THE PORTAL
Lose yourself in a story of obsession, 40 years of nightlife and 4,000 years of human connection. In The Portal Martin Green and Wils Wilson have woven together a tale of love, music, drugs and deceit over 12 episodes available here, on Apple Music/Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and all good podcast platforms.
A story where two obsessive sound-recordists, and lovers torn apart by circumstance; Etteridge and Angela left us the most incredible collection of 20th century documentation ever made.
From 1947 to 1988 they never met. They recorded any and every aspect of London nightlife, from war-time dance-halls to the legendary M25 raves. But these recordings never saw the light of day until they were discovered in 2016.
Why did they keep these tapes secret? Because for 40 years these parted lovers had been leaving messages for each other in these recordings, a dark, dark story left for us to piece together.
"The Portal began as a little day dream that spiralled out of control and out into the real world. The opportunity to be making a piece of work of this size, with these remarkable collaborators is beyond exciting. Audio has always been the world where I feel most at home, and I love stories. As a story-telling form, podcast is a perfect medium for me. It is a perfect halfway house between reading a book, where you get to decide what characters look like for yourself, and film, where you are able to present so much detail." Martin Green
Credits
Martin Green: Writer and Composer
Wils Wilson: Director
Sound Design by Martin Green with thanks to Eloise Whitmore. Mixed by Calum Malcolm and Cameron Malcolm
Cast: MG: Martin Green, Dylan Read, Alison Peebles, Anna Russell Martin, Adam McNamara, Owen Whitelaw, Amanda Wilkin, Jessica Hardick, Nadia Albina, Tam Dean Burn
Musicians: Martin Green, Yasaman Najmeddin, Radie Peat, James Holden, Brìghde Chaimbeul, Kate Young, Adrian Utley
Polly Thomas: Executive Producer & Script Editor
Louis Blatherwick: Sound Recordist
Photography: Mihaela Bodlovic
Martin Atkinson: Lepus Senior Producer
Casting: Anna Dawson
Created by Lepus Productions, in collaboration with Naked Productions. Co-commissioned by Edinburgh International Festival, Southbank Centre, Bristol Music Trust, Oxford Contemporary Music, National Theatre of Scotland, Shetland Arts, The North Wall, MacArts Galashiels and funded by Creative Scotland.
KELI
Conceived, composed and written by Martin Green
Co-created and directed by Wils Wilson
Weaving together a contemporary story, a classic socialist fable, documentary and music, this experimental audio drama tells the story of a talented but troubled young horn player (Anna Russell-Martin), whose Monster-juice-fuelled journey takes her to an abandoned cooling tower, onto the stage of the Albert Hall, into a fetish club in London, and down a derelict mine shaft where she meets a 150 year old miner and Labour activist, Willie Knox.
Through-composed with an intricate and powerful brass band score by Martin Green, it features BBC Young Musician of the Year, Sheona White on tenor horn and the award-winning Whitburn Brass Band.
Available on request
CAST
Willie - James Cosmo
MG - Martin Green
Storyteller - Edie Green
Klara - Sandra Kassman
Bus Driver - Jamie Kenna
Lady Snaresgrove - Liz Kettle
Amy - Laura Lovemore
Brian - Billy Mack
Policeman/Compere - Ross Mann
Jayne - Carmen Pieraccini
Keli - Anna Russell Martin
Saskia - Gemma Stroyan
Louis Blatherwick: Sound Recordist
Casting: Anna Dawson
Commissioned by The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh and Shetland Arts
Executive Producer for Lepus Productions: Martin Atkinson
Created by Lepus Productions
KELI contains elements of The Servant by Hermynia Zur Mühlen and translated by Jack Zipes.