Worldplay

Worldplay is an annual festival of radio plays from broadcasters around the world. The tenth season features contributions from Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. Each year, the plays are centred around a single theme. This year, it's MONEY.

• July 2 Roaring Trade pt 1 (United Kingdom)
  
• July 9 Roaring Trade pt 2
  
• July 16 Red Pole Rising pt 1 (Canada) 
  
• July 23 Red Pole Rising pt 2
  
• July 30 The Big Melt pt 1 (New Zealand)
  
• Aug 6 The Big Melt pt 2
  
• Aug 13 Watermark pt 1 (Australia)
  
• Aug 20 Watermark pt 2
  
• Aug 27 Love and Animals pt 1 (Ireland)
  
• Sept 3 Love and Animals pt 2

"Sonny" Mullens is a concert promoter who loses everything in a horse race.    He creates a violent scene in the stable but no charges are laid.    And something has gone wrong at work.  He's broke.  What does this mean for Sonny's mother, who is in a home he is paying for and doesn't recognize him as her son.   And where is his father besides appearing in his memories and fantasies?   His wife Orla has left him, taking the children with her.    She's living with another man.    Sonny is afraid he's going to do something bad.  Then, it seems a car has been bashed to bits, a car belonging to Orla's lover, and Sonny finds himself being questioned in the police station once again.

 

Listen to Part Two of Love and Animals by Phil Davison

Listen to Part One of Love and Animals by Phil Davison