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Radio 4,18 Aug 2023,14 mins

Mister Derek by Alice Malseed

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An original short story commissioned by BBC Radio 4 from Northern Irish writer Alice Malseed. Read by Ruby Campbell. Alice Malseed is a writer and theatre maker based in Belfast. She has been writing and producing since 2014. Her work has appeared across the UK, Ireland, in Sri Lanka and New York. Alice was part of BBC Writersroom Belfast Voices group 2018-2019 and Lyric New Playwrights Programme 2018. She was awarded a Jerwood New Work Fund in 2019 and received the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival Theatre Award in 2021. Writer: Alice Malseed Reader: Ruby Campbell Producer: Michael Shannon Editor: Andy Martin A BBC Northern Ireland production.

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