Episodes

  • Josey, The Indignant Daughter. An original audio musical from November Club.
    Mar 8 2023

    Josey, The Indignant Daughter is a brand-new audio musical inspired by Northumberland based suffragette, feminist and social reformer, Josephine Butler. Launching 8 March on Anchor FM, the podcast is free to download and available on all streaming sites. Listen to writer and composer of Josey, Katie Doherty (pictured) introducing the piece.

    Foreword by Katie: 

    "It has been a great rollercoaster of emotion working on this piece and this is only the beginning. I have been fueled, I have been frustrated, I have been very sad and I have been filled with hope - sometimes all in within the same hour! I guess the thing to stress is that there is just too much to say, so what we have here is the start of something more vital than I think I even realised when I began."

    There was a woman…

    In the 19th Century Josephine campaigned for women’s suffrage, the right of women to better education, and the abolition of child prostitution.   Now Josephine Butler’s story will be at the centre of a new audio musical written by singer – songwriter Katie Doherty in collaboration with women from across Northumberland.

    There are so many contemporary issues – some not wholly different from those that concerned Josephine nearly 200 years ago – that women are passionate about and motivated to change in much the same way as Josephine Butler.

    “We are determined to take their issues and tell Josephine’s story through a modern lens, reflecting the concerns of women in the UK today.”

    Joe Hufton, Artistic Director November Club.

    The production is being created with digital support agency The Space. This is the first time November Club has released an audio musical, bringing issues of activism and gender equality to a wider audience.

    The digital venture will lead to a full touring version of the musical in 2024.

    Credits

    Writer and Composer: Katie Doherty

    Sound Designer: Matthew Tuckey

    Additional Sound Design, Mixing and Mastering: Andrew Cadie

    Director: Joe Hufton

    Dramaturge: Maria Crocker

    Sound Engineer: Adam Forster

    Producer: Lizzie Vogler

    Actors: Michael Blair and Karen Traynor

    Young Girl: Betsy Sutton

    Piano, lead vocals and prepared piano - Katie Doherty

    Bass synth - Andrew Cadie

    Drums and prepared piano - Adam Forster

    Voices: Young people from Cramlington Learning Village and Duke’s Academy, Ashington, Further Stages at Stagecoach North Tyneside and members of the choir and their friends and families.

    Business and Operations Director: Andrea Perrett

    Marketing and Audience Development: Kathryn Row

    Participation Producer: Louise Taylor-Asheg

    Young people from Cramlington Learning Village and Duke’s Academy, Ashington.

    The digital piece features a community choir of women from across Northumberland.

    They are: Rachel Forster, Swee Gaik Seow, Christine Gardner, Sarah Gray, Rachel Gray, Sarah Hodgson, Jacqui Lille, Cath MacNaught, Sandra Whitton.

    Commissioned by The Space Arts.

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    22 mins
  • Josey; trailer for November Club's new audio musical
    Feb 16 2023

    Josey, The Indignant Daughter is a brand-new audio musical inspired by Northumberland based suffragette, feminist and social reformer, Josephine Butler. Launching 8 March on Anchor FM, the podcast is free to download and available on all streaming sites. Listen to writer and composer of Josey, Katie Doherty (pictured) introducing the piece. 

    There was a woman…

    In the 19th Century Josephine campaigned for women’s suffrage, the right of women to better education, and the abolition of child prostitution.   Now Josephine Butler’s story will be at the centre of a new audio musical written by singer – songwriter Katie Doherty in collaboration with women from across Northumberland.

    There are so many contemporary issues – some not wholly different from those that concerned Josephine nearly 200 years ago – that women are passionate about and motivated to change in much the same way as Josephine Butler.

    “We are determined to take their issues and tell Josephine’s story through a modern lens, reflecting the concerns of women in the UK today.”

    Joe Hufton, Artistic Director November Club.

    The production is being created with digital support agency The Space. This is the first time November Club has released an audio musical, bringing issues of activism and gender equality to a wider audience.

    The digital venture will lead to a full touring version of the musical in 2024.

    Credits

    Writer and Composer: Katie Doherty

    Sound Designer: Matthew Tuckey

    Additional Sound Design, Mixing and Mastering: Andrew Cadie

    Director: Joe Hufton

    Dramaturge: Maria Crocker

    Sound Engineer: Adam Forster

    Producer: Lizzie Vogler

    Actors: Michael Blair and Karen Traynor

    Young Girl: Betsy Sutton

    Piano, lead vocals and prepared piano - Katie Doherty

    Bass synth - Andrew Cadie

    Drums and prepared piano - Adam Forster

    Voices: Young people from Cramlington Learning Village and Duke’s Academy, Ashington, Further Stages at Stagecoach North Tyneside and members of the choir and their friends and families.

    Business and Operations Director: Andrea Perrett

    Marketing and Audience Development: Kathryn Row

    Participation Producer: Louise Taylor-Asheg

    Young people from Cramlington Learning Village and Duke’s Academy, Ashington.

    The digital piece features a community choir of women from across Northumberland.

    They are: Rachel Forster, Swee Gaik Seow, Christine Gardner, Sarah Gray, Rachel Gray, Sarah Hodgson, Jacqui Lille, Cath MacNaught, Sandra Whitton.

    Commissioned by The Space Arts. 

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    Twitter

    Instagram

    Website 

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