We’re so excited for the William's Castle listening party on Friday🎶

The songs in the drama come from our “Songs of the Streets” project, and our own Holly Rees & Paige Temperley will be playing them live!

Come and listen to the drama, it’s free: tinyurl.com/yc695xhn

Just a reminder to anyone that would like to attend the listening party for William’s Castle on Friday. It is free to attend but tickets are needed. You can get them here:

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And a Sister Sounds production.

William Elliot the boy who inspired #WilliamsCastle written & produced by Jay Sykes 🎙📻🎨📖🎓🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺 He/Him Who joined me BBC North East to give us an insight into putting the work together take a listen @17nineteen University of Sunderland link in comments

In tears - an important story beautifully told. The underlying research and involvement of musicians and community members is fantastic. Well done all and look forward to listening with you on Friday ( I’ll bring more tissues)

5 min warning! William's Castle will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 2.15pm. Inspired by a note left 125 yrs ago by a Sunderland boy who didn't want to be forgotten & the community effort to remember him

You can read all about the audio drama The QT
theqt.online/the-story-of-a…

A letter written by a young orphaned Sunderland choir boy in 1897 is the inspiration behind a new BBC Radio 4 audio drama by University of Sunderland's Jay Sykes 🎙📻🎨📖🎓🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺 He/Him - written & produced for Sunderland graduate Chantal Herbert's Sister Sounds sunderland.ac.uk/more/news/stor…

Looking forward to this on the radio and incredibly proud that this Sunderland story has transitioned from letter to idea, to script, to broadcast by two graduates (and now colleagues) of our wonderful #MARadio Jay Sykes 🎙📻🎨📖🎓🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺 He/Him and Sister Sounds Miranda Sawyer RadioStudiesNetwork

Many thanks to Myles Ashby for penning this BBC News (UK) piece about ‘William’s Castle’. What a delightful, delicate drama-doc this was to work on with Sister Sounds & Seventeen Nineteen 🥰📻🎉

Broadcasting at 2:15pm on Easter Monday (1st April) on BBC Radio 4

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Shout our to UOS Enterprise for funding Sister Sounds

A note found 125 years after it was written by a young Sunderland boy who didn’t want to be forgotten has inspired a new audio drama. Sam Wonfor reports
theqt.online/the-story-of-a…

Sister Sounds
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Seventeen Nineteen

Only two weeks until William's Castle comes to the BBC. We couldn't be more excited. Huge shoutout to the talented Jay Sykes 🎙📻🎨📖🎓🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺 He/Him or knocking this out of the park.

Image by Jacob Goff.

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This wonderful poster was designed by Jacob Goff for our listening event at Seventeen Nineteen.

Join us on April 12th from 6 PM.

Free tickets here:

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Join us at Seventeen Nineteen for the official William's Castle listening party with musical performances from Holly Rees, Paige Temperley , and a live panel discussion where you can hear more about the inspiration of the drama.

Tickets and info here: tinyurl.com/yc695xhn

The reason why she is missing 40 minutes a day

One of those was called “Remember Me”, about the letter found in Seventeen Nineteen, written by William Elliott (aged 13).

We are so thrilled that the song will be used in a Sister Sounds // Jay Sykes 🎙📻🎨📖🎓🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺 He/Him drama for BBC Radio 4
which will be broadcast in April.

We're on day one of the recording of our first radio drama for BBC Radio 4. Heading to the airwaves in April 24.

Reposted from Jay Sykes 🎙📻🎨📖🎓🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺 He/Him

The first of two #AudioDrama recording days for #WilliamsCastle is today 🥰

#WilliamsCastle #17Nineteen #Sunderland #williamelliott

A snippet from the upcoming exhibition of Chantal Herbert
and 🌈Melanated Sapphic the Chaos King🏳️‍⚧️.

‘New Borders’ is an exhibition thst proposes to “Take up Space” and, in some small part, decolonise Seaton Delaval Hall. With an immersive audio piece and photo series.

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Loved hearing directly from previous prizewinners of the #CharlesParkerPrize - especially people who I’ve come to call great friends 🥰
The inspiring Sister Shack, Lewis Harrower, and Talia Augustidis at the #CPday2023

#cpday2023
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As a previous winner it's great to be able to attend one as a cohort