A Play by Wendy Errington
Directed and adapted for Audio by Matt Jamie

**Content Warning** - some listeners may be disturbed by some of the themes in this play. Head to www.writelonger.co.uk for more information and support.​

Cast: Janine Leigh as Ruby
and Lucy Curry as Young Ruby
​
with additional voices from
Jacqueline Phillips, Katie Powell, Arabella Arnott, Amelia Loulli, and Sam Neale.

"I didn’t need to bury it. I had less years of her blanking me... less of her just looking right through me. I had a few years of being happy... I remember what that feels like.

You’ll forgive her... them... one day."
​
What if we could talk to our younger self, how would that sound? Would we understand how we've become the person we are today? Or would we wish we'd somehow never grown up?
​
Saluting Magpies is a tale of trauma, superstition, stories, and survival.

Produced by Coracle / Matt Jamie
in association with Alphabetti Theatre / Ben Dickenson
Supported by Arts Council England

MUSIC
used under Creative Commons Licensce from the Free Music Archive
Click links for details and license info

--Meydan--
Various tracks from their album "Havor"

freemusicarchive.org/music/Meydan/Havor

“The Beauty of Maths"

freemusicarchive.org/music/Meydan/T…eauty_of_Maths

--Ketsa--
“Maypole” / Above and Below
freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Above_and_Below

“Hip Hop Instrumental 2” / Emotive Music for Film and Radio
freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Em…Film_and_Radio

“Reflective” / Different Angles
freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Different_Angles

"Warm Morning" / Metamporphasis
freemusicarchive.org/music/Ketsa/Metamorphosis

--Pictures of the Floating World--

"Waves"

freemusicarchive.org/music/Pictures…528/Waves_1217

With excerpts from the books
"Milly Molly Mandy" by Joyce L Brisley
"Charlotte's Web" by E B White
"Skellig" by David Almond