Sleepless Creatives

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello creators, In this episode, we have our next guest reader, performer, and voice actor, Adam Smith, who talks about the power of creative imagination from childhood to adulthood and reads us to sleep with the enchanting and addictive dreamscape of Celephais by H.P. Lovecraft. Find out more about Adam and his work: www.adamsmithp...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello creators, Put your phone down for ten minutes and feel what happens, a short walk outside with no music, no scrolling, just fresh air and your own thoughts settling.  It sounds small, but for busy performers and creators, that tiny gap from noise can be the difference between lying awake and actually drifting off. Today, we ea...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello creators, You know that feeling when your body is tired but your mind keeps pacing the room? Tonight we try something different: a classic story read with enough calm to let your thoughts loosen their grip.  For our April Guest Reader we’re joined by voice actor Luke Jones, who brings a steady, intimate performance to the firs...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creators Coming soon: Build Without Breaking, a new performing arts interview series releasing toward the end of the year. Follow us on Instagram to follow the launch: instagram.com/buildwithoutbreakingpod Let me guide you into a bedtime poetry reading inspired by the renewed buzz around Wuthering Heights and the world that sh...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creators, In this special bonus episode, we’re taking part in Podcaston 2026, where thousands of shows spotlight a charity they believe in. Ours is the Entertainment Community Fund, formerly the Actors Fund. They’ve been supporting the entertainment community since 1882, with practical help that can change everything when life...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creators, In the first Guest Reader episode of 2026, we invited voice actor, director, and producer Rachel Naylor to share how to build a purposeful, patient, and community-driven life in voiceover—and then we will slow the room down together with a tender reading from The Jungle Book. It’s a blend of clear-eyed creative advic...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creators, January doesn’t care about your calendar. The days are short, the air bites, and all those loud resolutions feel out of tune with a body that still wants to hibernate. We lean into that truth with a slower, kinder approach to creative momentum, and then dim the lights for a lush reading of Carmilla, Chapter Six, wher...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creators, Holiday shine can feel sharp when your brain won’t switch off.  We open with a warm check‑in for creators and performers who feel the December squeeze, then curl up with the first half of The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen—read softly to settle your breath and steady your thoughts. The tale unfolds like a mirr...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creators, Ever meet a classic through its film cousins first? Join our final Guest Reader of 2025, trans voice actor Robyn McConnell, as she traces the surprising lineage between Treasure Planet and Muppets Treasure Island and the book that started it all—then slip into a soft, steady reading of Stevenson’s opening chapter. Ro...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creators, A cloudy October evening begs for a story that knows the road home.  We settle into the second half of Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow with a reading designed to calm the mind while letting the imagination wander.  From the last warmth of a bustling harvest party to the hush of a moonless lane, you’ll...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creators, Autumn leaves are falling, temperatures are dropping, and for many creators, an uneasy feeling creeps in as we evaluate what we've accomplished this year.  If you're feeling that familiar pressure that comes with seasonal transitions, you're not alone. In this deeply atmospheric episode, we explore how...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creators, Dreams weave through the night as stories unfold, and tonight we journey to the charming world of Avonlea with voice actor Sarah McPhee as she reads from "Anne of Green Gables" by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Sarah brings a personal connection to this beloved classic, having visited Prince Edward Island twice to e...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creators, Remember those childhood stories that wrapped around your imagination like a warm blanket? The ones you begged to hear "just one more time" before sleep? We're tapping into that powerful nostalgia with Beatrix Potter's timeless classic, "The Tale of Jemima Puddle Duck." This beloved stor...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creatives, Let's drift into a world of romantic poetry as we celebrate Pride Month with part two of Lord Byron's most beautiful verses.  This special episode invites you to experience the yearning, heartbreak, and profound beauty captured by one of history's most renowned queer poets. Each poem reveals different...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creatives, The moon's influence on human sleep patterns has long been a subject of mystical tradition, but modern science is now catching up with what yogic wisdom has known for millennia.  Today's Guest Reader, Indian voice actor and Hindi voice dubber Neha Gargava, reads a captivating article from the Isha Foundati...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creatives, Windmills transform into fearsome giants through the eyes of our deluded knight in another captivating exploration of Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote, which has been beautifully adapted into plays, musical theatre and film performances many times since its first release. Today we'll be reading Chapter 8 —...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creatives, Step into the shadows of gothic horror with our reading of Chapter 4 from Sheridan Le Fanu's queer vampire classic "Carmilla."  This episode takes you deep into the unsettling relationship between our narrator and her mysterious houseguest, whose beauty is as captivating as her behaviour is disturbing...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creatives, Drift into a world of snow-covered Welsh hillsides and childhood Christmas magic as this month's Guest Reader, Welsh actor Ben Bryant, lends his melodic voice to Dylan Thomas's beloved prose poem, "A Child's Christmas in Wales." Perfect for performers and creative minds seeking respite from...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creatives, The perfect antidote to New Year pressure arrives in our first 2025 episode, where we explore the gentle art of self-compassion during a season that demands immediate transformation. Just because it's a new year, it doesn't mean that you need to be climbing mountains straight away. Remember to create space...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creatives, Step into a world of holiday magic as we close out 2024 with a spellbinding Christmas episode. Let me welcome you to a cosy fireside reading of "The Goblin's Christmas," an enchanting poem from 1908 by Elizabeth Anderson that perfectly captures the mischievous spirit of the season. This festive tale t...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creatives, Drift into the enchanted realm of fairy poetry as actor and director Nim McQuin reads from "The Fairy Green" by Rose Fyleman in this special guest reader episode. Nim shares her personal connection to bedtime poetry–a cherished tradition started by her Auntie Mary–while reading from a book with its own mag...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creatives, Ever felt that chill down your spine when walking alone on an autumn night? That's the feeling we capture in our Halloween special as we bring the first half of Washington Irving's classic "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" to vivid life through an atmospheric reading. Join me on a haunting journey to...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creatives, The leaves are turning orange, the air grows crisp, and our yearly Halloween episode approaches! But first, we dive back into the atmospheric world of Sheridan Le Fanu's gothic masterpiece with Chapter 3 of Carmilla. Following a mysterious carriage accident, a beautiful young lady has been left in the care of o...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creatives, A forgotten garden shed transforms into a sanctuary of imagination and rebellion in our latest episode, featuring Stasia Keogh's mesmerising reading of "Shrendi Vashtar" by Saki. This haunting tale follows ten-year-old Conradin, a sickly child given just five years to live, who suffers under the oppre...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creatives, Ever found yourself drifting peacefully to sleep with the rhythmic cadence of Shakespeare's sonnets? In this soothing episode of Sleepless Creatives, we return to the Bard's most intimate poetry with part four of the Fair Youth Sonnets. We journey through Sonnets 33-38, where Shakespeare masterfully explor...