Applied Stories

23/07/2024

Summer reading alert!

Check out this new National Archives blog, featuring our Artistic Director Fin Kennedy and writer Mel Pennant, discussing how audio drama can bring the past to life.

This is the first of three articles coming out this summer, celebrating Applied Stories' long-standing collaboration with The National Archives, ahead of launching our latest double bill, Being and not Being, marking 2025's 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two.

Next in the series features the writers of that double bill, Sharmila Chauhan and Ery Nzaramba...

https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/audio-drama-at-the-national-archives/

In the meantime, all Applied Stories' audio dramas for The National Archives are free to stream in a new playlist:

https://on.soundcloud.com/cEYqoAHYCXEeTbvA9

Use headphones for the best time travel experience 😉

Enjoy!

23/07/2024

Summer reading alert!

Check out this new National Archives blog, featuring our Artistic Director Fin Kennedy and writer Mel Pennant, discussing how audio drama can bring the past to life.

This is the first of three articles coming out this summer, celebrating Applied Stories' long-standing collaboration with The National Archives, ahead of launching our latest double bill, Being and not Being, marking 2025's 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two.

Next in the series features the writers of that double bill, Sharmila Chauhan and Ery Nzaramba...

https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/audio-drama-at-the-national-archives/

In the meantime, all Applied Stories' audio dramas for The National Archives are free to stream in a new playlist:

https://on.soundcloud.com/cEYqoAHYCXEeTbvA9

Use headphones for the best time travel experience 😉

Enjoy!

Artistic director Fin Kennedy and writer Mel Pennant discuss audio storytelling.

21/05/2024

21/05/2024

Did you catch our project 'From May to Etta, with Love', for Glamorgan Archives / Archifau Morgannwg on ITV News last night? Check it out again here!

www.frommaytoetta.co.uk

21/05/2024

Our project in Cardiff, was on ITV Wales last night!

(Nice job Mike Griffiths, thank you!)

A series of short audio dramas imagine the lives of the people within, celebrating the rich diversity of Tiger Bay communities in the early 20th century. | ITV News Wales

17/05/2024

We put the recent BBC Wales coverage of the launch of From May to Etta with Love for Glamorgan Archives / Archifau Morgannwg on Vimeo, check it out!

www.frommaytoetta.co.uk

16/05/2024

Check out our lovely project From May to Etta, with Love on BBC Wales!

The gallery display is permanent, plus you can also listen online at www.frommaytoetta.co.uk

Pleased to say that the TV piece below is fronted by one of our talented writers, Danielle Fahiya!

16/05/2024

From May to the Future / Oddi Wrth May i’r Dyfodol

Diolch i bawb ymunodd a ni neithiwr i ddatgelu’r oriel portreadau sain arbennig yma. A diolch i’r Archifau Cenedlaethol, Applied Stories, Rebecca Eversley-Dawes, Danielle Fahiya a Kyle Lima am sicrhau fod yn holl beth yn bosib.

Mae’r portreadau nawr i’w weld yn yr Archifau.

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Thank you to everyone who joined us last night to unveil this amazing talking portrait gallery. And thank you The National Archives Applied Stories Rebecca Evesley-Dawes, Danielle Fahiya and Kyle Lima for making it all possible.

The portraits are now on permanent display here at the Archives.

15/05/2024

Did you catch us and our project for Glamorgan Archives / Archifau Morgannwg and The National Archives on BBC Wales last night?

Watch again here! (from 24.24)

With Bethan Rhys Roberts. The growing problem of illegal vapes.

15/05/2024

Today's the day! Join us at / Archifau Morgannwg from 4pm to celebrate the opening of our new audio portrait exhibition, From May to Etta with Love.

Meet the team behind the plays, the families behind the photos and the historians and archivists behind this unique project. And look out for the TV coverage later! BBC and ITV Wales are both going to be there.

Book your free ticket now!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-may-to-the-future-a-new-portrait-exhibition-at-glamorgan-archives-tickets-872427422907?aff=oddtdtcreator

15/05/2024

Today's the day! Join us at Glamorgan Archives / Archifau Morgannwg from 4pm to celebrate the opening of our new audio portrait exhibition, From May to Etta with Love.

Meet the team behind the plays, the families behind the photos and the historians and archivists behind this unique project. And look out for the TV coverage later! BBC and ITV Wales are both going to be there.

Book your free ticket now!

