Episodes
| Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20200225 | What would you do with a day out of time?
The leap day, 29th February, is the result of an unsolved 3000 year-old problem. Conceived by the Egyptians, passed on to the Romans and reformed by Pope Gregory, it's all too often a day that passes by without another thought.
This year, the artist Monster Chetwynd won't let that happen. Known for her exuberant large-scale multi-person performances in fantastical environments, she delves deep into the leap year's ancient history and bizarre sexist customs to inspire a new radiophonic performance. True to Chetwynd-form, she brings together a group friends and collaborators in her Glasgow studio to reimagine everything she learns about the leap day into a wildly playful theatrical happening.
Monster Chetwynd was the first performance artist nominated for the Turner Prize in 2012. Her work includes a multi-person Cat Bus (2010), a Bertolt Brecht and Betty Boop-inspired children's play Dogsy Ma Bone (2016), and giant luminous slugs slithering up the stairs and fa瀀ade of Tate Britain (2018).
With contributions from Kristen Lippencott, former director of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
Performance featuring Marc David, Bob Moyler, Jessica Ramm, Anna Danielewicz and Rabi.
Produced by Eliza Lomas
A Boom Shakalaka production for BBC Radio 4
Artist Monster Chetwynd leads a delightfully bonkers exploration of the Leap Day. | ||
| 20200225 | 20200229 (R4) | What would you do with a day out of time?
The leap day, 29th February, is the result of an unsolved 3000 year-old problem. Conceived by the Egyptians, passed on to the Romans and reformed by Pope Gregory, it's all too often a day that passes by without another thought.
This year, the artist Monster Chetwynd won't let that happen. Known for her exuberant large-scale multi-person performances in fantastical environments, she delves deep into the leap year's ancient history and bizarre sexist customs to inspire a new radiophonic performance. True to Chetwynd-form, she brings together a group friends and collaborators in her Glasgow studio to reimagine everything she learns about the leap day into a wildly playful theatrical happening.
Monster Chetwynd was the first performance artist nominated for the Turner Prize in 2012. Her work includes a multi-person Cat Bus (2010), a Bertolt Brecht and Betty Boop-inspired children's play Dogsy Ma Bone (2016), and giant luminous slugs slithering up the stairs and fa瀀ade of Tate Britain (2018).
With contributions from Kristen Lippencott, former director of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
Performance featuring Marc David, Bob Moyler, Jessica Ramm, Anna Danielewicz and Rabi.
Produced by Eliza Lomas
A Boom Shakalaka production for BBC Radio 4
Artist Monster Chetwynd leads a delightfully bonkers exploration of the Leap Day. | |
| Leapers | 20160228 | Commissioned to mark Leap Day, Richard Beard's story follows Martin Pitter as he decides to go for a walk along Beachy Head on 29th February 2016, to contemplate the implications of this extra day.
Written by Richard Beard
Produced by Jill Waters
Richard Beard's story follows Martin as he seizes the opportunity to recalibrate. Short stories that explore the idea of 'leap' | |
| Our Italics | 20160306 | The idea of 'leap' can include conceptual leaps of faith, or hope, as well as the crossing over from one side to another. Stuart Evers explores the stages or leaps in a child's development and in particular that first momentous occasion when a parent recognises that his child has told a deliberate untruth.
From then on, the parent learns about the lies and loves of their offspring and, in this story, a single parent father reflects on what he has learned from his daughter.
Written by by Stuart Evers
Produced by Lizzie Davies
The leap - from truth-telling childish innocence to the more expedient world of stories. Short stories that explore the idea of 'leap' |