Bel View Guest House
Going For Independence is thrilled to have received financial support from Arts Council England and the Teesside Charity to create an audio drama. This is a new venture for us, inspired by our previous project, Sea-ing Sense, when we made contact with Whitby-based Dogwood Productions, a Community Interest Company which invests all profits into creating new productions, working with communities and supporting emerging artists.
Funded by National Lottery players, our project will bring to life the Bel View guest house, in the fictitious Teesside seaside resort of Whitborough-by-the-sea. In four episodes, each created by one of GFI’s groups in Redcar, Darlington, Hartlepool and Stockton, the drama will feature a young couple as they struggle to run their recently inherited guest house.
Each week there are new guests arriving, looking forward to that traditional British seaside holiday. With the smell of burning bacon and unexplained noises from the attic, what could possibly go wrong?
About the project
Over the summer months 2025 our members will be creating and performing alongside professional writers and actors to bring the Bel View guest house to life.
The project will start in June with consultation and information sessions capturing participant experiences and introducing them to the audio drama process.
This will be followed by the creation of scripts for 4 consecutive episodes, the recruitment of actors and sound effect makers from our visually impaired participants, and rehearsals of various parts.
The final workshops will be carried out in August when recordings will be made, plus editing and finessing of the completed episodes, followed by a launch event in September.
We will share the recordings on this website - available from September- and will promote the project through local radio.
Follow progress on our facebook page at GoingFor Independence
See more about Dogwood Productions at www.dogwoodproductions.co.uk
