Play Inside is a new form of story experience written from an internal, inner monologue perspective, where the audience is asked to mirror the actions of a character as they both move about their homes. The audience’s actions with the story enables shared moments of physical and emotional intimacy and the chance to experience similarities and differences with other people from different countries.
Play Inside tells untold stories, from unusual perspectives informed by first hand experiences, deepening our compassion and understanding for other people’s lived experiences.
Rosie (she/they/he) is coFounder and Creative Director of Splash & Ripple. They’re a storyteller, digital artist and real-world game designer researching a PhD in Embodied Storytelling. Rosie’s been making playful interactions for the public since 2007. Making experiences that transport people from the day-to-day to the extraordinary, where they can explore new ways of thinking, feeling and being using audience interactivity and embodiment. Rosie’s also in the 4th Year of a PhD studying the Embodied Story at UWE.
Michelle Roche is a multi-heritage woman of colour, a socially engaged multi-disciplinary artist and maker of journeys, experiences and connections. Michelle’s work has included large scale theatrical co-creations in non-traditional spaces, magical journeys for two, community projects with hard to reach groups, and more recently an award-winning audio journey for one co-created with Splash & Ripple, Play Inside : Other Mothers.
She is passionate about working in, and building communities; creating journeys exploring belonging and connection to oneself, each other, and to place; and making joyful, unexpected experiences that make you excited about the world and proud of your part in it.
A performance experienced at home. Play Inside is an experimental podcast where the listener is invited to mirror the actions of the characters. All you need is a pair of headphones and a mobile to listen with.
Series 1 is four stories written from the internal perspectives of people circling around motherhood from different sides. The perspectives draw on the writer’s direct experiences and interviews with others from their POC and queer communities. The stories can be listened to individually or all together in a one hour omnibus.
A performance experienced at home. Play Inside is an experimental podcast where the listener is invited to mirror the actions of the characters. All you need is a pair of headphones and a mobile to listen with.
Play Inside Series 2: How to be a Real Man or The Availability of Air is a selection of embodied audio stories from writers from Palestine, Egypt and the UK, funded by the British Council International Collaboration Fund and directed by UK artists Michelle Roche and Rosie Poebright (Splash and Ripple) in collaboration with Dawar Arts, Egypt and The Freedom Theatre, Palestine.
Series 3 ‘Love (Conditionally)’ a series of LGBTQIA+ stories from anonymous authors presented as experiential podcast episodes. Available online for free from Monday 4th December 2023 in English and Arabic
