Episode 6 finds Helen at her favourite cafe, chatting with Ilse about playing card games on her iPad. But before we go there, I thought you might like to know why we call ourselves Thunder’s Mouth Theatre. Back in the day, I played Queen Eleanor in a production of Shakespeare’s play “The Life and Death of King John”. It was produced by John Warner’s production company in Brisbane, and performed at the then abandoned Boggo Road Jail. Our lovely mate Allana Noyes played Constance, Eleanor’s daughter-in-law, and Constance has the most wonderful line that Shakespeare ever wrote: “Oh, that my tongue were in the Thunder’s mouth / then with a passion would I shake the world!” That is how I feel about live theatre, so that is what I named my own company. And now, I use it to do a teeny tiny bit of shaking of the world, in my own small way, with the help of some very good mates. In this episode, John Warner introduces the character of William Askew, OAM.

Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription.

Transcript is available shortly after release on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s11e6

• Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews
• The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify
• Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners

• • Thanks for listening. Stay safe

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Helen attended the 'gathering' Susie invited her to, where she met up with the mother of Kiara, the charismatic climate change evangelist. They've taken Susie off to the nearest cafe to enjoy something to drink and a heart to heart. With special guest voice actor Lushika Preetrajh as Preshanni and Mrs Patel.

Now, you may have noticed that these episodes are arriving at roughly fortnightly intervals these days. That’s because I’m also busy editing the new podcast, Baked Off! Which is a much bigger production than Am I Old Yet? I’ve been trying to raise some funds to pay for a dialogue editor to help me with it, but we still have some way to go. If you’d like to help out, there are a range of perks to be enjoyed, from early access to the episodes to mugs, stickers and aprons, and even a brand new cookbook. The website is crowdfundr.com/bakedoffthepodcast. I’m halfway through editing Episode 4, with only another 4 to go. And it will happen a whole lot faster if I don’t have to do it all myself!

Thanks to those of you who have joined the Patreon community. The latest newsletter is on its way to you already. Also thanks to Fable and Folly and the F&F community, who are so lovely and supportive, as well as being just the best audio fiction producers out there. Thanks for listening. Stay safe. 

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thunder’s Mouth Theatre presents: yet another mini adventure in the life of our aged heroine Helen. Her granddaughter Susie phones up to apologise for standing her up last week, and after a chat with daughter Janey, Helen decides to attend a ‘gathering’ headed up by Susie’s latest bestie, to see what the fuss is all about.

You heard Flloyd Kennedy as Susie, Helen, Janey, Kiara and the stranger in the crowd (Mary O'Leary), as well as J.R. Snyder, Lushika Preethrajh and Brady Flanagan as Voices in the crowd. Do check out Brady's own podcasts "Rogue Life" and "Your Horror Show". And you will hear both JR and Lushika in many other excellent fiction podcasts!

The theme music is from "In the Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T La Barbera, and available on Spotify.

Please Support the Show either by telling your friends and colleagues about it. Or you can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription that gives you access to other benefits at patreon.com/amIoldyet.

The full transcript will be available at the website amIoldyet.com.

As well, you can leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews

And please, find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners

 Thanks for listening. Stay safe

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Helen is waiting patiently at her favourite Cheese Shop Cafe for her granddaughter Susie and daughter Janey to join her for lunch. Until they are half an hour late, and then—not so patiently. Meanwhile, there's a young American guy, who seems to think he's Sam Spade. Or is it Philip Marlowe?

Cast: AJ Fidalgo as Special Agent Sam Marlow; Tayo Aluko as Detective Inspector Frank Ensign (there is no 'T'); Frances Broudie Oldridge as SWAT Team Leader Officer Linda Carter; Shea Smith as Dieter Putton; Flloyd Kennedy as Helen, Janey, Ilse and Rina Gineheart; Theme music composed and performed by John T La Barbera.

Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription.

Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s11e3

• Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews
• Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners
• Thanks for listening. Stay safe

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Helen is at home, listening to her favourite folk music programme on the radio when there is a rude interruption downstairs. She and her neighbour Jennifer decide to take action.

As usual, this episode deals with everyday challenges rather than world affairs. Although of course, world affairs have their effect.

The performers are Christopher McDougall and Flloyd Kennedy.

Editing and sound design by Flloyd Kennedy.

Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription.

Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s11e2

• Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews
• The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify
• Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners

• • Thanks for listening. Stay safe

SFX:

PHONERINGING.FLAC BY ACCLIVITY -- HTTPS://FREESOUND.ORG/S/24928/ -- LICENSE: ATTRIBUTION NONCOMMERCIAL 4.0

PHONE HANGUP.WAV BY THUNDERQUADS -- HTTPS://FREESOUND.ORG/S/467200/ -- LICENSE: CREATIVE COMMONS

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thunder's Mouth Theatre Presents... Am I Old Yet, Welcome back. Here's an extended episode to get us started on Season 11. Helen has been out shopping, and would like nothing better than to put her feet up and relax with a nice hot coffee. Friends and family, however, are in need of her very specific help and advice. You know how it is... Enjoy

The cast was as follows

Helen, Janey, Susan were played by Flloyd Kennedy

Popsy the kitten miaowing, and Apate the Trickster Goddess were played by Frances Broudie Oldridge

Popsy the kitten purring was Chloe the Cat.

