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‘Mister Derek’
On a visit to London, a young woman attempts to reunite with an unlikely acquaintance she made when she lived in the city.

The Author
Alice Malseed is a writer and theatre maker based in Belfast. She has been writing and producing since 2014. Her work has appeared across the UK, Ireland, in Sri Lanka and New York. Alice was part of Ö÷²¥´óÐã Writersroom Belfast Voices group 2018-2019 and Lyric New Playwrights Programme 2018. She was awarded a Jerwood New Work Fund in 2019 and received the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival Theatre Award in 2021.

‘G´Ç´Ç²õ±ð²µ°ù²¹²õ²õ’
The news of her son's engagement causes a single mother to look for fulfilment elsewhere in her life.
The Author
Emma Kane graduated from Queen's University Belfast with a Masters in Creative Writing. Her previously published work can be found in On the Grass When I Arrive: An Anthology, The Bangor Literary Journal, The Cormorant and What Could Be Carried, part of an ekphrasis project for the Ulster Museum. Her story 'Mother’s Daughter' was broadcast on Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio Ulster in 2023 as part of the Storytellers series.

Produced by Michael Shannon
Executive Editor Andy Martin
A Ö÷²¥´óÐã Northern Ireland production.