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Sour Hall
- By: Laura Kirwan-Ashman
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boggart
noun
A mischievous character from English folklore, boggarts attach themselves to a person or location. Though they can occasionally be considered merely impish or even helpful, boggarts are more often characterised as malevolent and hostile.
Sour Hall’s resident boggart is destructive and torments George and Ash by exacerbating the sources of their pain, drawing out past traumas and current fears.
It's been such a thrill to adapt and expand upon Naomi Booth's beautiful and atmospheric short story. The horror of Sour Hall is intrinsically rooted in the psychology of unresolved trauma, and the ways in which that trauma manifests and challenges us to face it. I wanted to approach this story from a distinctly femgaze perspective and to focus on the characters' emotions and relationships, how the horror element manipulates and threatens these, and to highlight the healing power of love and of empathy, both for ourselves and for others.
Directing Sour Hall on location on an actual farm in Yorkshire was such a unique and wonderful experience for myself and our incredible cast and crew, and that, paired with the amazing 360/binaural sound technology we used, has resulted in something that will hopefully feel really immersive, chilling, and moving for listeners.
- Laura Kirwan-Ashman
A peek into the world of Sour Hall
- Are these desperate times?
Desperate times leads folk to do... all sorts
- The gooseberry
Georgie Porgie's not here!
- Don't mock the boggart
What if the boggart gets me?
- Stay out of the dairy
You girls should never have come back here
- Are these desperate times?
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Desperate times leads folk to do... all sorts
- The gooseberry
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Georgie Porgie's not here!
- Don't mock the boggart
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What if the boggart gets me?
- Stay out of the dairy
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You girls should never have come back here
Behind the scenes at the recording of Sour Hall
Laura Kirwan-Ashman
The writer and director of Sour Hall, Laura’s work focuses on Blackness, queerness, and a hopepunk, feminine gaze approach to storytelling. Laura’s roots are in filmmaking; her short films have won awards and shown at festivals, and she is one of 2020's BFI Flare x BAFTA Crew mentees. Laura is currently writing her debut feature film in development with the BFI, and has several TV projects in the works.
About the performer
Lucy Fallon is best known for her performance as Bethany Platt in Coronation Street, a role for which she was the 2018 winner of the National Television Award for Serial Drama Performance, the winner of the 2018 British Soap Awards for Best Actress and Best Female Dramatic Performance as well as winning the 2017 Inside Soap Award for Best Actress.
About the performer
Pearl Mackie is an accomplished screen and stage actress best known for roles such as Bill Potts in Doctor Who and Lulu in The Birthday Party at The Harold Pinter Theatre. Pearl is also a well-known voice in the audio industry and starred in Forest 404 for the BBC and was seen most recently in Michael Winterbottom’s Greed.
What listeners say about Sour Hall
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- Tom Porritt
- 01-02-21
The idea is better than the reality!
Started off well. Building suspense. After the first 30 min episode it got a bit tedious.
The problem with this drama is there isn’t enough vocal description. So for example and audio book usually tells you about the weather, location and what’s going on. In a voiced drama, the script usually gives you that for example, character one would say “oh I best get up. Can’t be bothered because it’s bloody freezing and it’s raining outside. What a miserable winters day”... well there is none of that in this. You’ve left to try and work out who’s where and why they’re there. Are they in the dairy? Are they in the house? Who is talking here. It’s literally like trying to watch tv with your eyes shut and being unable to keep up. I finished it because I wanted to, not because I enjoyed it. Literally 6 episodes of rain, thunder, banging noises, screams, a weird bloke whispering, cows mooing and some very brief lines that tell half the story of two arguing lesbians whilst portraying the sleepy village people of Yorkshire as closet racists whom have never heard of LGBT! And I’m sorry, but the ending is just a load of balls.
It filled a corner but I’m left unsatisfied.
The only positive is the 360 sound. That works really well.
57 people found this helpful
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- Katy
- 31-01-21
Glad to have come to the end of this one
Good grief, what an absolute load of tosh. 'Adapted from a short story'? Sad to say, it might have been better not to bother. Disjointed, repetitive, seemed like every 5 minutes someone was waking up in the middle of the night and randomly going off into the dark to look for the other. Silly ending too. Sorry. Glad I hadn't paid for it.
52 people found this helpful
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- mich
- 02-02-21
Glad I didn’t pay for this
I’m so glad I never paid for this, it was a struggle to keep listening to it. If you’re looking for scary avoid this at all costs because there is nothing scary about it. It definitely is more irritating than scary, and the continuous mention of the dairy got on my nerves.
33 people found this helpful
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- Anonymous User
- 01-02-21
Not a great story! Disappointing!
This isten was a struggle. I would not recommend. The ending is very disappointing and the episodes are repetitive. I am glad I didn't use a credit on this.
25 people found this helpful
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- Slubberd
- 28-01-21
Hmm. Have the BBC been here?
I found it more irritating than atmospheric. I like to go find out about characters as I go - not be knocked out by their sexuality before they've even walked in the room. That goes for anyone. I don't like how this story made everything a struggle. Self indulgent. Not for me.
