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The Phone Box by Javaad Alipoor

How does a boy learn when to run away, when to fight back and when to hide? Written and performed by Javaad Alipoor.

How does a boy learn when to run away, when to fight back and when to hide in a phone box?

An original short story written and performed by Javaad Alipoor, specially commissioned by 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 4.

It's a poetic monologue reflecting on those formative moments of childhood that stay with you, bright and ringing, into adulthood.

Javaad Alipoor is a writer, theatre maker and director who grew up in Bradford.

He is resident associate director at Sheffield theatres and an associate director of Bradford's Theatre in the Mill. He also writes poetry and prose. His essays and theory-fiction on global politics, philosophy and art have also been published.

First broadcast on 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 4 in October 2018.

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14 minutes

Last on

Wed 12 Oct 2022 03:45

Broadcasts

  • Fri 5 Oct 2018 15:45
  • Sun 7 Oct 2018 00:30
  • Tue 11 Oct 2022 10:45
  • Tue 11 Oct 2022 15:45
  • Wed 12 Oct 2022 03:45