Esme lives on her own in a condemned block of flats with only her plants for company. An easy target for the local girl gang who think the ‘old witch’ is hiding some cash.
Or so thinks Rhiannon as she bursts into Esme’s flat to rob her. Esme is not going to give up so easily and events take a sinister turn as Rhiannon begins to fear that Esme may actually be using Witchcraft after all. Can words really make stuff happen?
Rhiannon might get hold of the money but with the flat crumbling around them and the gang outside becoming louder and more dangerous, it becomes harder to distinguish who is the victim and who is the bully.
This Radio 4 commission was recorded on location with an electro acoustic sound design reminiscent of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop of the 1960’s and 70’s. It was pick Pick of the Week in the Radio Times
Esme ….. Hayley Carmichael
Rhiannon….. Danielle Vitalis
Joanne ….. Chloe Watkinson
Other parts played by Alexia Khadime and Joanne Gale
Sound and music by Alisdair McGregor and Howard Jacques
Producer/Director: A Boz Temple Morris production for BBC Radio 4.
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