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The Cricket on the Hearth is a feature-length, full-cast adaptation of the Christmas book by Charles Dickens available to buy as a download.It is adapted by Eddie Robson (writer of Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully for Radio 4 and the acclaimed novel Drunk On All Your Strange New Words). The cast for this heartwarming and comedic tale includes:Graham Fellows (“John Shuttleworth”) as John PeerybingleJason Forbes (King & Conqueror) as EdwardGeoff Leesley (Bergerac, Brookside) as TackletonTony Marshall (All Quiet on the Preston Front, Life on Mars) as CalebBronté Barbé (Doctor Who, Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder!) as DotRosa Escoda (Line of Duty) as Mayand Katie Moore (The Paradise) as Bertha.This is a free preview of the first 14 minutes of the 55-minute play. THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH can be ordered now with THE HAUNTED MAN from https://www.averageromp.com/Story details:The Cricket in the Hearth (originally published in 1845) concerns a carrier called John Peerybingle who fears his wife Dot may be unfaithful to him due to their age difference. The story also features an ill-matched wedding between the imperious factory owner Tackleton and the free-spirited May. A supernatural element is provided by a talking cricket that speaks to John after a drunken night out.

The Haunted Man is a feature-length, full-cast adaptation of the Christmas book by Charles Dickens available to buy as a download.Like The Chimes, it is adapted by Jonathan Morris . The cast of this grim and sinister tale includes:Paterson Joseph (The Sandman, Wonka) as RedlawJeff Rawle (Drop the Dead Donkey, Hollyoaks) as PhilipTim Speyer (of the Royal Shakespeare Company) as WilliamDan Starkey (Doctor Who, Gunpowder Siege) as Charles DickensMatthew Steer (Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War) as TetterbyRosie Baker (The Hound of the Baskervilles) as Sophiaand Tilly Vosburgh (EastEnders, Inside Man) as Milly.This is a free preview of the first 15 minutes of the 55-minute play. THE HAUNTED MAN can be ordered now with THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH from https://www.averageromp.com/Story details:The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain: A Fancy for Christmas-Time, to give it its full title, is a darker tale about a scientist called Redlaw who is consumed by regret. Visited by a spirit in the form of his own shadow, he is given the chance to forget his troubles. However, this gift manifests as an infection and when other characters lose their sorrows we see how they are changed for the worse.

THE CHIMES is a feature-length, full-cast  adaptation of the ‘lost’ Christmas book by Charles Dickens, now available to buy as a download.  Toby Jones (The Detectorists) leads a cast that includes David Horovitch (House of the Dragon), Lucy Speed (Eastenders), Laura Aikman (Casualty) and Victoria Alcock (Bad Girls). It was adapted by Jonathan Morris, directed by Lisa Bowerman and has sound design and music by Howard Carter. The story concerns Toby Veck, a man who worries that he has become a  burden on society, a man who wonders if his family would be better off  without him. He’s troubled by a newspaper report about a young mother  who recently killed herself, and her baby, by jumping off London Bridge.  He’s been told that the poor don’t deserve sympathy, and that some  people are just born bad and beyond redemption. And he’s starting to  believe it… But on New Year’s Eve, the Chimes set out to prove him wrong. This is a free preview of the first 14 minutes of the 95-minute play. THE CHIMES can be ordered now from https://www.averageromp.com/

The pilot episode of a new science-fiction sitcom produced by Average Romp Ltd.   Starring Kieran Hodgson, Allyson June Smith, Terry Molloy, Dan Starkey, Jez Feilder and Sooz Kempner, and guest starring Toby Hadoke.    Sound design by David Darlington and music by Darrell Maclain.    Cover design by Clayton Hickman with CGI artwork by Anthony Lamb.    Directed by Toby Hadoke and written and produced by Jonathan Morris.    For details on how to order episodes 2 and 3, visit https://www.averageromp.com

A 10-minute preview of episode 3 of the new science-fiction sitcom produced by Average Romp Ltd. Starring Kieran Hodgson, Allyson June Smith, Terry Molloy, Dan Starkey, Jez Feilder and Sooz Kempner. Sound design and music by Darrell Maclain. Recording engineered by David Darlington. Cover design by Clayton Hickman. Script edited by Ian Potter. Directed by Toby Hadoke and written and produced by Jonathan Morris. To purchase and download the full episode, and episode 2, visit https://www.averageromp.com

A 10-minute preview of episode 2 of the new science-fiction sitcom produced by Average Romp Ltd. Starring Kieran Hodgson, Allyson June Smith, Terry Molloy, Dan Starkey, Jez Feilder and Sooz Kempner. Sound design and music by Darrell Maclain. Recording engineered by David Darlington. Cover design by Clayton Hickman. Script edited by Ian Potter. Directed by Toby Hadoke and written and produced by Jonathan Morris. To purchase and download the full episode, and episode 3, visit https://www.averageromp.com

A behind-the-scenes podcast about 'Dick Dixon in the 21st Century' including deleted scenes. For more details about the series, and how to order more episodes, visit https://www.averageromp.com