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Each week, WORDTheatre® shares a brilliant short story performed live in LA, NY or London by a great actor, usually with the author in the room to hear their story being brought to life. Like what you hear? Visit WORDTheatre.org/Membership/ or if you are near the UK, visit WORDTheatreUK.org to enjoy live events and recordings by becoming a Patron or Enthusiast Member! WORDTheatre® is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in the US and a Dual Charitable Trust in the UK. We are on a mission to make a better world one story at a time.
Greetings and welcome to WORDTheatre Weekly: The Short Story Podcast where great authors and actors meet! My name is Alyssa, and I’ll be introducing this week’s episode.
To celebrate the debut of our newest production, Selections from Best British Short Stories 2010-2025, we’re bringing you the best stories from WORDTheatre’s past UK events.
This week’s story, “Single Sit” by Edward Hogan, was performed by Joe Dixon, who starred in The Mummy Returns, Archie Fletcher from Life and Flowers and Other Things, and Emily Bruni from Personal Affairs.
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Here now, is “Single Sit.”
DIXON, FLETCHER, BRUNI PERFORM.
Again, you have just heard “Single Sit” by Edward Hogan, performed by Joe Dixon, Archie Fletcher, and Emily Bruni.
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On behalf of Kirsty Peart and Cedering Fox, thank you to the LA Department of Arts & Culture, and Jane Oster Sinisi and Phiphen Studios for their ongoing support, executive coordinator Scout Riley, and our script writer Alex Kauffman. Thank you for listening. This is Alyssa, signing off!