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Wooden Overcoats S2 E8: There Ought to be Clowns

15/12/2016

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Click to be taken to Season Two: Episode Eight!
Sweet blimey crikey, it's already here: the finale to the second season of Wooden Overcoats. The future of Funn Funerals hangs in the balance as Antigone faces the biggest challenge of her life...

I don't really want to give too much away with this one. Despite its bumper length - put the kettle on, folks, because it's a whole hour of non-stop funeral fun! - this was probably the quickest script to write this season because the I knew where I wanted to go and how I wanted to get there (a sadly all too rare occurrence). The exact nature of Antigone's challenge is another idea unused from Season One and I hesitated to use it here because it's so ridiculous. But, damn it, I just had to tackle it. I wanted the last episode of the season to walk a tightrope between the weird and the very real and I hope I've achieved it. 
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The main characters are pushed to their limits and by God the cast rose to the occasion. To say any more would spoil things but my hat goes off to to Felix Trench, Tom Crowley, Ciara Baxendale and Beth Eyre for giving the finest performances they've yet given in the show. They're ably supported by two newcomers to the series: Emily Stride as the tyrannical Ringmistress, and former Doctor Who companion Katy Manning as Bijou the Clown. (Fun fact: on the day of recording I was wearing a red velvet jacket, which Katy kept stroking because it reminded her of working with Jon Pertwee. I melted.) A wide array of recurring characters cameo throughout the episode, and Belinda Lang continues to be absolutely perfect as the voice of the show. And then there's James Whittle and his Piffling Philharmonic delivering some of their very best music for the series, and co-producer John Wakefield pulling everything together through his most detailed sound design yet...

You can download Episode Eight from iTunes or your preferred podcast provider, or else download from the main Wooden Overcoats website. Monday sees our final Live Show of the current season, where we'll be performing the Christmas special Rudyard Ruins Christmas. Backers to our Kickstarter campaign will automatically receive the episode Thursday next week but you can still pre-order it here!
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