The Killers

Performed and recorded on 21st November 2007 @ The Ramshorn Theatre, Glasgow

Directed by Bruce Downie

TENSE! TAUT! TERRIFIC! told the untamed Hemingway way!

Two professional killers invade a small town and kill a gas station attendant, "the Swede," who's expecting them. Insurance investigator Lubinsky pursues the case against the orders of his boss, who considers it trivial. Weaving together threads of the Swede's life, Lubinsky uncovers a complex tale of treachery and crime, all linked with gorgeous, mysterious Kitty Collins.

Derek McDonald plays Ole 'Swede' Anderson

Lisa Queen plays Kittie Collins

Todd Thorn plays Lubinsky

Bruce Downie plays Jim Colfax

(to listen or download the recording, please use the link below)

http://www.archive.org/download/TheKillers21-11-07/TheKilllers21-11-07.mp3

Double Indemnity

Performed and recorded on 14th November 2007 @ The Ramshorn Theatre, Glasgow
Directed by Bruce Downie


From the Moment they met it was Murder!



Smooth talking insurance salesman Walter Neff meets attractive Phyllis Dietrichson when he calls to renew her husband's automobile policy. The couple are immediately drawn to each other and an affair begins. They cook up a scheme to murder Mr. Dietrichson for life insurance money with a double indemnity clause. Unfortunately, all does not go to plan...

Alessandro Conetta plays Walter Neff
Frankie MacEachan plays Phyllis Dietrichson
Paul Darroch plays Barton Keyes and Jackson and Smith



(to listen or download the recording, please click the link below)

http://www.archive.org/download/DoubleIndemnity14-11-07/DoubleIndemnity14-11-07.mp3

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Performed and recorded on 7th November 2007 @ 1.15pm @ The Ramshorn Theatre, Glasgow
Directed by Bruce Downie

Their Love was a Flame that Destroyed!

Nick Smith, the middle-aged proprietor of a roadside restaurant, hires drifter Frank Chambers as a handyman. Frank eventually begins an affair with Nick's beautiful young wife Cora, who talks Frank into helping her kill Nick, but even once the deed is done, they must live with the consequences of their actions.

Gerry Hay plays Frank Chambers

Louisa Thornton plays Cora Papadakis

Jon Dixon plays Nick Papadakis

(to listen or download the recrding, please use the link below)

http://www.archive.org/download/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice07-11-07/ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice07-11-07_64kb.mp3

The Third Man

Performed and recorded on June 13th @ 2007 @ The Ramshorn Theatre, Glasgow
Directed by Bruce Downie

'Hunted by men...Sought by women!’

Holly Martins, an out of work pulp fiction novelist, arrives in a post war Vienna where a shortage of supplies has lead to a flourishing black market. He arrives at the invitation of an ex-school friend, Harry Lime, who has offered him a job, only to discover that Lime has recently died in a peculiar traffic accident. Events take a sinister turn and soon Martins finds himself caught up in a dangerous conspiracy.

James Keenan will play the part of Holly Martins
Michael McGill will play Major Calloway
Julia Taudevin will play Anna Schmidt
Derek McDonald will play Harry Lime
Matthias Salz will play the The Boy

(to listen or download the recording, please use the link below)

http://www.archive.org/download/TheThirdMan/TheThirdMan13-06-07_64kb.mp3

The 39 Steps

Performed and recorded on June 6th 2007 @ The Ramshorn Theatre, Glasgow
Directed by Bruce Downie

‘Handcuffed to the girl who double-crossed him’

Richard Hannay is a Canadian visitor to London. At the end of Mr Memory's show in a music hall, he meets Annabella Smith who is running away from secret agents. He accepts to hide her in his flat, but in the night she is murdered. Fearing he could be accused on the girl's murder, Hannay goes on the run to break the spy ring.

James Keenan will play the part of Richard Hannay.

Ailsa MacLeod will play Annabella and Pamela.

Kashif Arshad will play Compere, Cockney Man 1 and other roles

Jon Ericsson will play Mr Memory, The Professor and other roles

(to listen or download the recording, please use the link below

http://www.archive.org/download/The39Steps_298/39_Steps_06-06-071_64kb.mp3

The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon - Part Two

Performed and Recorded on May 5th 2007 @ The Ramshorn Theatre, Glasgow
Directed by Bruce Downie

‘THRILLING STRANGE WORLD ADVENTURES!!! .... From Alex Raymond's Famous Newspaper Strip!’

