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"Untitled No. 76" (Pitch to the Power of Three)

My three-minute radio play, produced by Good Cop Bad Cop, broadcast on Radio Cardiff.

About 21 minutes into the Pitch 133 Culture Colony podcast .

Cast: Holly Davies, Steven Elliot and Richard Mitchley.

Set in New York, around 1951.

Ends on a joke "adapted" from Tony Hancock.

Added by Othniel Smith on June 12, 2014 at 6:31 — No Comments

"The High Hills Have A Bitterness"

"The High Hills Have A Bitterness" by Ivor Gurney from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

Added by Othniel Smith on June 4, 2014 at 22:21 — No Comments

Bare Fiction #2

Delighted to have had a short play-script included in Issue 2 of literary periodical Bare Fiction. It also includes, as well as a lot of fascinating poetry, three other short plays, and a none-more-dark story from Rachel Trezise.

Added by Othniel Smith on May 30, 2014 at 1:04 — No Comments

"Say It" - short film for BBC / It's My Shout (2013)

Added by Othniel Smith on April 22, 2014 at 6:50 — No Comments

"Despot's Progress" by Robert Peake (starring Donald Duck)

"Despot's Progress" - by Robert Peake from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

Added by Othniel Smith on April 19, 2014 at 23:34 — No Comments

"Visiting Amber At Lowell Correctional"

"Visiting Amber at Lowell Correctional" by Tara Skurtu from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

Part of the Poetry Storehouse project; as discussed in…

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Added by Othniel Smith on March 28, 2014 at 0:37 — No Comments

"Love In The Age Of The EU" by Björn Kuhligk

"Love In The Age Of The EU" by Björn Kuhligk from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

Added by Othniel Smith on February 12, 2014 at 2:22 — No Comments

Valentine's Night in Connah's Quay

Added by Othniel Smith on February 6, 2014 at 2:25 — No Comments

"Mundane Dreams"

"Mundane Dreams" by Jessy Randall and Daniel Shapiro from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

Added by Othniel Smith on January 20, 2014 at 23:11 — No Comments

Wise words for all artists from Emily Dickinson

“If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking” by Emily Dickinson from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

Added by Othniel Smith on January 10, 2014 at 7:46 — No Comments

Sneaking around the Poetry Storehouse

I've recently discovered The Poetry Storehouse - where noted contemporary poets offer up their work to be "remixed" by composers, filmmakers, actors, etc. Jolly fun.

"Dirty Old Man?" by David Sullivan from…

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Added by Othniel Smith on December 11, 2013 at 5:51 — No Comments

Made In Wales / It's My Shout

I’m obviously far too old to have contributed a screenplay to a youth-oriented short film scheme like the BBC Made In Wales series. But Roger Burnell’s It’s My Shout organisation put out an open call for scripts and mine, “Say It”, was selected. Or, more accurately, plucked from the sub’s bench after another project was deemed, for whatever reason, to be unsuitable.

Cut to a few months later, and I’m in the St David’s Hotel in Cardiff…

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Added by Othniel Smith on November 2, 2013 at 23:53 — 1 Comment

The Moving Poems Website

American writer Dave Bonta runs the Moving Poems website, which is worth investigating, for those who are interested in investigating the art of the poetry film.

Includes some of mine, but they're easily avoidable.

Added by Othniel Smith on October 25, 2013 at 6:08 — No Comments