Daemon Conversations

About Daemon Conversations

Actor musician and theatre creative Mingma Hughes deposits essays, songs, unfinished thoughts, poetry and stories. Season one is an audio dramatisation of 'In the Stones' - a tale co-written with Sophie Haxworth. mingma.substack.com (https://mingma.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

Mingma Hughes

Category

fiction · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Dec 2022

Latest episode

15 Dec 2022

Latest episodes

10 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   15 Dec 2022

   Behind the Stones

   Writing this story took over three years. Mingma and Sophie discuss the origins of the idea, the secular history of Churches, the writing process, the history of the folktale Childe Rowland and the research didn’t make the final cut. Originally a play, an illustrated storybook of ‘In the Stones’, is available from the Troubadour Stageworks website (https://troubadourstageworks.com/collections/in-the-stones), as is the option to donate to the charity by purchasing the audio play and music album. The theatre production of ‘In the Stones’ is produced by Troubadour Stageworks (http://www.troubadourstageworks.com)(Charity no. 1193809) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mingma.substack.com (https://mingma.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)

2. 

   15 Dec 2022

   In the Stones | Chapter Nine

   The past is not yet spent and the future is long gone. Originally a play, an illustrated storybook of ‘In the Stones’, is available from the Troubadour Stageworks website (https://troubadourstageworks.com/collections/in-the-stones), as is the option to donate to the charity by purchasing the audio play and music album. Written by Sophie Haxworth and Mingma Hughes Voice Cast: Narrator, Mabel - Mingma Hughes Childe Rowland - Lewis Williams Burd Ellen, Martha, Liz, - Jasmine Silk Rosaline, Merry - Sophie Haxworth Gilbert, Edwin - Jacob Thierry-Simpson Gargoyle, Grim, Priest, Harry  - James Crellin Music Performed by Sophie Haxworth, Mingma Hughes & Jacob Thierry-Simpson Stage production produced by Troubadour Stageworks (Charity no. 1193809) Illustrations by Jasmine Silk This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mingma.substack.com (https://mingma.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)

3. 

   15 Dec 2022

   In the Stones | Chapter Eight

   I saw them and I knew them all and yet, Dauntless the slug-horn to my lips I set and blewChilde Rowland to the dark tower came. Originally a play, an illustrated storybook of ‘In the Stones’, is available from the Troubadour Stageworks website (https://troubadourstageworks.com/collections/in-the-stones), as is the option to donate to the charity by purchasing the audio play and music album. Written by Sophie Haxworth and Mingma Hughes Voice Cast: Narrator, Mabel - Mingma Hughes Childe Rowland - Lewis Williams Burd Ellen, Martha, Liz, - Jasmine Silk Rosaline, Merry - Sophie Haxworth Gilbert, Edwin - Jacob Thierry-Simpson Gargoyle, Grim, Priest, Harry  - James Crellin Music Performed by Sophie Haxworth, Mingma Hughes & Jacob Thierry-Simpson Stage production produced by Troubadour Stageworks (Charity no. 1193809) Illustrations by Jasmine Silk This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mingma.substack.com (https://mingma.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)

4. 

   15 Dec 2022

   In the Stones | Chapter Seven

   The figures are stilted in movement, a mechanised rotation that holds no intention. Originally a play, an illustrated storybook of ‘In the Stones’, is available from the Troubadour Stageworks website (https://troubadourstageworks.com/collections/in-the-stones), as is the option to donate to the charity by purchasing the audio play and music album. Written by Sophie Haxworth and Mingma Hughes Voice Cast: Narrator, Mabel - Mingma Hughes Childe Rowland - Lewis Williams Burd Ellen, Martha, Liz, - Jasmine Silk Rosaline, Merry - Sophie Haxworth Gilbert, Edwin - Jacob Thierry-Simpson Gargoyle, Grim, Priest, Harry  - James Crellin Music Performed by Sophie Haxworth, Mingma Hughes & Jacob Thierry-Simpson Stage production produced by Troubadour Stageworks (charity no. 1193809) Illustrations by Jasmine Silk This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mingma.substack.com (https://mingma.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)

5. 

   15 Dec 2022

   In the Stones | Chapter Six

   The threat is uncertain, time multiplied, words ward off fear of what might be outside…Originally a play, an illustrated storybook of ‘In the Stones’, is available from the Troubadour Stageworks website (https://troubadourstageworks.com/collections/in-the-stones), as is the option to donate to the charity by purchasing the audio play and music album. Written by Sophie Haxworth and Mingma Hughes Voiced Cast: Narrator, Mabel - Mingma Hughes Childe Rowland - Lewis Williams Burd Ellen, Martha, Liz, - Jasmine Silk Rosaline, Merry - Sophie Haxworth Gilbert, Edwin - Jacob Thierry-Simpson Gargoyle, Grim, Priest, Harry  - James Crellin Music Performed by Sophie Haxworth, Mingma Hughes & Jacob Thierry-Simpson Stage production produced by Troubadour Stageworks (Charity no. 1193809) Illustrations by Jasmine Silk This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mingma.substack.com (https://mingma.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)

6. 