In Part Two, evil Queen Azura makes Flash her love slave and commander of her armies, but jealous General Tahl has other ideas. Meanwhile Zarkov and Dale try to rescue Flash.

James Ashton will play the part of Flash Gordon.

Elaine Catrine Gracie will play Dale Arden.

James Keenan will play Emperor Ming and General Tahl.

Katy Townsend will play the Princess Aura and Queen Azura

Paul Kozinski will play Prince Barin and Prince Vultan

Stuart Bishop will play Doctor Zarkov

Martin McNaughton will play the announcer

(to listen or download the recording, please use the link below)

http://www.archive.org/download/FlashGordon-PartTwo/FlashGordonSaturdayNight_02_64kb.mp3

The Amazing Interplanetary Adventures of Flash Gordon - Part One

Performed and recorded 5th May 2007 @ The Ramshorn Theatre, Glasgow
Directed by Bruce Downie

‘THRILLING STRANGE WORLD ADVENTURES!!! .... From Alex Raymond's Famous Newspaper Strip!’

A strange planet is hurtling towards earth, seemingly on a collision course. Flash Gordon and Dale Arden, journey with Doctor Zarkov to intercept the planet and avert disaster, but instead find themselves caught in the clutches of the evil tyrant, Ming The Merciless.

James Ashton will play the part of Flash Gordon.
Elaine Catrine Gracie will play Dale Arden.
James Keenan will play Emperor Ming and General Tahl.
Katy Townsend will play the Princess Aura and Queen Azura
Paul Kozinski will play Prince Barin and Prince Vultan
Stuart Bishop will play Doctor Zarkov
Martin McNaughton will play the announcer

(to listen or download the recording, please use the link below

http://www.archive.org/download/TheAmazingInterplanetarAdventuresOfFlashGordon-PartTwo/FlashGordonSaturdayNight_01_64kb.mp3

The Legionnaire and The Lady

Performed and recorded on 28th February 2007 @ The Ramshorn Theatre, Glasgow
Directed by Bruce Downie

The Foreign Legion marches in to Mogador with booze and women in mind just as singer Amy Jolly arrives from Paris to work at Lo Tinto's cabaret. That night, insouciant legionnaire Tom Brown catches her inimitably seductive, tuxedo-clad act. The two edge cautiously into a no-strings relationship but Tom must leave on a perilous mission: is it too late for them?


Agnieszka Bresler will play the part of Amy Jolly.
Derek McDonald will play Legionnaire Tom Brown.
Paul Darroch will play La Bessiere, the Sergeant, Limey, Cesar and Lo Tinto.
Kirsty Frances will play the girl in the café

to listen or download the recording, please use the link below

http://www.archive.org/download/TheLegionnaireAndTheLady/TheLegionnaireAndTheLady_64kb.mp3

Brief Encounter

Performed and recorded on 14th February 2007 @ The Ramshorn Theatre Glasgow
Directed by Bruce Downie

This is a story of one man’s wife and another woman’s husband, that could never happen to you. For you’ve never lived a lifetime in one Brief Encounter. This is the story of Alec Harvey and Laura Jessons and the life lived in the commuter section of a railway station.

Set in a mundane world of railway stations, semi-detached houses and inexpensive cafes, a respectable suburban housewife has a chance meeting with a handsome married doctor, their friendship becomes romance, but they feel the pressures of convention pulling their relationship apart.

Laura Jessons played by Ailsa MacLeod
Alec Harvey played by Neil McCormack
Mary played by Maggie Lovell
Fred played by Adam Howard

(to listen or download the recording, please use the link below

http://www.archive.org/download/BriefEncounter/BriefEncounter_64kb.mp3

The Adventure of the Sanguinary Count: Sherlock Holmes versus Dracula

Performed and recorded on January 26th 2007 @ East Kilbride Arts Centre
Directed by Bruce Downie

A ship is discovered adrift off the English coast, its crew missing, its murdered captain lashed to the wheel, and its only passenger is a sinister black dog that disappears into the night. The only cargo on this ghost ship -- fifty boxes of earth. The game is afoot, and Sherlock Holmes, aided as ever by the faithful Dr. Watson, finds himself on the trail of no mortal enemy, but the arch-vampire himself -- Count Dracula.

