Nic Treadwell’s Storyville

Poetry Without Pretence - A Personal Tribute To Big Bren

February 12, 2024 00:59 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MB

A personal reflection and tribute to Brendan Higgins who died in January 2024. Big Bren was a writer who was well known around Birmingham for his unforgetable poetical outbursts at events over many many years. He also fronted the avant garde free jazz banf Big Bren's Combo, was a novelist, playwright, actor, facilitator and event organiser. In this podcast I reflect my friendship with Bren , his creative output and his legacy. Including poetry, music and more from the man himself. Furthe...

Angelsong - A story inspired from a song by Marc Cohn

December 23, 2023 01:09 - 1 hour - 62.1 MB

In Oct 1973 the Midwest United States experienced a UFO flap that ignited the imagination of the country. Sightings of strange light, craft and beings flooded the TV and Radio. One such strange incident happended one rainy night in Zanesville, Ohio. Seventy five year old Eric Gillan (suffering with the late the stages of Alzheimer's disease) woke up in the middle of the night and saw a strange light out of the window of his care home . What happend next would have a profound effect on him...

Sorry Luv - A one act play by Nic Treadwell

November 07, 2023 21:46 - 21 minutes - 20 MB

A one act, one scene play set in a living room of a quiet suburban home in the West Midlands. Jules has been waiting patiently for Baz to return from the pub, where he’s been most of the evening. Their son Ricky is in his room playing on his Xbox. It is around 10pm when Jules hears the front door slam signaling Baz’s return. Credits: Sorry Luv, was written, recorded and produced and performed by Nic Treadwell Additional music sourced from freemusicarchive.org under creative commons licens...

TerrorVision - A Confession - Part Two

October 29, 2023 22:29 - 34 minutes - 32 MB

In part Two of this two part podcsst, i explore some of the horror films that made a big impresssion on me during my teenage years - Jaws, The Fog, Poltergeist, The Burning, Alien, An American Werewolf In London and The Omen. There will be a spcial spotify enhanced version of this podcast feauring soime of the music from the films.

TerrorVision - A confession - Part One

October 22, 2023 22:20 - 26 minutes - 24.8 MB

in part one of this two part podcast, I revisit some of the strange and weird kids tv shows I was subjected to as a child. Shows such as The Pipkins, The Boy From Space, Chocky, Wurzel Gummidge, Public Information Films and Project and Survive. In part two I will tackle some of the films that terrorised my teenage self.

Treadwell Blows Joel

September 29, 2023 16:01 - 2 minutes - 1.21 MB

The ultimate gift for any Billy Joel fan…

Re-Claiming The Past Through The Imagination - An Appreciation Of The Home Child - A Novel In Verse by Liz Berry

March 26, 2023 19:45 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MB

A review and my experience of reading Liz Berry's new book of poetry, The Home Child. Which is a story in verse, inspired by her great aunt, who, orphaned, was chosen to be emigrated to Canada in 1908 as part of the Home Children project. More on Liz's work at her website - https://www.lizberrypoetry.co.uk/ The Home Child was published in March 2023 by Chatto & Windus

The Return Of A Maverick - Part Three - Into The Abyss by Ron Jonson

February 24, 2023 02:33 - 1 hour - 62.8 MB

This article was written by Ron Jonson following an extensive Skype interview in 2021 with the artist, Jacque Stru’del, it first appeared in the Bloxwich Slacker on 9th April 2021. For this podcast, Ron has kindly contributed the original recordings of the interview, records from his own private collection of Stru’del memorabilia, and the voice over narration. Jacque Stru'del is pop icon from 60's band The Stru'del Brothers. After leaving the Brothers he blazed a solo artist trail, l...

The Return Of A Maverick - Part Two - Totalitarian Detour by Ron Jonson

February 11, 2023 00:43 - 22 minutes - 21 MB

This podcast features the narration to Ron Jonson's latest substack article. Which you can find here https://open.substack.com/pub/nictreadwell/p/the-return-of-a-maverick-cb6?r=1eh0xb&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Following an extensive Skype interview in 2021 with the artist, Jacque Stru’del, it first appeared in the Bloxwich Slacker on 2nd April 2021. For this podcast, Ron has kindly contributed the original recordings of the interview, records from his own private collection o...

The Return Of A Maverick - Part One - Brothers From Other Mothers by Ron Jonson

February 04, 2023 18:34 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MB

This podcast features the narration to Ron Jonson's latest substack article. Which you can find here https://open.substack.com/pub/nictreadwell/p/the-return-of-a-maverick?r=1eh0xb&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Following an extensive Skype interview in 2021 with the artist, Jacque Stru’del, it first appeared in the Bloxwich Slacker on 26th March 2021. For this podcast, Ron has kindly contributed the original recordings of the interview, records from his own private collection of Stru...

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