Unbound Theatre

As a special yuletide treat, the Unbound Storytellers present two special festive tales - recorded live at Queens Park Arts Centre's Limelight Theatre (with a few sound effects added in!).

Stories: 'The Spirit of Christmas' read by Hannah Rogers, and 'Ducks on Ice' read by Mary Hall.

Written and directed by Dario Knight for Unbound.

Sounds & Sweet Airs - The Complete Works of Shakespeare

Timon of Athens

Act 5

Athens stands on the brink of war. The senators embark on a mission to coast in the hope that the woman who once sat at the heart of the city's society can help broker peace. But Lady Timon is not who she once was...

CAST

Lady Timon - Amber Kendrick

Alcibiades - David Ault

Flavia - Mary Hall

First Senator - Christine Garvey

Second Senator - Andrew Richards

Poet - Stephen J Davies

Painter - Robert Aldington

Soldier - Gareth Johnson

CREW

Writer - William Shakespeare

Producer / Director - Dario Knight

Sound Engineer - Gareth Johnson

Title Music - Etienne Roussel

Sounds & Sweet Airs - The Complete Works of Shakespeare

Timon of Athens

Act 4

Embittered and enraged by the actions of her fellow nobles, Lady Timon has denounced her former life and taken refuge in a cave by Athens' coast. However, more than one former acquaintance is set to return to her...

CAST

Lady Timon - Amber Kendrick

Apemantia - Jo Pratt

Alcibiades - David Ault

Flavia / Second Bandit - Mary Hall

Flaminius - Stephen J Davies

Servilia - Stephanie Hull

First Bandit - Andrew Faber

Timandra - Sarah Jane Wellington

Phrynia - Hannah Rogers

CREW

Writer - William Shakespeare

Producer / Director - Dario Knight

Sound Engineer - Gareth Johnson

Title Music - Etienne Roussel

Sounds & Sweet Airs - The Complete Works of Shakespeare

Timon of Athens

Act 3

The debtors calling for Lady Timon's money continue to plague her household, whilst Athens' senators grant Alcibiades an audience to discuss his grievances. Soon, the great and the good are summoned once again to Lady Timon's house, where a banquet awaits...

CAST

Lady Timon - Amber Kendrick

Alcibiades - David Ault

Flavia - Mary Hall

Flaminius - Stephen J Davies

Servilia - Stephanie Hull

Lucilius - TJ Lea

Lucullus - Andrew Faber

Sempronia - Sarah Jane Wellington

Lucia - Hannah Rogers

First Senator - Christine Garvey

Second Senator - Andrew Richards

Caphis - Robert Aldington

Varro - Erika Sanderson

Titus - Gareth Johnson

CREW

Writer - William Shakespeare

Producer / Director - Dario Knight

Sound Engineer - Gareth Johnson

Title Music - Etienne Roussel

Sounds & Sweet Airs - The Complete Works of Shakespeare

Timon of Athens

Act 2

Athens' chief senator triggers a wave of summons for Lady Timon to pay her debts. Facing penury long in the making, Timon sends her servants to seek help from the lords and ladies she once showered with gifts...

CAST

Lady Timon - Amber Kendrick

Flavia - Mary Hall

Flaminius - Stephen J Davies

Servilia - Stephanie Hull

Lucullus - Andrew Faber

Sempronia - Sarah Jane Wellington

Lucia - Hannah Rogers

First Senator - Christine Garvey

Caphis - Robert Aldington

Varro - Erika Sanderson

Titus - Gareth Johnson

CREW

Writer - William Shakespeare

Producer / Director - Dario Knight

Sound Engineer - Gareth Johnson

Title Music - Etienne Roussel

Sounds & Sweet Airs - The Complete Works of Shakespeare

Timon of Athens

Act 1

Political unrest is stirring in Athens between Alcibiades and the city's senators. In the court of Lady Timon, however, all troubles are ignored. Lords, ladies, artists and artisans grow bounteous from Timon's famed generosity, but others - within and without her house - fear where this lifestyle will lead her...