Sherlock Holmes played by Robert Radcliffe

Doctor Watson played byJames Keenan

Parker / Van Helsing / Count Dracula played by Chris Daly

Mrs Mary Watson / Lucy Westenra / Mrs Bridger played by Karen Bartke.

to listen or download the recrding, please use the link below

http://www.archive.org/download/TheAdventureOfTheSanguinaryCountSherlockHolmesVersusDracula/TheAdventureOfTheSanguinaryCount-SherlockHolmesVersusDracula_vbr.mp3

The Hound of The Baskervilles

Performed and recorded on January 26th 2007 @ East Kilbride Arts Centre
Directed by Bruce Downie

Sir Roger Baskerville is found dead one night, a look of mortal terror frozen on his face. Locals say, the legendary Hound of the Baskervilles has returned, and is stalking the moors of Dartmoor once again. Holmes and Watson must solve the mystery before the new lord of the manor falls victim to the curse of the Baskervilles.

Sherlock Holmes played by Robert Radcliffe
Doctor Watson played by James Keenan
Doctor Mortimer / Barrymore / Lestrade played by Stuart Bishop
Sir Henry Baskerville / Stapleton played by Chris Somerville
Mrs Barrymore / Beryl Stapleton / Laura Lyons played by Karen Bartke

to listen or download the recording, please use the link below

http://www.archive.org/download/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles_vbr.mp3

The Kidnapping

Radio Theatre Group presents The Kidnapping

Performed and recorded on the 29th of November 2006 @ The Ramshorn Theatre, Glasgow

Radio Theatre Group's recreation of one of the episodes of The Marx Brother's legendary radio series - Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel. In this episode, entitled ' The Kidnapping' - Groucho has to rescue his hapless assistant from the clutches of murderous mobster - Big Joe Crookly.

Cast of The Kidnapping

Peter Lamb plays Waldorf T Flywheel aka Groucho Marx
Paul Darroch plays Emanuelle Ravelli aka Chico Marx
Frances Burnett plays Miss Dimple / Slim / Mr Bardwell / Distrct Attorney
Bruce Downie plays Salessman / Mr Bardwell / Big Joe Crookley / Judge / Dealer

Directed by Bruce Downie

to listen to the recording, please use the link below

http://www.archive.org/download/TheKidnapping/TheKidnapping.mp3

The Musgrave Ritual

Radio Theatre Group presents

The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual -

A Sherlock Holmes Mystery

Performed and recorded on the 15th of November 2006 @ The Ramshorn Theatre, Glasgow

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson are brought to Hurlstone Manor by Reginald Musgrave to look into the disappearance of his butler, Brunton. Various clues (a crumpled piece of paper, a brass key, a peg of wood with string attached) suggest that Brunton's disappearance is somehow related to the "Musgrave ritual," an arcane practice compelling young Musgrave family members to recite an odd riddle that might have to do with buried treasure.

The Cast of The Musgrave Ritual

Sherlock Holmes is playede by Derek McDonald
Doctor Watson and Reginald Musgrave played by James Keenan
Rachel is played by Joanne Gallacher
Brunton is played by Murray MacLennan

Directed by Bruce Downie

(to listen or download, use the link below)

http://www.archive.org/download/TheMusgraveRitual/TheMusgraveRitaul_64kb.mp3

The Maltese Falcon

Radio Theatre Group presents The Maltese Falcon

Performed in front of a theatre audience - 1st November 2006 @ The Ramshorn Theatre, Glasgow

It's thrilling . . . it's chilling . . . it's the most baffling mystery story in years !

Sam Spade is a partner in a private-eye firm who finds himself hounded by police when his partner is killed whilst tailing a man. The girl who asked him to follow the man turns out not to be who she says she is, and is really involved in something to do with the 'Maltese Falcon', a gold-encrusted life-sized statue of a falcon, the only one of its kind.

The Cast of The Maltese Falcon

Sam Spade – played by Robert Radcliffe
Brigid O’Shauneggsy – played by Karen Bartke
Kaspar Gutman – played by James Keenan
Joel Cairo / Leon Wilmer – played by Murray MacLennan

Directed by Bruce Downie

(to listen or download, use the link below)

http://www.archive.org/download/TheMalteseFalcon/TheMalteseFalcon1stNovember_64kb.mp3