Join Glamorgan Archives for the launch of a time-travelling photo exhibition of Cardiff families past and present

13/05/2024

Free tickets to the launch next Weds 15 May 4pm-6.30pm - come and see these gorgeous pictures for yourself!

www.frommaytoetta.co.uk

Or for tickets:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-may-to-the-future-a-new-portrait-exhibition-at-glamorgan-archives-tickets-872427422907?aff=oddtdtcreator

12/05/2024

Still a few tickets left for our launch of From May to Etta, with Love next Weds 15 May 4-6.30pm at / Archifau Morgannwg .

The event is going to be covered by both BBC and ITV Wales! Come and be part of a really special project, celebrating Cardiff families past and present.

Tickets free!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-may-to-the-future-a-new-portrait-exhibition-at-glamorgan-archives-tickets-872427422907?aff=oddtdtcreator

12/05/2024

Still a few tickets left for our launch of From May to Etta, with Love next Weds 15 May 4-6.30pm at Glamorgan Archives / Archifau Morgannwg ... The event is going to be covered by both BBC and ITV Wales! Come and be part of a really special project, celebrating Cardiff families past and present.

Join Glamorgan Archives for the launch of a time-travelling photo exhibition of Cardiff families past and present

06/05/2024

Join us for the in person launch at Glamorgan Archives / Archifau Morgannwg on Weds 15 May!

Book your free ticket here: https://tinyurl.com/ae5x5d9d

06/05/2024

In person launch Weds 15 May! Book your free tickets here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-may-to-the-future-a-new-portrait-exhibition-at-glamorgan-archives-tickets-872427422907?aff=oddtdtcreator

29/04/2024

We don't know who this guy is. But we do know it was taken between 1910-20 at the studio of Fred Petersen at 232 Bute Street, Cardiff. We suspect it might be of Fred Petersen himself.

Fred's extraordinary collection of (mostly) anonymous sitters was donated to Glamorgan Archives / Archifau Morgannwg in the 1970s with little contextual detail. Numerous public appeals over the years have yielded nothing.

Last year, Glamorgan Archives and The National Archives commissioned Applied Stories to imagine some audio minidramas inspired by these pictures. We in turn commissioned writers Kyle Lima and Danielle Fahiya to do their thing. They brought Fred back to life, voiced by the brilliant Kieron Self.

'From May to Etta, with Love' is the amazing result! Join us on Weds 15 May 4-6.30pm at Glamorgan Archives for the launch of a unique audio photo exhibition.

Bring headphones! 🎧

www.frommaytoetta.co.uk

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-may-to-the-future-a-new-portrait-exhibition-at-glamorgan-archives-tickets-872427422907?aff=oddtdtcreator

29/04/2024

We don't know who this guy is. But we do know it was taken between 1910-20 at the studio of Fred Petersen at 232 Bute Street, Cardiff. We suspect it might be of Fred Petersen himself.

Fred's extraordinary collection of (mostly) anonymous sitters was donated to in the 1970s with little contextual detail. Numerous public appeals over the years have yielded nothing.

Last year, Glamorgan Archives and commissioned Applied Stories to imagine some audio minidramas inspired by these pictures. We in turn commissioned writers .lima and to do their thing. They brought Fred back to life, voiced by the brilliant Kieron Self.

'From May to Etta, with Love' is the amazing result! Join us on Weds 15 May 4-6.30pm at Glamorgan Archives for the launch of a unique audio photo exhibition.

Bring headphones! 🎧

www.frommaytoetta.co.uk

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-may-to-the-future-a-new-portrait-exhibition-at-glamorgan-archives-tickets-872427422907?aff=oddtdtcreator

26/04/2024

26/04/2024

Our project in Cardiff, From May to Etta, with Love, is being featured on BBC Wales! Here's writer and presenter Danielle Fahiya interviewing one of the families who took part. Look out next month for the full story... In the meantime free tickets to our launch can now be booked!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/from-may-to-the-future-a-new-portrait-exhibition-at-glamorgan-archives-tickets-872427422907?aff=oddtdtcreator

22/04/2024

Have we told you about our international schools letter writing project for Mulberry Schools Trust, Letters to Our Daughters?

We've got over 30 schools signed up to take part in this celebration of lyrical letter writing for girls aged 11-19.

Applied Stories has commissioned a team of inspiring female writers to make a series of videos for playing to classes of students, and a suite of original creative exercises.

Participating writers include Sharmila Chauhan, Mel Pennant, Yusra Warsama and Erinn Dhesi.

Super proud to be working with all of them!

