May 21 2020 40 mins 7
Selkie is an original audio drama by Signe Maene. Selkies are mythical creatures from northern European folklore. Seals that can transform to human form by shedding their skin they are particularly prevalent in Scottish folklore . In our story, Andrew discovers a selkie whilst walking on the beach near his home. He immediately falls in love aiming to make the selkie his wife. In Selkie by Signe Maene the parts were played as follows Sophie Macnair as The Selkie Lewie Watson as Andrew Simone Low as Andrew's Mother Kelsey Griffin as a Selkie and singer of Ae Fond Kiss Stevie Skinner as a Selkie The music is arranged and performed by John Spiers based on the traditional folk tune "The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry" "Ae Fond Kiss" (trad. with lyrics by Robert Burns) is performed by Kelsey Griffin Additional music and soundscapes are by Chris Gregory and published by Scared Crow Music Sound effects are from Freesound.org Sound mixing and editing are by Chris Gregory The presenter in this edition is Kelli Winkler Signe Maene is a Belgian writer, academic and folklore specialist. You can follow her on twitter https://twitter.com/MaeneSigne and view her website at https://signemaene.com/ John Spiers is a folk musician and player of many squeezebox style instruments. You can follow him on twitter at https://twitter.com/squeezyjohn and view his website here https://squeezyjohn.com/. Follow John's YouTube channel to see and hear him in action https://www.youtube.com/user/squeezyjohn1 Follow Alternative Stories on Twitter at https://twitter.com/StoriesAlt On Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/stories.alt/ And contact us directly via [email protected]