24 people found this helpful
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- Luke
- 28-01-21
Great story odd additions
The story, and performance, is excellent however there's a strange amount of references to sex seemingly needlessly rammed in to this just feels like a waste of time unless of course this will later become relevant
23 people found this helpful
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- The Glamizon
- 28-01-21
Love it.
Well written, engaging with relatable characters. A spooky tale which tackles some difficult and emotional issues, however there are trigger warnings given before each performance which give warning to some of the content.
An atmospheric tale, backed up by great sound effect.
The story line is set in an old, rural, dairy farm. George AKA. Georgia and her partner Ash are the two main characters. As young 'lesbian lady farmers' they have certainly sparked the interest of the locals and something sinister that bides there. NO SPOILER ALERTS. Im not at the end of the series yet but so far I can honestly say that I can almost smell, feel and sense their fear as I'm transported right there to the farm.
I am really loving each episode, I'm not usually a fan of short stories, mainly because I get frustrated when I'm getting into the story and it ends, when like with this series, I could easily listen to it for hours. Well done audible on a great production and around of 👏 👏 👏 👏 to the actors for a great performance. X
18 people found this helpful
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- legeon
- 03-02-21
Oh
This story started off brilliantly. Scares abundantly there and brilliant Soundesign to boot. However certain members of the cast clearly were not used to radio work. And the stories ending was pure and utter unadulterated garbage.
16 people found this helpful
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-02-21
Best listen
This is the most engaging listen so far. Great surround sound and interesting story. Totally worth downloading.
10 people found this helpful
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- don chi chi
- 07-02-21
wow unbelievablely bad
as per headline , all you get is cows , dairy , 2 women having breakdowns and this repeats over for over six episodes , avoid and save your ears
8 people found this helpful
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- Kyle
- 26-01-21
Can’t wait for more!
This is great! As someone who doesn’t usually enjoy horror it’s a testament to the writing and acting that I can’t wait for more episodes. Growing up in rural Montana, I can appreciate the folklore and supernatural elements of an old family farm. Please keep George and Ash safe! I love them and can’t wait to hear where their story goes.
12 people found this helpful
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- MamaBear
- 16-02-21
The best parts or radio in a new form
This was excellent. It really reminds me of the old radio dramas, which were sadly replaced by Top 40 on the FM and screaming hellfire on the AM radio channels.
This was atmospheric, traditional, and yet creative and new. I love the Yorkshire accents, the sounds of the storms, and the animals. Love the chilling moments, and the mystery.
This was beautifully performed and presented.
8 people found this helpful
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- Anonymous User
- 29-01-21
amazing!
finally something that keeps me up, focused and thrilled! love it so much!!! I couldn't stop listening especially compared to mosr of the recent podcasts that are nore into morals or education this came as a breath of fresh air!
7 people found this helpful
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- David
- 27-01-21
Fantastic!
Loving every second! The daily releases are killing me but somehow Ill manage to make it another 24hrs lol
7 people found this helpful
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- Liberty R
- 09-02-21
Sounds effect and performance : I am chill in'
Honestly, I am a bit nervous when I started listening to "Sour Hall". The screaming and suspense sound effect really chilled to the bone. Must listen...Honestly, I really love audio drama and I wouldn't miss this one.
4 people found this helpful
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- Keondra
- 03-02-21
Propaganda Clothed in a Supernatural Saga
If the author focused more on the story than the two main characters, listening to this series would have been more enjoyable.
2 people found this helpful
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- Everett A Fischer
- 30-09-21
Weird story, good performance
this is as very weird story, with an even stranger ending. I think that I would have stopped listening to it after the first episode if the performance were not so good. worth listening to if you just need to fill some time....just don't expect to much.
1 person found this helpful
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- AbraCat
- 08-09-21
good beginning but then...
maybe I'm a snob for a great narrative? I just felt that my 1st time author Godkid would have written better. the whispers were spooky! gals were o.k. but the owner of the farm needs to work on her emotions being projected as she acts. had 2 get cues from Her g.f. I didn't finish. the track went from #2 to #6 so I got confused & heard THE WORST PART YET. Just listen 4 a bun in the oven - as some say. it gets so poorly delivered I gave up. with work this could be really good. not just now however. so sorry to disappoint but I wouldn't listen to it again if it were mandatory for my membership. I adore AUDIBLE so that says a big mouthful. hope my British friends across the pond like it more. thx 4 reading this. ♡ b well. P.S. thx 4 not harming the horse in the story. age is 1 thing but animal torture makes me upset & I think it's cheap.
1 person found this helpful
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- Amazon Customer
- 16-02-21
Great creepy story
Ok so I started listening to Sour Hall on a whim and boy I'm happy I did. talk about creepy, let's just say I popped my headphones in while in bed in the dark to listen a bit befor bed and I had to stop and pop a light on! performance was great and clear definitely worth a listen!
1 person found this helpful
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- Sheila kapp
- 23-05-22
Hard to fl Follow
Had a hard time falling this I don’t believe it’s the story are the readers Performing yes may I couldn’t get into it
