大象传媒

By Angela Carter
Adapted by Lucy Catherine

The fantastical story of Sophie Fevvers - aerialist extraordinaire and star of the music hall. Hatched from an egg, Fevvers is part woman, part bird - if you believe her. American journalist, Jack Walser, is determined to discover the truth.

This new adaptation of Angela Carter鈥檚 penultimate novel tells the story of the extraordinary, raucous life of Sophie Fevvers, a winged circus performer. The 1984 novel not only won the James Tait Black memorial prize (Britain's oldest literary prize) when it was first published, but also won the Best of the James Tait Black prize in 2012.

Award-winning screenwriter and playwright Lucy Catherine has adapted the novel for audio. Previous work for 大象传媒 Radio include The Master and Margarita, Roald Dahl鈥檚 Boy and Going Solo, Frankenstein and long-running serial Gudrun. Award-winning comedian, actor and writer Roisin Conaty plays the Cockney Venus, Sophie Fevvers.

Nights at the Circus forms part of a season of dramas on 大象传媒 Radio 4 and Radio 3 that celebrates the writing of Angela Carter. The season includes The Bloody Chamber; Carter's unmade screenplay The Christchurch Murder; and An Evening With Angela Carter on 大象传媒 Radio 3 - two new productions of Carter鈥檚 radio plays, Vampirella and Come Unto These Yellow Sands.

Sophie Fevvers . . . . . Roisin Conaty
Lizzie . . . . . Elizabeth Counsell
Jack Walser . . . . . Ryan Whittle
Rosencreutz . . . . . Sean Murray
Editor . . . . . Stewart Wright
Fevvers' Fan . . . . . Justin Davies
Ma Nelson . . . . . Claire Cage
Madame Schreck . . . . . Sharon Morgan

Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko