Audio Drama: Beyond the Gates podcast
The Beyond the Gates podcast was our first joint project. It’s an anthology series of morality tales with supernatural and sci-fi elements (in the vein Twilight Zone, Black Mirror, Inside No 9).
The goal of the series was to tell entertaining, thought-provoking and occasionally touching stories spanning various genres. Throughout the project, we were privileged to have worked with an array of very talented people.
We distributed through Acast and as part of the Mutual Audio Network. It was showcased on BBC Upload which gave us further exposure and was a fun experience to participate in.
Having made it with limited resources, some of the audio production is a little rough at times, but it’s something we’re overall very proud of.
Acast website: https://shows.acast.com/beyond-the-gates
Beyond the Gates – Trailer
Trailer for audio drama podcast Beyond the Gates. From speculative and sci-fi, to supernatural and black comedy, join us for a new series of genre-bending morality tales. Join us as we go beyond the gates…
Episode 1: Postmodern Justice
Season 1, Ep. 1
Episode one of the anthology series Beyond the Gates.
A man on his deathbed reflects on a turbulent life as he says goodbye to his loved ones. But Mr Johnson will soon discover that his journey is not quite over yet. Not by virtue of divine grace, but by the hands of man. Because for Mr Johnson, some sins will not go unpunished, as we journey beyond the gates…
Cast:
Narrator – Suki Brinton
Christopher – Paul Martin
Tracey – Charlotte Brown
Annabelle – Lia Miko
Barrister 1 – Hugh Evans
Stevens – Chad Alexander
Barrister 2 – James Risk
Judge – Paul Warren
Tyler – Matt Doyle
Patrick – Yñaqui Tuason-Inocian
Witness Care Officer – Naomi Madelin
Prison officer 1 – Zylaar Cross
Prison officer 2 – JD Kelly
Episode 2: The Ascension
Cast:
Narrator – Suki Brinton
Preacher – Brian Barnshaw
General Inez – Marv Blandon
Captain – Luis Alberto Martin
Assistant – Rachel Pulliam
Security – Douglas Daly
Soldier 1 – Chris G
Soldier 2 – Callum Taylor
Congregation – Annika Gateman, Chad Alexander, Christofer Nolander, Emmelina Gateman, Solbritt Gateman, Nils Gateman
Episode 3: The Icon
Season 1, Ep. 3
Disclaimer: This episode contains some violent scenes which may be uncomfortable for some listeners. Any references to real people, organisations or brands are fictional and intended as satire and entertainment.
Tonight’s broadcast will be a controversial one. Regardless of whether or not you agree with it being aired, the decision has been made. It will be a spectacle, but it will also raise some difficult questions: what relationship do you want to have to the things we consume, and what responsibility do you want to take for their production? You can be the change you wish to see, as we go ‘beyond the gates’…
Cast:
Narrator – Suki Brinton
Presenter – Naomi Madeline
Reporter 1 – Matt Doyle
Reporter 2 – Charlotte Brown
Showbiz interviewer – Paul Warren
Actress – Rachel Pulliam
Original Icon – James Risk
Concerned father – Alexander Comley
Cultural critic – Paul Martin
Adelaide’s mother – Danielle Frazer
Adelaide – Eliza Chambers
The Icon – Chad Alexander
Tony – Paul Watt
Jordan – JD Kelly
Episode 4: Last Orders
Season 1, Ep. 4
Sometimes the best bars are the ones that you find when you’re lost. But for Matt Mcgowan, it is not the appeal of a festive drink nor shelter from the bitter cold which has brought him to this one – it is something far from jovial, as we go beyond the gates….
Cast:
Narrator – Suki Brinton
Matt – Jack Olson
Peters – Chad Alexander
Matt’s Daughter – Katte Noel
Young Matt – London Simpson
Drug Dealer – Douglas Daly
Police Officer #1 – Brian Bradshaw
Police Officer #2 – Jonathan Swenson
Episode 5: Azura
Season 1, Ep. 5
A man lies in a hospital bed. His name is Seth McCarthy – he knows little else about himself, and even less about his surroundings. His only company is a strange young woman who cares for him. Their humanity is going to be put to the test, as we go beyond the gates…
Cast:
Narrator – Suki Brinton
Seth – Brian Barnshaw (www.brianbarnshawvo.com)
Azura – Emmelina Gateman