Sarah Kendall: Australian Tales

Oct 11, 2024 8:19 PM

Author:Sarah Kendall,Sarah Kendall

‘A mini masterpiece of tragicomic storytelling’ **** – The Times

Multi-award-winning storyteller Sarah Kendall brings her critically-acclaimed, funny and moving live shows to audio.

In the first trilogy of shows, each takes us on a trip, giving us a unique snapshot of small-town life in Australia in the late eighties and early nineties. At a time when most people were seeing Australians through the filter of Home and Away and Neighbours, Sarah presents a darker underbelly to the stereotype of the sun-loving, happy-go-lucky Aussie teenager.

The second trilogy jumps backwards and forwards in time and place, offering a single show in three parts. Sarah presents a collection of seemingly unrelated short stories and memories, which together combine to form a narrative that grapples with the interconnectedness of life and the nature of luck.

These cinematic stories blend comedy and tragedy in equal measure; Sarah always keeps the big laughs coming without ever diminishing the drama. Her tales blend intricate narratives with a cast of memorable characters, bringing events to life in front of your very ears.

The first episode - ‘A Day in October’ – won Best Scripted Comedy (Longform) at the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2018, the 2018 Writers' Guild Award for Best Radio Comedy, and was the Silver ARIA winner for Best Storytelling.

Trilogy 1

Part 1: A Day in October

Part 2: Touchdown

Part 3: Shaken

Trilogy 2

Part 1: Seventy-Three Seconds

Part 2: One-Seventeen AM

Part 3: Seventy-Five Years

Written and performed by Sarah Kendall.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 as 'Australian Trilogy: Series 1' and 'Australian Trilogy : Series 2'.

Produced by Carl Cooper.

Photo credit: Rosalind Furlong

A BBC Studios Production.

‘An ode to all the ugliness and beauty of adolescence’ The Guardian

‘Truly brilliant.’ ***** - Chortle.co.uk

‘Her tale is funny, tender and has a finale that absolutely knocked the wind out of my sails’ ***** - The Herald Scotland

Reviews

A mini masterpiece of tragicomic storytelling ****

—— The Times

An ode to all the ugliness and beauty of adolescence

—— The Guardian

Truly brilliant. *****

—— Chortle.co.uk

Her tale is funny, tender and has a finale that absolutely knocked the wind out of my sails *****

—— The Herald Scotland

An alchemy of memoir and imagination

—— Waterstones Newsletter

The funniest man in, well, pretty much all of the known universe

—— Los Angeles Times

A consistent intelligence underpins Izzard's whimsy

—— Chortle

The perfect present for music mums and dads

—— Daily Mirror

Funny, enlightening, gossipy’

—— The Herald

Sparks with admiration and grievances, lust and envy

—— Sunday Telegraph

Engrossing

—— Mail on Sunday

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—— Esquire

A magisterial compilation of startling insights

—— The Oldie

One of the most colourful and intimate portraits yet painted of Bowie

—— Vogue

A vivid catalogue of anecdote, opinion, gossip and memoir

—— Telegraph Magazine

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—— Tatler

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—— Independent

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—— Daily Mirror

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—— New York Magazine

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—— San Francisco Chronicle

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—— STELLA magazine

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—— i paper

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—— Guardian

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—— Strong Words magazine

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—— Chris Difford , Daily Express

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