telephone kiosk and an old stone chapel. It is a mysterious and beautiful place, steeped in history
because of the ancient tracks which cross here like the centre of a compass. North, south, east,
west: each direction is a ‘way’; a path or opening affording passage from one place to another.
Along each way of travel comes a way of being; a voice telling a story. Each story is set in a
different time but arrives in the same place. These voices have very different histories but are
drawn by necessity to the mystical yet sinister Chapel of Skins which reflects the beauty and
harshness of Nature at this crossroads. The drama becomes intense as each character must tell
their stories to the listener before the chapel bell tolls midnight on the twelfth day of the twelfth
month of the twelfth year. Only at that moment will the chapel door open in a bizarre midnight
ritual and the lost souls find sanctuary. So, the Chapel is a way too, a gateway affording passage
from one place to another. If they fail to tell their stories, the fate of these restless figures, these
voices in the landscape, is to wander the hills for another hundred years…”]
(Tuesday—2:15-3:00 PM)
January 22, 2013“Chapel of Skins”
[
“Recorded high up in the Shropshire hills of the Welsh
Marches, and inspired by a living landscape and its history, the Chapel of
Skins is a fictional story about a ghostly meeting of ways…”]
Sarah Blunt (producer, director), Paul Evans (scriptwriter,
narrator), Chris Watson (wildlife sound recordist).
Ben Crowe (Anchor), Paul Evans (Phone Box), Liza Sadovy (Trebrodier),
Alex Tregear (Quabbs).