12Months 12Stories

Our normal programming has been temporarily interrupted by The Message.  Written and directed by Daniel Julian. Performed by Carmina Bernhardt.  Recommended 14+

Sugar and Spice and All Things Nice, written by Molly Sweeney. Sound designed by Rebecca Palmer. Performed by Mark Desebrock. Kat has a Paul and Josh; she's not being rude, she's just being real. Paul and Josh have a Kat, and they navigate together parent and carers evenings, Kat's questions (she asks questions because she wants to know the answers), Kat's little sister Lily, w...

All of my Days, written and directed by Sean Matthews. Edited and sound designed by Rebecca Palmer. Performed by Jonathan Cobb.  Our man lives just down the road from the local shop, and little do they know that their biggest adventure is also just around the corner. All of My Days is a story about looking for things in the right places. Specifically written for fans of Hula Hoops crisps... but yo...

To celebrate Pride Month, 12Months 12Stories is proud to present a bonus episode of beautiful new words, consisting of 'Refracted' written by Carla Rudgyard and performed by Taylor Waggoner. 'New Thoughts' written and performed by Kara Hakanson. 'Pride is Not a Party' written and performed by Jasmin Mandi-Ghomi. 

A Confession, written and directed by Ruth Carnegie, edited and sound designed by Rebecca Palmer. Performed by Callum Tilbury and Lin Sagovsky.  When you recognise someone over and over again, but they outwardly change every time you see them, how do you build up the courage to say something? To tell them that you truly see them. That you know who... or perhaps more correctly, know what they are. ...

Written by Rebecca Palmer. Performed and edited by Lily Chantry. 'Earwigging' is May's 12Months 12Stories!  Donna is having a cheeky half hour to herself, daydreaming she's on a date with the one and only, Keanu Reeves, when she's distracted by the conversation of the two women behind her—a distraction with embarrassing consequences.  Earwigging is a tale as old as time, a...

Written by Rebecca Palmer, directed and sound designed by Charlotte Ive. Performed by Naomi Cooper-Davis (Charlotte), Jill Stanford (Carol), and Sarah Wanendeya (May). April's 12Months 12Stories explores family dynamics and what can happen at a seemingly ordinary get-together when unexpected questions are asked. Questions that pull at the very roots of the family, shaking their foundations an...

That Day is written and performed by Lanna Joffrey. A very honest and true piece of that day in New York City on September 11th.  Please be aware of trigger warnings; this piece does contain content of violence against women and hate crimes. 

To celebrate International Poetry Day, 12Months 12Stories is proud to share with you, First. Written and performed by Anne-Marie O'Brien.  Recommended 16+

Written by Patrick Bayele and performed by Henry Bayele.  Paul, a gentle and elderly widower, recounts a supernatural experience from his youth to his carer. As they explore the wonder of his past, a light of hope emerges from the cracks of his broken heart. 

Written, Directed, and Sound Designed by Charlotte Ive. Performed by Holly Barbour.  Once a year, the Cailleach, goddess of Winter and Aine, her Summer counterpart, meet for a night before the seasons shift, and their parting plays out across nature and our lives.  Recommended 14+

Written and performed by Miriam Babooram, The Morning After is a fun, delightful, Christmassy monologue from the point of view of mistletoe at the office Christmas party.  Will she get her Christmas wish this year?  Tune in to find out!  Wishing you all happy holidays, love us xx   Recommended 14+

Trigger warning: this monologue contains content of suicide and abuse. Performed by Ed Keates and written by Rebecca Palmer  Charlie needed to be asked one question. Was he OK? No bullshit. Because the truth was, he was struggling. He needed someone to push him to be honest with himself and with those around him, and that person was a stranger at a train station who saved his life. If you've...

Performed by Deborah Wastell and written by Rebecca Palmer, Shadow be Light is the story of a woman thrown into darkness by her community, and the consequences of those actions. A horror story of their own making. This Halloween, join us for a dark and unthinkable tale!  They called her a witch; she wasn't a witch, but what she became, however, was much, much worse.  Recommended 16+