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Summary
Winner of Best Audio Drama, BBC Audio Drama Awards, 2013. Winner of Speculative Fiction, Parsec Award, 2013.
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At a nearby inn, barmaid Kitty's routine of fighting, abusing customers, and avoiding personal hygiene is disrupted by the arrival of a cloaked stranger. Her routine is further disrupted when she follows him into the forest, through a ghostly doorway, over the frost bridge between worlds, and into an adventure encompassing invasions, machiavellian political scheming and conversations with frog gods at the entrance to the Underworld.
Put on your headphones, and spend your next commute in another world. You won't want to leave.
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"...startling...a joy to listen to...world-class...magic...superb...haunting...intricate...sucks you in and holds you...so poetic that you’re happy to go along with every twist...fascinating...a gorgeous audio experience." ( Entertainment Focus)
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- Highlight
- United Kingdom
- 05-08-17
SPOILT BY LOUD AMATEUR ACTING BY THE MAIN CHILD ACTRESS WHO SHOUTS HER WAY THROUGH
Forced myself to listen to this good production which is utterly spoiled and almost unlistenable due to the immature acting of the main child actress who does not act she SHOUTS all the way through. Very off putting and makes what would be a good storyline very painful to listen to.
The is child needs to go back to drama school. The first thing I and my colleagues learnt at drama school was NOT TO SHOUT but ACT. I blame the producers and the director for hiring such an amateur.
Will not be recommending this awful production to my friends, they would be insulted.
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- Sheldine Cooper
- Dublin, Ireland
- 23-02-16
Like watching a movie with your ears
Like my headline says it's literally like watching a movie... But with your ears. Dan Freeman, the voice actors and rest of a team did an amazing job taking us into a world where science is outlawed and magic rules. Highly recommended.
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- Rob
- 16-02-16
Crowdfunding works!
Excellent radio play - most enjoyable - famous cast who wanted to be a part of it - nuff said!
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- Paul Hough
- Liverpool
- 21-09-17
little idea what was going on
hard to follow, and ended up just letting it play on to the end without paying much attention to the story
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- Richard T.
- 12-11-18
Complicated
A good listen, but you will need to concentrate. I'm still not quite sure I understood everything that happened. But it passes the time well enough.
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- Kevin Boone
- London
- 31-01-18
Innovative, but pricey for what it is
There's more than a touch of Hitchhiker's guide about this story -- interplanetary bureaucracy, parallel worlds, science and religion, none of it taking itself too seriously. The production is amazing -- it's billed as an "audio movie," and has the same kind of production values as a good move. The voice actors -- who are all (I think) "proper" actors in their own right -- are fantastic, and the music -- mostly orchestral -- is well chosen.
I have to admit that I couldn't make all that much of the story itself. Too much happens, too quickly and without much explanation. I will almost certainly have to listen to it again to figure out the plot but, frankly, that won't be any hardship.
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- Mrs Gillian Selwyn
- 24-05-17
Pure enjoyable escapism
Two hours of challenging, thought provoking escapism. Beautifully crafted, impeccably acted and thoroughly absorbing. Masterful.
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- Beth Case
- 02-08-16
Audio needs balancing desperately!
I really wanted to love this. The cast of actors that are part of this is amazing. First, realize this is an audio series, not a book. Imagine the radio dramas of days gone by. I had some difficulty following the story line with such a huge cast of characters, many of whose voices were confusing. I couldn't always tell who was talking. And if I had a drink for every time Kitty says "Oy!" I would be too drunk to write this post. But my biggest complaint is how loud the background sounds were, frequently making it hard to understand the actors and proving very distracting. Ok, we got it, they're by a stream, you can turn down the volume on the running water a bit. I found the ambient sounds and music so loud and distracting I had to force myself to listen at times. Overall, the actors were great, the story was ok, but the post production needs a lot of work.
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