The Most Important Conversations Happen in Bed

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Across 50 years of bedsheets, the love story of two extraordinary women unfolds against the backdrop of evolving LGBTQ+ rights in Britain. The romance between wild-hearted Margo and shrinking violet Lucille twists and turns as the political debate around queer love transforms from aversion to acceptance over the decades. Queer female stories and longstanding lesbian relationships are rarely seen or heard in the media. This drama is quietly radical in its intimate depiction of two women’s personal lives revolutionised by the outside world’s changing relationship to queer love. The play asks - is love enough to weather the storm of conflicting political debate? Lie your head on the same pillow as Margo and Lucille as they have the most important conversations of their lives in the privacy of their bed, laying bare the dreams, frustrations and secrets they dare not speak in public. Cast Margo (17 years)……..Tamara Brabon Lucille (17 years)………Laura Marcus Margo (29/40 years)……..Lucy Ellinson Lucille (29/40 years)………Kelly Hotten Margo (66 years)……..Cara Chase Lucille (66 years)………Alexandra Mathie Written by Natasha Sutton Williams Directed by Rachel Austin Production Manager - Darren Spruce Illustration - Kelsea Knox Executive Producer - Eloise Whitmore A Naked production for BBC Radio 4 Writer Natasha Sutton Williams is an award-winning writer, composer, and actor. Her podcast Clown Sex won an Independent Podcast Award 2023. The podcast is nominated for the International Women's Podcast Awards 2024. Her critically acclaimed stage show Clown Sex sold out at Edinburgh Fringe 2023, VAULT 2023, and the Bristol Wardrobe Theatre 2024. Her Off West End Award nominated plays have been produced at multiple London venues. Her one-woman show Freud the Musical has been a Time Out London and Time Out New York top pick. This is her first drama for BBC Radio 4. Director Rachel Austin is an actor, voice-over artist and audio producer. She has appeared in over 30 dramas for BBC Radio 4, including the critically acclaimed Black Roses: The Killing of Sophie Lancaster, and has worked extensively in theatre, film, television, voice-over and audio drama. In 2022, Rachel produced and directed her first professional audio drama for Naked Productions, Heavier on the Turf, which was a finalist for the UK and International Audio Drama Awards.