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Episode Notes
Wee Black Bees by Little John Nee, originally commissioned as part of Drama On One's Science Season.
In this drama, we join blues musician, Sparkplug, as he grapples with heartbreak, the welfare of bee populations and the writings of the physicist Erwin Schrödinger.
The play was originally commissioned as part of Drama On One's Science Season.
Sparkplug was played by Little John Nee who also performed the music - with Fionn Robinson on guitars and Orlaith Gilcreest on Clarinet and Ewi
Tara Lynne O’Neill played Rosa
Lalor Roddy played Dessie Hanlon
Orlaith Gilcreest played both Ruby and Norma and sang the Schrödinger song.
Fionn Robinson played Jesus
You also heard John Kelly, as himself, and additional music was by Jimmy Fitzgerald
The Dramaturg was Jesper Bergmann
Sound Supervision was by Tom Norton
Wee Black Bees by Little John Nee was produced by Kevin Brew
Special Thanks to Pauric Dempsey, of the Royal Irish Academy.