PAUL BLINKHORN
DIRECTOR & WRITER
AUDIO DRAMA
As a director-producer Paul was selected as one of four finalists in Audible's Audio Drama Production Competition at the end on 2019.
I HEART AMY - by Elizabeth Parikh
Produced by Wireless Theatre Company
- released in December 2017
(as director and Assistant Producer)
Young widow Amy is moving forward with her life.
She has arranged to meet up with Joe, an old
‘friend’ to see if the two still share a spark – even
packing her toothbrush, just in case! Joe just
happens to be her dead husband’s best mate
from university who is facing a crossroads of his
own. At Bath Christmas Market the two make their
way through the crowds. Laughing and mulling
over the past they reach the canal, where they
are finally able to be alone…
AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIO DOWNLOAD from www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk
Cast: Helen Phillips, Christopher Lane, Sinead Davies,Rebekah Hinds, Steffan Lloyd-Evans, Gillian McCutcheon, Nav Sidhu, Valerie Gogan and Kevin Devine.
Title music performed by Dominic Mason
Directed by Paul Blinkhorn
Produced by Jack Bowman for Wireless Theatre Company
Editing and Sound Design by Malcolm Thorp
Engineered by James Signee, and recorded at the RNIB Talking Books Studios, London.
Broadcasting Assistant: Liis Mikks
Running time: 47 minutes
THE MIGHTY CARLINS - by award-winning
Canadian playwright Collin Doyle.
Produced by Wireless Theatre Company
- released June, 2013
Selected to feature as part of the HEAR Now: The
Audio Fiction and Arts Festival 2014 and the
On the anniversary of his wife’s death, Leo Carlin and
his two sons come together for their traditional night
of sharing memories of the dearly departed Mrs
Carlin. Beers are drunk Plans are hatched. Secrets
are revealed. The Mighty Carlins is a black comedy
that celebrates a family at its worst.
Cast: Shane Rimmer (Leo Carlin), Christopher Ragland (Mike) and Christian Malcolm (Davey).
AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIO DOWNLOAD from www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk
Music by Michael Seal
Directed by Paul Blinkhorn
Produced by Jack Bowman and Robert Valentine
Edited by Paul Darling
Engineered by Carlos Ziccarelli at Unity Studios, London.
Running time: 1 hr 27 minutes
Note: Contains strong language and mature themes.
COUNTRY LIFE - by Peter Briffa
Produced by Wireless Theatre Company
- released November, 2012
In the serene garden of a Devonshire cottage, next door
neighbours Kenneth and Barbara while away their
twilight years amid cups of tea, bonfires and a nice slice
of Madeira cake. Following the funeral of their friend
Judith, things are disrupted by the arrival of fellow
mourner Jim who opens up a hornets’ nest of secrets
that leads to blackmail, robbery and possibly even
murder.
AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIO DOWNLOAD
from www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk
Cast: Chris Bearne, Marji Campi and David Forest.
Original Music by Simon James Cookson
Directed by Paul Blinkhorn
Produced by Jack Bowman
Edited by Graham Donnelly
Engineered by Carlos Ziccarelli at Unity Studios, London.
Running time: 1 hr 8 minutes
OMEGA - a four-part series by Elizabeth Parikh
Produced by Wireless Theatre Company
- Ep 1 released in November 2019
- Ep 2 released in December 2019
- Ep 3 released in January 2020
- Ep 4 released in February 2020
(as director and producer)
Newly qualified Police Officer PC Gifty Zahra has at
last fulfilled a lifelong ambition to join the force.
Now on the beat with her mentor DS Angela
Appleby she is determined to impress and to keep
the streets of North West England safe. After making
a gruesome discovery, the pair find themselves at
the centre of a tangled web of local corruption.
Cast: Jessica Murrain, Rebekah Hinds, Dean Ashton,
Michael Cahill, Cathy Breeze and Maxine Dubois.
AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIO DOWNLOAD from www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk
Engineered by: James Sigee
Ep 1 and 2 editing and sound design by: James Sigee
Ep 3 editing and sound design by: Ross Burman
Ep 4 editing and sound design by: Tshari King
It was recorded at the RNIB Talking Books Studios, London.
Original Music: Jose Guillermo Puello
Production Assistant: Amber Miller
Produced by: Robert Valentine and Paul Blinkhorn
NIGHT OF THE ORCHID - by Marty Ross
Produced by Wireless Theatre Company
- released in October 2018
(as director and assistant producer)
Madeleine Loughran has fled her wedding, seeking
shelter with her beloved Great Aunt at her house in
the snowbound Scottish countryside. In the house's
ruined glasshouse, the blossoming of a single living
flower is the first sign of a passion that will strip bare
the secret history of a house and its inhabitants.
A contemporary Gothic drama of desire and death,
and of love and vengeance beyond the grave.
AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIO DOWNLOAD from www.wirelesstheatrecompany.co.uk
Cast: Rebecca Hamilton, Lesley Stone, Valerie Gogan, Peter Hannah & Kevin Devine
Editing and Sound by: Malcolm Thorp & Aaron May
Original Music: Isabel Herschmann
Engineered by Carlos Ziccarelli and Rohan Onraet, and recorded at the Unity Studios, London.
Broadcasting Assistant: Ruth James
Produced by: Jack Bowman & Robert Valentine
Reviews
The Mighty Carlins
"enthralling"
- Laurence Raw
Radio Drama Review (2013)
"..an entertaining, compelling, audio drama replete with fun, twists and surprises...It’s intriguing and captivating and at times laugh aloud funny...thoroughly enjoyable and engaging from start to finish"
- Maissa Bessada
SFF Audio (2013).
"Director Paul Blinkhorn orchestrates the guttural opprobrium and speedy altercations while allowing unspoken emotions to gather and surface...Rush, rush, rush to Wireless Theatre Company’s website for a free download of this play"
- Moira Petty
The Stage (2013)
Country Life
"... a charming witty tale of life
in retirement gone awry"
- Radio Drama Revival (2013)
"...cleverly constructed to lull you into
a state of false confidence, as a shaft of black humour cleaves through the script."
- Moira Petty
The Stage (2012)
"...what really counts in Paul Blinkhorn's production is the conflict between the two male protagonists, sparring with one another like a couple of adolescents,
rather than two senior citizens
...a penetrating study of how people like to cocoon themselves from the outside world in their own personal Gardens of Eden..."
- Lawrence Raw
Radio Drama Review (2012)