CAST

Lady Timon - Amber Kendrick

Apemantia - Jo Pratt

Alcibiades - David Ault

Flavia - Mary Hall

Flaminius / Poet - Stephen J Davies

Servilia - Stephanie Hull

Lucilius / Cupid - TJ Lea

Lucullus - Andrew Faber

Sempronia - Sarah Jane Wellington

Lucia - Hannah Rogers

Ventidius / Painter - Robert Aldington

Merchant - Erika Sanderson

Jeweller - Andrew Richards

CREW

Writer - William Shakespeare

Producer / Director - Dario Knight

Sound Engineer - Gareth Johnson

Title Music - Etienne Roussel

'The Chronicles of Professor Chronomier: Survivors'

Written by Dario Knight | Performed by Erika Sanderson

In this new mini-chronicle - set after 'Temper & Temporality' - the Professor and Astrid find themselves on a crash course on the time river.

A curious island that shouldn't exist awaits them, where a fellow explorer has a few truths to share with the Professor about the heartbreak of time travel...

Sounds & Sweet Airs - The Complete Works of Shakespeare

King Lear

Act 5

The French invasion has failed. Lear and Cordelia are held prisoner in the English camp, where Edmund's plans put them in even greater danger. As Edgar returns to face his brother in combat, the final reckoning for an old man's folly and a young man's ambition is about to be paid...

CAST

King Lear - Philip Donnelly

Regan - Kati Herbert

Goneril - Jo Emery

Cordelia - Hannah Rogers

Edmund - Luke Martin

Edgar - TJ Lea

Kent / Captain - Andrew Faber

Gloucester - Robert Aldington

Albany - Alistair Sanderson

Herald - Gareth Johnson

Messenger - Stephen J Davies

CREW

Writer - William Shakespeare

Producer / Director - Dario Knight

Sound Engineer - Gareth Johnson

Music - Dream Cave, Hannah Lindren & Rand Aldo

Sounds & Sweet Airs - The Complete Works of Shakespeare

King Lear

Act 4

Whilst Edmund stirs up disharmony between Goneril and Regan, Cordelia returns to England in the hope of saving her father. Soon the fallen king is reunited with former allies on the coast, but war is approaching, and Lear's tempest is far from over...

CAST

King Lear - Philip Donnelly

Regan - Kati Herbert

Goneril - Jo Emery

Cordelia - Hannah Rogers

Edmund - Luke Martin

Edgar - TJ Lea

Kent - Andrew Faber

Gloucester - Robert Aldington

Albany - Alistair Sanderson

Oswald - Jacki Dann

Old Woman / Doctor / Gentlewoman - Mary Hall

CREW

Writer - William Shakespeare

Producer / Director - Dario Knight

Sound Engineer - Gareth Johnson

Music - Dream Cave, Kevin MacLeod, August Wilhelmsson, Magnus Ringblom, Johannes Bornlof

Sounds & Sweet Airs - The Complete Works of Shakespeare

King Lear

Act 3

A storm batters the kingdom. Lear and his last few allies seek refuge from the tempest, but the old king's wits are beginning to desert him. Meanwhile, Gloucester embarks on a dangerous mission to save the fallen monarch, but soon incurs the wrath of Regan and Cornwall...

CAST

King Lear - Philip Donnelly

Regan - Kati Herbert

Goneril - Jo Emery

Edmund - Luke Martin

Edgar / Servant 1 - TJ Lea

Kent - Andrew Faber

Gloucester / Servant 2 - Robert Aldington

Fool - David Ault

Cornwall - Andrew Shaw

Oswald - Jacki Dann

Servant 3 - Gareth Johnson

CREW

Writer - William Shakespeare

Producer / Director - Dario Knight

Sound Engineer - Gareth Johnson

Music - Dream Cave, Kevin MacLeod, Jon Bjork, Magnus Ringblom, Kikoru, Jakob Ahlbom