Drama on One, RTÉ Radio1, Sunday 21st September 2025, 8pm

Chalk & Cheese by Isolde Fenton joint winner of the PJ O'Connor Radio Drama Award

Aoife Duffin stars as Cheese in a play about a girl who wanted to be heard, and a boy Chalk who didn't speak.

This poetic, visceral and unapologetic offering allows the listener into Cheese's world; growing up with her severely autistic younger brother; a story of frustration, confusion and complicated love; It is for those who haven’t lived this experience; who stare, who judge, who mutter words they don’t fully understand.

Orla Fitzgerald plays Mammy, and Patrick Ryan plays Daddy

Sound supervision by Ruth Kennington

Directed by Gorretti Slavin