A Dramatic Tale: Dogwood Productions and Going For Independence

A unique collaboration between Whitby’s professional theatre company, Dogwood Productions and Going For Independence (GFI), the Teesside organisation supporting the blind and partially-sighted has led to the creation of a four-part audio drama.

It features a young couple, struggling to run the recently inherited guest house, Bel View, in a fictitious resort north of Whitby. Each episode was created by one of GFI’s groups in Redcar, Darlington, Hartlepool, and Stockton, not only working with experienced writers, but recording alongside professional actors. This session reunites the writers, performers, and group members to tell the story of the project, plus a playback of the dramas.

The project was made possible through the financial support of Arts Council England.