In the last five monologues we heard about a man who keeps seeing a set of instructions whenever he's on the brink of orgasm;
a strange episode in a pizzeria involving a dwarf, an angel, and an old recently retired father who hasn't moved from the back office in a whole month;
a scary party thrust upon a miserable university student;
a priest who becomes trapped in his confessional;
and an unpublished novelist with a dark secret.
This time:
We hear about...
1) A man whose mother has just died who visits a scary-looking rollercoaster in search of revitalisation.
2) A woman at dinner with a shy man who tells her right off the bat that he's an alcoholic. But all is not as it seems.
3) A bizarre voice message: the unnamed caller shares with the unknown recipient a gross little vignette about his nipples.
4) A woman and a fellow jogger called Arthur. A simple routine involving morning jogging and breakfast quickly unravels in unexpected ways.
5) The Room 3 tenant whom nobody in the shared house has ever seen finally comes out.
Music List (including tracks of which only very brief samples are taken):
Poor Mum- Molly Drake
A Coral Room- Kate Bush
The Protecting Veil- John Taverner
Devil In Disguise- Elvis Presley
Livre du Saint Sacrament- Olivier Messiaen
Des Canyons aux Etoiles- Olivier Messiaen
Dona Nobis Pacem- Vaughn Williams
Requiem- Maurice Durufle
(Opening Improvisation, Introit, and Pater Noster taken from 12.00 Pentecost Sunday Mass, 2024, Westminster Cathedral, London)
Holly Holy- Neil Diamond
Saint Francois d'Assise- Olivier Messiaen
Magnificat- Herbert Howells
The Rite of Spring- Stravinsky
Featuring also the voices of Father Stephen Morrison, Anthony Perkins, Harold Bloom, Klaus Kinski
Three Sketches for Two Clarinets- Charlie Price
Concerto for Strings, Winds, Percussion, and Solo Cello- Charlie Price
Content Warning:
Horror, Language, Sex References
