Sleepless Creatives

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creatives! The whispered words of Shakespeare's Fair Youth Sonnets continue to echo through time. As you settle in and get comfortable, prepare to drift through some of the Bard's most intimate and moving poetry, where love transcends both distance and darkness. We journey through five remarkable sonnets that explore...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creators, Dreams have a way of consuming us, transforming our perception of reality until fantasy and truth become indistinguishable. Such is the journey we embark upon with Miguel de Cervantes' timeless masterpiece, Don Quixote—a well-loved story adapted into plays, musicals, and films. Join us as we explore the opening...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creators, What happens when we truly listen to the women of Shakespeare's world?  Their voices—powerful, vulnerable, vengeful, and wise—have echoed through centuries, yet often remain overshadowed by their male counterparts. This episode celebrates International Women's Month by bringing to life some of the most extr...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creators, Stepping back in time will allow you to discover the powerful, lyrical voice of Francis E. W. Harper—a revolutionary figure whose words continue to resonate nearly two centuries after they were penned. Born in 1825 to free African-American parents in Baltimore, Harper broke barriers as the first African-American woma...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creators, Fairy tales have power beyond their fantastical elements—they shape our understanding of suffering, resilience, and redemption.  The Brothers Grimm tale "The Girl Without Hands" holds special significance for me, having seen its stage adaptation, "Wild Bride" by Kneehigh Theatre Company, during my...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creators, The year closes, the room dims, and we light a small lamp for winter words.  If you're feeling stressed out and run down by the craziness of the holiday season, then let this collection of poetry take you back to some gentle simplicity. We start with Emily Brontë’s bleak resolve, a speaker held by storm and choo...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creators, A winter knock, a warm hearth, and a choice that lingers for a lifetime.  We close the year with a quiet, candlelit reading of Babushka, the beloved Russian folktale about comfort, courage, and the gifts we carry when we think we are too late.  From the first crackle of the fire to the travellers at the door, we expl...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creators, We step into Charles Dickens’ The Signalman for a Halloween reading that lingers long after the final line, exploring how fear, duty, and uncertainty collide on a lonely stretch of railway. We open with the eerie geometry of the scene and a stranger’s descent into the signalman’s subterranean world.  From there, the...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creatives! In this episode, I will be reading a handful of monologues from Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Make sure you check out the Listeners Survey on our website, your feedback really helps me out - go to www.sleeplesscreatives.co.uk and scroll to the bottom of the homepage. Sleep Tight,  Florence x Support the show Sleepl...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello again Creatives! This is part 2 of the much-loved story of  The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, in this part we will be introduced to the band of monkeys and Kaa the snake. If you want to support us further you can follow us on social media or visit our Patreon page! (all accessed through the Linktree below) Sleep tight, Flore...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Happy Pride month! In this episode I'm reading my favourite pieces of poetry written by LGBTQ+ writers from the 1900s to ancient Greece. Those authors are: Langston Hughes, Frederico Garcia Lorca, Aphra Behn and Sappho. Sleep tight,Florence xSupport the showSleepless Creatives is hosted, edited and produced by Florence St Leger...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! It's summertime! For todays episode I have picked out my favourite poems from our beloved Victorian playwright, Oscar Wilde. Sleep Tight,  Florence x Support the show Sleepless Creatives is hosted, edited and produced by Florence St Leger. The opening theme is Reflection by Birds of Norway. Support the show Our Links: www.sleep...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creatives, Today I will be delving back into The Fair Youth Sonnets by William Shakespeare, this will be a long series as there are 126 sonnets altogether so you can find part 3 on our Patreon page! If you want to give me your feedback and thoughts on the show, you can find our listeners survey on our website homepage, just sc...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! This month we celebrated International Women's Day so I asked my listeners to suggest their favourite feminist writers, this is the first part of A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf (if it's popular I will release a part 2!) Sleep Tight,  Florence x Support the show Sleepless Creatives is hosted, edited and produced...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Hello Creatives, in this episode I am reading the much loved story of The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. We have a brand new website! go to www.sleeplesscreatives.co.uk where you can listen online, find out more about me and the show, take part in our listener survey and find links to our socials and Patreon page. Sleep tight, Flor...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! In this episode I am reading the first three Fair Youth sonnets by William Shakespeare. Thanks for listening and sweet dreams!  Florence x Support the show Sleepless Creatives is hosted, edited and produced by Florence St Leger. The opening theme is Reflection by Birds of Norway. Support the show Our Links: www.sleeplesscreativespod...

Do you have any thoughts or ideas about the show? Send us a text! Welcome to Sleepless Creatives, we are a bedtime relaxation Podcast for Performers and Creators. Support the show Sleepless Creatives is hosted, edited and produced by Florence St Leger. The opening theme is Reflection by Birds of Norway. Support the show Our Links: www.sleeplesscreativespodcast.co.uk Our producer I nstagram Sleeple...