   15 Dec 2022

   In the Stones | Chapter Five

   Marriage, in which stories begin to matter. Originally a play, an illustrated storybook of ‘In the Stones’, is available from the Troubadour Stageworks website (https://troubadourstageworks.com/collections/in-the-stones), as is the option to donate to the charity by purchasing the audio play and music album. Written by Sophie Haxworth and Mingma Hughes Voice Cast: Narrator, Mabel - Mingma Hughes Childe Rowland - Lewis Williams Burd Ellen, Martha, Liz, - Jasmine Silk Rosaline, Merry - Sophie Haxworth Gilbert, Edwin - Jacob Thierry-Simpson Gargoyle, Grim, Priest, Harry  - James Crellin Music Performed by Sophie Haxworth, Mingma Hughes & Jacob Thierry-Simpson 2022 Stage production produced by Troubadour Stageworks (Charity no. 1193809) Illustrations by Jasmine Silk This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mingma.substack.com (https://mingma.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)

7. 

   15 Dec 2022

   In the Stones | Chapter Four

   It is April, St Mark’s Eve, the time where you might catch a glimpse of those who may die that year. Rowland finds himself among those caught at the moment of parting. Originally a play, an illustrated storybook of ‘In the Stones’, is available from the Troubadour Stageworks website (https://troubadourstageworks.com/collections/in-the-stones), as is the option to donate to the charity by purchasing the audio play and music album. Written by Sophie Haxworth and Mingma Hughes Voice Cast: Narrator, Mabel - Mingma Hughes Childe Rowland - Lewis Williams Burd Ellen, Martha, Liz - Jasmine Silk Rosaline, Merry - Sophie Haxworth Gilbert, Edwin - Jacob Thierry-Simpson Gargoyle, Grim, Priest, Harry  - James Crellin Music Performed by Sophie Haxworth, Mingma Hughes & Jacob Thierry-Simpson Stage production produced by Troubadour Stageworks (charity no. 1193809) Illustrations by Jasmine Silk This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mingma.substack.com (https://mingma.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)

8. 

   15 Dec 2022

   In the Stones | Chapter Three

   Nativity plays, but who is the angel? Who is the Mage? Who is in the basket, what in the straw, unwinding and broken now shadows before… Rowland enters the first realm of The Other Side of Things. Originally a play, the illustrated storybook of ‘In the Stones’, is available from the Troubadour Stageworks website (https://troubadourstageworks.com/collections/in-the-stones), as is the option to donate to the charity by purchasing the audio play and music album. Written by Sophie Haxworth and Mingma Hughes Voice Cast: Narrator, Mabel - Mingma Hughes Childe Rowland - Lewis Williams Burd Ellen, Martha, Liz, - Jasmine Silk Rosaline, Merry - Sophie Haxworth Gilbert, Edwin - Jacob Thierry-Simpson Gargoyle, Grim, Priest, Harry  - James Crellin Music Performed by Sophie Haxworth, Mingma Hughes & Jacob Thierry-Simpson Stage production produced by Troubadour Stageworks (charity no. 1193809) Illustrations by Jasmine Silk This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mingma.substack.com (https://mingma.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)

9. 

   15 Dec 2022

   In the Stones | Chapter Two

   Rowland finds himself at a crossing path, a betwixt and between, and neverwhere of dreams remembering and forgetting. This is the road to the other side of things. Originally a play, an illustrated storybook of ‘In the Stones’, is available from the Troubadour Stageworks website (https://troubadourstageworks.com/collections/in-the-stones), as is the option to donate to the charity by purchasing the audio play and music album. Written by Sophie Haxworth and Mingma Hughes Voice Cast: Narrator, Mabel - Mingma Hughes Childe Rowland - Lewis Williams Burd Ellen, Martha, Liz, - Jasmine Silk Rosaline, Merry - Sophie Haxworth Gilbert, Edwin - Jacob Thierry-Simpson Gargoyle, Grim, Priest, Harry  - James Crellin Music Performed by Sophie Haxworth, Mingma Hughes & Jacob Thierry-Simpson Stage production produced by Troubadour Stageworks (charity no. 1193809) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mingma.substack.com (https://mingma.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)

10. 

    12 Dec 2022

    In the Stones | Chapter One

    Siblings Ellen and Rowland are playing in their local churchyard. When Rowland throws a ball high over the church tower, he and his sister argue and Burd Ellen runs ‘widdershins’ (anti-clockwise) around the church, and vanishes. Written by Sophie Haxworth and Mingma Hughes Illustrations by Jasmine Silk Voice Cast: Narrator, Mabel - Mingma Hughes Childe Rowland - Lewis Williams Burd Ellen, Martha, Liz, - Jasmine Silk Rosaline, Merry - Sophie Haxworth Gilbert, Edwin - Jacob Thierry-Simpson Gargoyle, Grim, Priest, Harry  - James Crellin Music Performed by Sophie Haxworth, Mingma Hughes & Jacob Thierry-Simpson Stage production produced by Troubadour Stageworks (charity no. 1193809) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit mingma.substack.com (https://mingma.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)

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