Zeus was played by Ira Seidenstein.

The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify.

Written, produced and sound design by Flloyd Kennedy.

Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription.

Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s11e1

And, if you're enjoying Helen's antics along with those of her friends and family, please tell your friends about it, and also it would be wonderful if you would leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews

Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners

     •         •    Thanks for listening. Stay safe

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Am I Old Yet?" is enjoying a hiatus as you've probably noticed. But while Season 11 is being slowly cooked up in the background, we are also working on a brand new podcast. It's called "Baked Off! - Live Laugh Loaves" and the aim is to release it early in 2025. Here's the trailer - you may recognise most of the voices, but the characters are all new!

We are also running a crowdfunding campaign to help pay the voice actors, musician, sound designer etc, and we'd be enormously grateful for your support. https://crowdfundr.com/bakedoffthepodcast. There are also some perks and rewards, including early access to episodes, a cook book, stickers mugs and aprons - and more!

The cast are, in order of appearance:

In Scotland—

Christopher McDougall - Duncan

Wendy Lap - Heather

In England—

Tayo Aluko - Ade

Frankie Phoenix - Sammy

Erika Sanderson - Julianna

In Australia

Flloyd Kennedy - Margot

On the Zoom call

Andrea Richardson - Caroline

Music - Composed, arranged and performed by John T La Barbera

Direction and Sound Design - Flloyd Kennedy

Please Support the Show. 

Transcript is available on the episode website https://bakedoffpodcast.com/

• Please find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners
• Thanks for listening. Stay safe

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the final episode in Season 10. Helen has returned home from her jaunt with Hera to reports that Mr Parks & Gardens is snooping around homeless ex-solder Mike's spot near the bus stop, possibly interfering with the plants in which Demeter has provided some salad and fruit plants at Helen's request in Episode 3 of Season 10. Well! We can't have that, can we? So, it's Helen and granddaughter Susie to the rescue!

Cast:

Christopher McDougall - Charlie

Wendy Lap - Annie

Sarah Golding - Betty

Edward Donnelly - James

Wayne Stuart-Cole - Mr Parks & Gardens

Roy R Carruthers - Mike

Flloyd Kennedy - Helen, Susie, Jackie

Music:

In the Labyrinth, composed and performed by John T La Barbera

SFX: Freesound.org

114256-Vintage_London_Bus_Arr_Stop_Go_1

56913-Traffic_-Footsteps_2

Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription.

Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s

• AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one!
• Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews
• The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify
• Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners
• Thanks for listening. Stay safe

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Susie and Janey are still angsting about Helen's disappearance, while Susie's boyfriend Charlie attempts to inject a smidgeon of common sense - brave man! And then Janey and Helen seems to be vieing for the honour of most tech avoidance in the family.

Christopher McDougall - Charlie, Rene

Flloyd Kennedy - Janey, Susie, Ilse, Helen

SFX

Message Bank beep, buttons clicking and phone ringing, courtesy of Flloyd’s iPhone.

Cafe ambience - recorded by Flloyd at the Sweet Pea Cafe, West Kirby on the Wirral.

Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription.

Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s10e9, approximately 12 hours after the episode goes live.

• AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one!
• Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews
• The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify
• Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners
• Thanks for listening. Stay safe

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hera has brought Helen to her home on Mt Olympus, after their short visit to the Amazon rain forest. Zeus is so happy to see her that he just can't help singing about it. And so it came about, that this episode has turned into a musical. You're welcome...

Hera - Wendy Lap

Helen - Flloyd Kennedy

Zeus - Ira Seidenstein

Music - "In the Labyrinth", Song of the Goddess Diana" and "Song of the Minatour", composed and performed by John T La Barbera

Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription.

Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s10e8

• AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one!
• Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews
• The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify
• Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners
• Thanks for listening. Stay safe

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

And now, to return to regular transmission! Hera, the Queen of the Gods, drops by in south London to whisk Helen off to her homeland for a well-deserved mini-break. These two women of way over 'a certain age' have more in common than meets the eye.

Cast:

Hera - Wendy Lap

Zeus - Ira Seidenstein

Helen, American tourist - Flloyd Kennedy

Music - "In the Labyrinth" and "Song of the Minotaur" composed and performed by John T La Barbera

SFX (freesound.org)

75526__robinhood76__01153-great-wings-in-motion

windy day .mp3 by soundmary -- https://freesound.org/s/196667/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

653265__garuda1982__large-wooden-door-open-close^

Please Support the Show. You can either leave a one off tip of $1 or £1 (or more) or take out a monthly subscription.

Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/s

• AIR New Voices Amplify Spotify Playlist featuring a ‘Best of’ collection from the 16 podcast fellows, of which this is one!
• Please leave a comment or review at https://amIoldyet.com/reviews
• The theme music is from "In The Labyrinth" composed and performed by John T LaBarbera, available on Spotify
• Find and support our sponsors at: fableandfolly.com/partners
• Thanks for listening. Stay safe

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices