MUCKERS
Sun 8th Dec '24, 10:30am
A dragon can change your life; if you can survive long enough to meet one. Fiery short story from Jane McGowan read by Sparkle Menzies.
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Sun 8th Dec '24, 10:30am
A dragon can change your life; if you can survive long enough to meet one. Fiery short story from Jane McGowan read by Sparkle Menzies.
Sun 8th Dec '24, 11:15am
Writer and tennis obsessive Christopher R. Moore explores the complicated legacy of David Foster Wallace's
Sun 8th Dec '24, 12:00pm
Vic is a writer and therapist working throughout Yorkshire with groups and individuals. She talks about her love for the work she does and how it has evolved.
Sun 8th Dec '24, 1:00pm
Old friends Clare Wigzell and Ruth Steinberg track Clare’s journey towards a fuller sense of herself through motherhood, creativity, shame and anxiety.
Sun 8th Dec '24, 2:00pm
Poet and novelist Cora Greenhill reads her sensual and lyrical tale of a young man enchanted by the sea, unable to grow up
Sun 8th Dec '24, 2:45pm
‘Find inner strength, ask for help, accept change’. Healing and heartening poetry from East Leeds writer Lisa Forte
Sun 8th Dec '24, 3:00pm
Nicky and Carl host ‘Recovery’-inspired songs showcasing the creativity of the songwriters who perform at their monthly Tower of Song nights.
Sun 8th Dec '24, 5:00pm
For the duration of the festival, Chapel FM has hosted The Recovery Chair. We hear poems and stories written by writers inspired by it.
Sun 8th Dec '24, 5:30pm
A gifted musician re-lives the time he contracted polio as a child. His recovery is dependent on finding his newfound power as The King of Sound.
Yesterday, 11:30am
Short documentary feature from the Recovering Power workshop last weekend which re-imagined power relationships in our unequal world
Yesterday, 12:00pm
Poetry and short fiction by Wren Aster from our twin city Dortmund in Germany, anticipating Chapel FM’s international orientation next year.
Yesterday, 12:15pm
Jaimes Lewis Moran and Gareth Rhodes exchange lines and images in this surreal poetry conversation.
Yesterday, 12:45pm
Nature is often a powerful element in the recovery story. Hear from someone who knows.
Yesterday, 1:00pm
Tony Macaluso with bookstore owner Giovanni Spadaccini from Reggio Emilia, Italy, and his collection of curious objects recovered from old books.
Yesterday, 2:00pm
Treadlight Theatre presents this funny and touching play about love and loss by Spike Marshall.
Yesterday, 3:15pm
Josh's gambling addiction has cost him his livelihood and his home life. Recovery’s going well. Until it isn’t. Impactful audio drama by Sam Lawrence.
Yesterday, 4:00pm
1905: Colonel Gascoigne from Lotherton Hall is visiting a friend in London when a telegram dramatically alters his plan. Brian Hull dramatises a local true story.
Yesterday, 5:00pm
Music from the workshop with Laura Sutcliffe played for the very first time in the radio theatre.
Yesterday, 5:45pm
When a girl unwittingly releases the sun, moon and stars, it has life-changing consequences. Gripping story from Vickie Orton with music and song.
Yesterday, 6:30pm
Sports Talk profiles Gaelic Football team John F Kennedy's, who last season failed to win a match and this season got to two Cup Finals.
Yesterday, 7:30pm
Another vibetastic night of big-hearted poetry and music presented by the COYC collective presented by Michelle Scally Clarke.
Fri 6th Dec '24, 10:30am
First Story places writers in schools throughout the UK. Young writers from residencies in W.Yorkshire schools read their work.
Fri 6th Dec '24, 2:00pm
Children’s poetry and the sharpness of their perceptions. Tribute by Jimmy Andrex to the unjustly forgotten West Riding Educationalist.
Fri 6th Dec '24, 3:00pm
Writers from The University of The Third Age return with funny and vivid responses to the festival theme.
Fri 6th Dec '24, 4:00pm
A sequel to Mally and Phil Harvey’s beautifully written dialogue from last year about love and sex in old age.
Fri 6th Dec '24, 4:15pm
Lenny Flint talks to Getting Clean, a project that promotes personal growth and social change for people in recovery from addiction, one bar of soap at a time.
Fri 6th Dec '24, 12:00pm
Recovering, restoring, retrieving, reclaiming, repairing: the lost, forgotten, decaying: data, films, tapes. What can be recovered?
Fri 6th Dec '24, 5:15pm
Discussion with the world's first-ever Professor of Addiction and Recovery, and powerful music and poetry from people in recovery
Fri 6th Dec '24, 7:30pm
Dynamic performance blazoning the importance of local Yorkshire dialect in matters of identity and heritage, hosted by Keith Fenton
Fri 6th Dec '24, 1:00pm
Elite triathletes Becky and Natalie are prepared to give everything to be World No.1. But what if this affects their health forever? Drama by Jacky Burton.