Voices of the Fairground Podcast
Riding on the success of Fred Jeffs: The Sweetshop Murder podcast we couldn’t help it and went back for more. Voices of the Fairground is a new three-part series exploring the lives of travelling Black Country fairground communities. Fronted by writer-performer Rochi Rampal, complemented by Duncan Grimley’s array of fairground music and sounds.
Summer. It’s late in the evening and it’s warm. You’re walking through the park, under the trees, you take a seat on your favourite bench and you look out… but tonight, things are different… the park has changed.
Tonight, a whole new world has been transported into it, as though dropped from outer space. A blur of flashes and noise. Mechanical limbs reaching upwards, flinging and rotating.
It’s the fair – appearing as if by magic. But it’s not magic is it? It doesn’t come from nowhere. It doesn’t materialise from thin air. There’s real graft involved and real people behind it. People with stories, lots and lots of stories. Welcome to Voices of the Fairground
Episodes available weekly: 12th, 19th, 26th November on Apple, Spotify, Anchor, Breaker, Pocket Casts, Stitcher or right here with us.
Watch the trailer:
Listen to Episode 1 below.
Listen to Episode 2 below.
Listen to Episode 3 below.
Supporters & Podcast Development.
Written and presented by Rochi Rampal
Music Composition & Sound Design by Duncan Grimley
Directed by Steve Johnstone
Researched by Alex Howell and Nicola Churchill
This three-part podcast series is supported by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council’s Museum and Arts Service. Funding from National Lottery Heritage Fund and Sandwell Museum & Arts Service.
Voices of the Fairground is a Black Country Stories podcast produced by Black Country Touring.
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