“There’s one man in a coma, and the whole town wants to talk to him…”
This weekend, to launch our Winter Season of Drama on Newstalk, Maccana Teoranta productions bring us a brand new radio play: COMA.
In an original radio drama, writers Kevin McCann and Peter Murphy pull back the curtain to reveal a community with secrets…
A young girl next door confesses to becoming a school bully;
A once-popular priest seeks forgiveness;
A doctor defends her high status;
A butcher reveals his treatment of his family;
A best friend reveals his plan to once again get out of trouble;
A psychiatric patient with a new lease of life speaks some home truths;
A football manager absolves himself from years of guilt;
A loyal girlfriend reveals that she has been tempted by infidelity;
A father apologises to his son for neglecting him;
A mother of a coma victim whispers her secret in his ear;
As daily visitors to a coma victim quietly tell him their innermost thoughts and all the goings-on of an Irish town, Coma journeys through 10 inner dramas from 5 Irish women and 5 Irish men, revealing their characters and inner conflicts.
COMA will be broadcast on Newstalk 106-108fm this weekend, Saturday 22nd November at 7am, and repeated at 10am on Sunday 23rd November.
Warning: This Drama contains strong language...listener discretion is advised.
CREDITS:
COMA was produced by Maccana Teoranta and written by Kevin McCann and Peter Murphy
Additional dialogue for Priest episode written by Michael Olwill
Sound recording by Paddy Greenan and Shane O’Connor, with mastering by Maddu Kambamettu and editing by Seamus Callagy
The play was performed by Catriona O’Reilly, James McInerney, Michael Olwill, Orla Cahill, Zoe Hickey, Joanne Brennan, Hugh Leddy, Fergal McAloon, Regina Donoghue, and Sean Nulty.
COMA was funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland via the Sound and Vision Scheme.
