STEVEN PACEY on Radio 4, Saturday 8 March

Steven plays Christopher Lathwell in Blinded by the Sun, a new radio version of
Stephen Poliakoff's 1996 National Theatre play about a scientific fraud in an
English university.

The pressure to succeed leads a scientist to claim a major breakthrough in the
energy field. But when he fails to replicate his experiment, the fallout causes
long-term conflict amongst a previously close set of colleagues.

Al Golfar ...... Alex Jennings
Elinor Brickman ...... Harriet Walter
Christopher Lathwell ...... Steven Pacey
Joanna ...... Jodie Whittaker
Professor ...... John Rowe
Ghislane Lathwell ...... Christine Kavanagh
Barbara ...... Helen Longworth
Charlie ...... Christian Rodska

Director Peter Leslie Wild.

Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from 2.30-3.30pm, Saturday 8th March. . Or listen
online for up to 7 days at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/saturday_play.shtml







'NEEDLE' a new play by CHRISTINA BALIT (aka Mrs Brian Croucher) is BBC Radio 4's
Afternoon Play on Tuesday 11 March at 2.15pm.

Or listen online for 7 days at:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/afternoon_play.shtml



A girl is sold to the abbey. A tapestry is commissioned. A broken man is
delivered in chains to design it. and a queen gets exactly what she wants.



NEEDLE - a new play by Christina Balit, directed by Ned Chaillet.



Dunstan ....... Peter Marinker
Edith ...... Jade Williams
Matilda ...... Meg Davies
Lizzie ...... Kate Williams
Abbess ...... Liz Sutherland
Bethan ...... Liza Sadovy
Tom ...... Ben Onwukwe



Creating the Bayeux Tapestry for the Norman conquerors is a bitter task for the
women of Canterbury. "Well, blow me. Thass crafty ain't it. Thass cunning.
We all know how they came and bleedin' conquered! My aunty wos burnt in 'er own
shack. Fried like a chop. You could smell the flesh from Windcheap ever bugger
said. Go on. Put that in yer picture mate. Let 'em 'ave a read o' that!"



Christina is currently completing a stage version of NEEDLE, which won her the
Brave New Roles Award for 2006 (given to the playwright who creates the most
interesting role for a woman in a new play.)




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