Hello and welcome to WORDTheatre Weekly: The Short Story Podcast where great authors and great actors meet! I’m your host, Cedering Fox, WORDTheatre's Founder & Artistic Director.

This week's episode marks the conclusion of our UK series, as we present "Let Us Look Elsewhere" by Mona Dash, performed by Dinita Gohil, "What Business Has a Horse to Look Down on Me?" by Rosie Garland, performed by Tiffany Gray, and "Canute" by Nikesh Shukla, performed by Ray Panthaki. These stories are varied, rich, and wonderful, and we believe they will complement each other as nicely in this episode as they did during our show back in September.

Before we dive in, please note that WORDTheatre holds the copyright to these recordings and no portion of anything you hear on the short story podcast may be reproduced without permission.

Starting with Let Us Look Elsewhere, we will hear first from author Mona Dash.

Mona Dash is an Indian-born, London-based fiction and poetry writer. Her short fiction has been published widely in numerous journals and anthologies, and has been met with critical acclaim. She is the recipient of a Poet of Excellence Award in the House of Lords in 2016. Outside of her writing, Mona is a TeleComs engineer and works full-time at a global technology organization.

MONA DASH INTRO

Dinita Gohil is a British actress known for her roles in the films Greed, The Snowman, and Treason, as well as her on-stage performance as Viola in the 2017 Royal Shakespeare Company production of Twelfth Night.

And now, here is Dinita Gohil performing Mona Dash's, “Let Us Look Elsewhere.”

LET US LOOK ELSEWHERE PLAYS

Next up we have Rosie Garland introducing her story, "What Business Has a Horse to Look Down on Me?"

Rosie Garland is an English poet & writer who has authored works such as The Palace of Curiosities, Vixen and The Night Brother. Rosie is also the lead singer in the post-punk band, The March Violets.

ROSIE GARLAND INTRO

Tiffany Gray is an American born British actress who is featured in the film Innocent Blood, the television series, Silo, and the upcoming film set to be released in April of 2025, The Amateur.

WHAT BUSINESS HAS A HORSE TO LOOK DOWN ON ME PLAYS.

To close out this episode, we have "Canute" by Nikesh Shukla.

Nikesh is a British author & screenwriter. He is the author of the novels, Coconut Unlimited, Meatspace, The One Who Wrote Destiny and The Council of Good Friends. In 2019 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

NIKESH INTRO PLAYS.

Ray Panthaki is a British actor, producer, writer and director. He has starred in films such as Away, Colette, and Kidadulthood. His short Film Life Sentence which he wrote, produced & directed was long listed for a BAFTA in 2013.

Here is Ray Panthaki performing "Canute" by Nikesh Shukla.

CANUTE PLAYS.

Thank you for listening to these three beautiful performances, recorded live at WORDTheatreUK's Selections from Best British Short Stories 2010-2024 on September 26th, 2024.

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As always, I'd like to thank Philanthropist/Benefactor, Ola Strom, and the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture for their ongoing support and the WORDTheatre Team. Until next week, this is Cedering Fox, signing off!!