Camlann – An Audio Drama by Ella Watts

Camlann is a post-apocalyptic fantasy by Ella Watts from Tin Can Audio. A serialised fiction podcast inspired by folklore and Arthurian legends. Alternatively – it’s about three idiots and a dog in Wales, fighting for their lives. This series was funded by Creative Scotland and the Inevitable Foundation.

Dai lights a fire.

The Welsh folk song featured in this episode is Tân yn Llŷn, a protest song about the destruction of Penyberth.

This episode featured: Tobias Weatherburn as Dai, Angharad Phillips as Morgan, Robyn Holdaway as Perry, Paul Warren as Gwaine and Peter Wicks as The News Anchor. Special thanks to Hobbes the Lion for playing Gelert. This episode was written and directed by Ella Watts, with original scoring and sound design from Amber Devereux at Tin Can Audio, and additional Music Direction from Alessa Catterall. Our Production Manager is Ross McFarlane.

This episode is dedicated to Angharad Gilbey, without whom this show would not exist. Caru ti, cariad.

The gang deals with the local wildlife.

The Welsh folk song featured in this episode is Pais Dinogad, an Old Welsh lullaby.

This episode featured: Tobias Weatherburn as Dai, Angharad Phillips as Morgan, Robyn Holdaway as Perry, Paul Warren as Gwaine, Peter Wicks as The News Anchor and Beth Crane as The Kelpie. Special thanks to Hobbes the Lion for playing Gelert. This episode was written and directed by Ella Watts, with original scoring and sound design from Amber Devereux at Tin Can Audio, and additional Music Direction from Alessa Catterall. Our Production Manager is Ross McFarlane.

Special thanks to: Angharad Gilbey, Holly Thwaites Bee, Samuel Thompson, Sara-Luise Edge-Smith, Elizabeth Campbell, Marc Sollinger, Sarah Shachat, David K. Barnes, Rosenkranz Vermilion and Max Degan. We wouldn’t have got here without you.

Diolch yn fawr iawn am wrando. Thank you so much for listening.

Keep the fires burning.

Turn off the lights.

The Welsh folk song featured in this episode is Dacw ‘Nghariad, a love song.

Huge thanks to the podcast Wooden Overcoats, and its lead writer David K. Barnes for letting us quote their show this episode. The phrase “other people are all there is” is a recurring motif throughout the series, and we echo the sentiment wholeheartedly.

This episode featured: Tobias Weatherburn as Dai, Angharad Phillips as Morgan, Robyn Holdaway as Perry, Nicole Miners as Gwen (or Shújūn), Felix Trench as Kay, Peter Wicks as The News Anchor and Will de Renzy-Martin as The Lantern Man. Special thanks to Hobbes the Lion for playing Gelert. This episode was written and directed by Ella Watts, with original scoring and sound design from Amber Devereux at Tin Can Audio, and additional Music Direction from Alessa Catterall. Our Production Manager is Ross McFarlane.

Special thanks to: Angharad Gilbey, Holly Thwaites Bee, Samuel Thompson, Sara-Luise Edge-Smith, Elizabeth Campbell, Marc Sollinger, Sarah Shachat, David K. Barnes, Rosenkranz Vermilion and Max Degan. We wouldn’t have got here without you.

Diolch yn fawr iawn am wrando. Thank you so much for listening.

Keep the fires burning.

We hope you enjoyed listening to Camlann – An Audio Drama by Ella Watts. If you’d like to live episodes as they come out with Ella and Amber, you can do that on Tin Can Audio’s Twitch channel from 8-10pm GMT on Mondays. On Wednesdays at the same time, Amber will be going through the process of composing the score, and on our ‘off weeks’ on Mondays, Amber will go through the sound design for the show. Camlann is made possible with funding from Creative Scotland and the Inevitable Foundation.

And if you just want to listen to the non-live episodes, check out the website and Spotify.

And if these episodes aren’t to your liking, check out Fictional Cafe’s Audio Arts Page. We have new episodes every other Friday, 7 PM, EST. So don’t change that dial!