We talk to Sam Ruddock, director of Story Machine Productions, about reinventing live literature and how to create transformative experiences based on the reading of books.
Hosted by Simon Jones, writer and Digital Marketing Manager at the National Centre for Writing.
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Story Machine Productions
Neil Gaiman on finding your tribe
Norfolk & Norwich Festival
Wigtown
Edinburgh Book Festival
Extract from ‘The Quiet’ by Carys Davies, one of the stories in the 2017 show The Story Machine: Under Surveillance, co-produced by National Centre for Writing and Norfolk & Norwich Festival. Sound design by Jose McGill, featuring the voice of Joanna Swann.
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