A long list of 60 young people's letters will be published in a new volume in the autumn, with a shortlist of 8 supported to perform their letters live at Mulberry's Global Girl Leading conference at the QE2 conference centre in central London in October.

If you know a school, especially a girls' school, who might like to take part, there's still (just!) time to sign up!

More info at www.letterstoourdaughters.world

22/04/2024

Have we told you about our international schools letter writing project for , Letters to Our Daughters?

We've got over 30 schools signed up to take part in this celebration of lyrical letter writing for girls aged 11-19.

Applied Stories has commissioned a team of inspiring female writers to make a series of videos for playing to classes of students, and a suite of original creative exercises.

Participating writers include , , and

Super proud to be working with all of them!

A long list of 60 young people's letters will be published in a new volume in the autumn, with a shortlist of 8 supported to perform their letters live at Mulberry's Global Girl Leading conference at the QE2 conference centre in central London in October.

If you know a school, especially a girls school, who might like to take part, there's still (just!) time to sign up!

More info at www.letterstoourdaughters.world

17/04/2024

Attention Cardiffians!

Applied Stories' first in-person event of the year is taking place next month, on Weds 15 May from 4pm-6.30pm at Glamorgan Archives, Cardiff.

Join us for the launch of a unique audio photography exhibition, From May to the Future, a project we've been working on for over a year with the brilliant Danielle Fahiya and Kyle Lima.

Both writers were commissioned to choose three photos each from a historic c.1910 photo collection of Cardiff families, from one of the first portrait studios in the UK, but whose subjects are lost to history. Through the magic of audio drama we've brought them to life and can now take audiences back to the moment the photo was taken.

All the young people's parts were recorded with local families, who were then offered their own photo shoot and audio interview, with these files joining their historical counterparts and officially archived for posterity.

Come and view large canvas prints of these gorgeous images, hear their audio minidramas, plus a live Q&A with the creative team, historians and families behind the project.

Tickets are free but do need to be booked via the link below.

Looking forward to this one! Hope to see some of you there.

Join Glamorgan Archives for the launch of a time-travelling photo exhibition of Cardiff families past and present

08/04/2024

Big thanks to Mita Pujara for a personal tour of Leicester's Golden Mile today, a recce for a future Museum of Stories community audio walk around Belgrave Street... Watch this space!

In the meantime the 2023 Bury Park, Luton version is still free in app stores.... www.museumofstories.co.uk

08/04/2024

Big thanks to for a personal tour of Leicester's today, a recce for a future community audio walk around Belgrave Street... Watch this space!

In the meantime the version is still free in app stores....www.musemofstories.co.uk

09/03/2024

Great day out in at the National Lottery Open Day organised by at the venue, testing out some ideas with for our forthcoming community walkabout show inspired by the life Victorian circus impresario Lord George Sanger.

Today he came to life! Got a story about Wonder, Survival or Pride? Send it our way!

https://www.loopingtheloopfestival.org.uk/communityplay.html

06/03/2024

A pleasure to be at the conference at today with and Liz Haines from promoting Applied Stories latest, Being and Not Being, a double bill of two new audio installations in development for the 80th anniversary of World War Two next year. Lots of kind words for the work of our awesome collaborators .nzaramba and Farokh Soltani.

Also fascinating to hear about all the other creative engagement work going on at archives around the country. Kudos to for commissioning an entire graphic novel and VR experience!

But our favourite was undoubtedly Simon Wilson of the Archives and Record Council Wales, who had invented some software to go through historical records finding all the rude words...

Check out The National Archives' entire back catalogue of audio drama here:

https://m.soundcloud.com/user-970879329-671209154/sets/the-national-archives-uk-audio-drama-playlist

06/03/2024

A pleasure to be at the conference at today with and Liz Haines from promoting Applied Stories latest, Being and Not Being, a double bill of two new audio installations in development for the 80th anniversary of World War Two next year. Lots of kind words for the work of our awesome collaborators .nzaramba and Farokh Soltani.

Also fascinating to hear about all the other creative engagement work going on at archives around the country. Kudos to for commissioning an entire graphic novel and VR experience!

But our favourite was undoubtedly Simon Wilson of the Archives and Record Council Wales, who had invented some software to go through historical records finding all the rude words.

05/03/2024

Calling all schools! Free, timed audio walks using the Museum of Stories: Bury Park app are available to book during May this year.

Please get in touch to tell us dates and times which work for your group!

www.museumofstories.co.uk