Ben Paveley overseen by Steve Mayo and Phil Matejtschuk with Sound Mixing from Adam Woodhams.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In episode 5 of This Weird Normal... It's performance day. Or is it? In the final episode of the series of This Weird Normal Drama Cell have a lot of figure out to get this show on the road.

This Weird Normal: Is This Crazy Enough? by Stella Kammel

Shelly was played by Sophie Kleiman

Morgan by Omar Bynon

Holly by Rachel Barnwell

Susie by Katya Morrison

Hakeem by Caleb Obediah

Rizwan by Gavi Singh Chera

Pearl by Mali O’Donnell

Dave by Patrick Brennan

Dawn by Tracy Wiles

Aysha by Funlola Olufunwa

Sound Design and recording by Cathy Dixon

Sound Mix by Adam Woodhams

Sound Supervision by Steve Mayo

Music by Ryan Anderson, from the Album Never Sleep

Available under a Creative Commons license from freemusicarchive.org

Assistant Director Anita Gander

Director Jeremy Mortimer

Executive Producer Pamela Jikiemi

This Weird Normal was developed from an idea by Asif Khan

And is a RADA Audio Production

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In episode 4 of This Weird Normal... The performance is tomorrow and is under threat. Drama Cell’s benefactor might be getting too involved and last minute artistic choices are adding tension. Riz is missing rehearsal, Hakeem has fallen out with his mum and the show venue might not be available. But most importantly, will Barry the bin man with a Strictly Come Dancing tattoo make it in to the final performance of Mashed Up London?

This Weird Normal: A Horsey Thing by Asif Khan

Shelly was played by Sophie Kleiman,

Morgan by Omar Bynon,

Hakeem by Caleb Obediah,

Rizwan by Gavi Singh Chera,

Pearl by Mali O’Donnell,

Dave by Patrick Brennan,

Sound Design and recording by Ben Paveley

Sound Mix by Adam Woodhams

Sound Supervision by Steve Mayo

Music by Ryan Anderson, from the Album Never Sleep

Available under a Creative Commons license from freemusicarchive.org

Assistant Director Anita Gander

Director Jeremy Mortimer

Executive Producer Pamela Jikiemi

This Weird Normal was developed from an idea by Asif Khan

And is a RADA Audio Production

 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In episode 3 of This Weird Normal... It’s theatre-geek love at first site. Holly doesn’t want to waste today’s excellent make-up, and Morgan is on the roof to get aerial shots from the Whitgift Centre for the promo film. Drama Cell is scoping out possible performance venues but life is getting in the way of making theatre.

This Weird Normal: Death to Zoom by Susan Wokoma.

Shelly was played by Sophie Kleiman,

Morgan by Omar Bynon

Holly by Rachel Barnwell

Hakeem by Caleb Obediah

Rizwan by Gavi Singh Chera

Susie by Katya Morrison

Pearl by Mali O’Donnell

Dave by Patrick Brennan

Sound Design and recording by Henry Parritt

Sound Mix by Adam Woodhams

Sound Supervision by Steve Mayo

Music by Ryan Anderson, from the Album Never Sleep

Available under a Creative Commons license from freemusicarchive.org

Assistant Director Anita Gander

Director Jeremy Mortimer

Executive Producer Pamela Jikiemi

This Weird Normal was developed from an idea by Asif Khan

And is a RADA Audio Production

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In episode 2 of This Weird Normal... What do you do when you run out of milk during a pandemic? Hit the Baileys and get on the banana bread frenzy. Suzie can’t hug her mum and Riz might have overstayed his welcome at Pearl’s – and amongst all this, Drama Cell are trying to create a piece of theatre but they’ve got no following, no money and their dreams of going to the Edinburgh Festival are dead.

Contains some adult content. 

This Weird Normal: Granola and Baileys by Stella Kammel.

Shelly was played by Sophie Kleiman

Morgan by Omar Bynon

Holly by Rachel Barnwell

Pearl by Mali O’Donnell

Hakeem by Caleb Obediah

Rizwan by Gavi Singh Chera

Susie by Katya Morrison

Dawn by Tracy Wiles

Shop Owner by Benjamin Isaac

Sound Design and recording by Henry Boothroyd

Sound Mix by Adam Woodhams

And Sound Supervision by Steve Mayo

Music by Ryan Anderson, from the Album Never Sleep

Available under a Creative Commons license from freemusicarchive.org

Assistant Director Anita Gander

Director Jeremy Mortimer

Executive Producer Pamela Jikiemi

This Weird Normal was developed from an idea by Asif Khan

And is a RADA Audio Production

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In episode 1 of This Weird Normal... Drama Cell, a new theatre company, are trying to put on a show. How do they do it? Where do they do it? How do they keep the audience socially distanced? And finally, how do you keep your motivation while balancing everything to survive in lockdown?

This Weird Normal: A Wicked Idea by Asif Khan

Shelly was played by Sophie Kleiman,

Morgan by Omar Bynon,

Holly by Rachel Barnwell,

Pearl by Mali O’Donnell,

Hakeem by Caleb Obediah

Aysha by Funlola Olufunwa

Sound Design and recording by Cathy Dixon

Sound Mix by Adam Woodhams

Sound Supervision by Steve Mayo

Music by Ryan Anderson, from the Album Never Sleep

Available under a Creative Commons license from freemusicarchive.org

Assistant Director Anita Gander

Director Jeremy Mortimer

Executive Producer Pamela Jikiemi

This Weird Normal was developed from an idea by Asif Khan

And is a RADA Audio Production

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new five-part audio fiction podcast about seven young actors who had planned to take a theatre show to the Edinburgh Festival. Then the pandemic struck. Now it's June, and for some of the group it feels as if they are faced with a choice. Do they sit about waiting for something – anything – to happen? Or do they start making plans?

This Weird Normal is based on an original idea by Asif Khan and was developed with Stella Kammel and Susan Wokoma. It is a RADA Audio Production. It was recorded by RADA sound specialists.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.