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Listener 1
"There is power in such a discovery - the discovery of somebody else, even in a fictional context, who struggles with similar issues to your own. Suddenly, the idea of speaking openly about them and seeking support is less daunting"
- Kieran (on Ghosted)
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"It’s really interesting to feel seen while listening to a horror story. Having an invisible illness is a bit of a slow-burn horror story of its own. Along with the legitimate problems, it’s easy to take on the pain of believing you’re a burden to others. Crawling into isolation is so tempting as both relief and penance. I hear these pieces of my own story in Ghosted, and hearing these things I know so well coming from outside of myself, I find to be very validating."
- Alexandra (on Ghosted)
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"I will shout Anne & Mary from the rooftops at every opportunity. It was my introduction to anything audiodrama, and is still one of the best I’ve ever heard. As a queer human it is really easy to feel like a second-class citizen. I really appreciate the way this story is told and sung, it’s empowering. I want everyone to hear it so they can feel what I feel."
- Alec (on The Ballad of Anne & Mary)
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About Lindsay and Laurence (Long Cat Media)
LONG CAT MEDIA is a two-person UK podcast production company specialising in audio fiction.
LINDSAY SHARMAN has worked in the entertainment business as a performer, writer and theatre producer for over ten years. She has written seven original Fringe shows, garnering a raft of 5 star reviews, and toured the country in both her own and others’ productions. She has also racked up hundreds of performances as a character act and MC on the British stand-up and cabaret circuit.
In her collaboration with Laurence, Lindsay has written five theatre productions: Madame Magenta: Libros Mystica (2014), the Malcolm Hardee Award winning Cinemusical (2015), Cinemusical High (2016), The Time Machine (2017), and Jekyll vs Hyde (2019), Broadway World Award nominee and Wilton's Music Hall Fringe Foundations Award winner.
She is a graduate of the UEA's Creative Writing MA: Scriptwriting course.
LAURENCE OWEN is a composer, songwriter, sound designer and performer. Aside from work with Long Cat Media, Laurence's stage work includes composing and musical direction of Cat & Mouse (Village Underground), arrangement of songs by Richard Thomas for My Left Right Foot (National Theatre of Scotland), and sound design for 1927's Golem (Young Vic, Trafalgar Studios), for which he was nominated for a ProSound Award.
Laurence was songwriter, composer and sound designer for 1927's Please Right Back. The production opened at Vienna's Burgtheater, before a UK tour culminating in a Christmas season at London's South Bank Centre in 2024.
"A highwire act of graphic novel visuals, song, dance, comedy and psychedelic make-believe" - **** The Guardian
Laurence's film credits include the Sundance Film Festival selection White Morning (2013), which earned him two music award nominations at SoundTrack Cologne Festival, and the feature documentary Stronger Than The Wave (2024).
As a media composer, his clients include the BBC, Toyota, O2, Stella Artois, Embraer, Sipsmith, ARTE, The Beano, Historic Royal Palaces and the V&A Museum.
Previous Audio Dramas
2019 - present
MOCKERY MANOR
Nominated for Best Fiction at the British Podcast Awards 2020, and Best Comedy Drama at the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2024, Mockery Manor has garnered glowing reviews from Screen Rant, Herald Scotland, Engadget, The Podcast Host, Podcast Magazine and more, hundreds of 5-star ratings on Apple Podcasts, and over 2.5 million downloads.
Season 3 of Mockery Manor was funded by Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants.
2020 - present
MADAME MAGENTA: SONOS MYSTICA
Madame Magenta: Sonos Mystica is our character comedy storytelling series, which has now spanned four seasons and nearly 150 episodes, accruing a loyal following along the way.
2021
THE BALLAD OF ANNE & MARY
The Ballad of Anne & Mary, is a musical pirate epic, with a stellar cast including Christina Bianco, Sooz Kempner, Hamilton star Karl Queensborough, and drag legend Le Gateau Chocolat among others. The Ballad of Anne & Mary has received rave reviews and coverage from ITV News London, Liverpool Echo, The Stage, Pink News, Pod Bible, DiscoverPods, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio Scotland, and more. Anne & Mary was nominated for Best Podcast at the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2022, and Best Fiction at the British Podcast Awards 2022.
The Ballad Of Anne & Mary was funded by Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants.
2023 - present
MAGENTA PRESENTS
/ GHOSTED
/ SHUCK
Magenta Presents, is a horror and folklore anthology series. It launched in 2023 with the five-episode miniseries Ghosted, starring Beth Eyre and Lucy Roslyn. Ghosted was nominated for The Tinniswood Award for Best Audio Drama Script at the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2024. As well as our own weird tales, Magenta Presents showcases short horror stories by guest writers, including 1927 Productions' Suzanne Andrade.
Ghosted was funded by Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants.
If funded, Magenta Presents will host the six episodes of Shuck.