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A Thoroughly Wet Mess

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A THOROUHGLY WET MESS, produced by RN's Creative Audio Unit, is a new take on the traditional radio drama. This eight-part mystery is RN’s inaugural podcast-first serial drama. Start from the beginning.

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THE MYSTERY In 1872, the crew of the Mary Celeste goes missing at sea, never to be heard from again. The ship didn’t sink, the cargo was found intact and there’s no sign of foul play. So what happened to them?

This is just what our characters intend to find out. Enter Sophie and Marc Marshall, descendants of the captain of the Celeste. They’ve been invited aboard the Mary Celeste II, a replica of her namesake, to recreate their ancestors’ fateful voyage. Once they set sail, however, it’s clear that something’s afoot. Or afloat.

Will they discover what happened to the Mary Celeste before they succumb to the same fate? What’s the captain hiding in the hold? And what about that stowaway?

All episodes available exclusively via the Radiotonic podcast every Wednesday.

Episode 1: The ghost shipEpisode 2: Liars, purists and fabulistsEpisode 3: A bad influenceEpisode 4: In the darkEpisode 5: A ghost revealedEpisode 6: Dead reckoningEpisode 7: Unravelling the mysteryEpisode 8: Deus ex machina

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Credits
Written and directed by Aden Rolfe, Produced and co-directed by Jesse Cox, Sound design by Russell Stapleton, Additional sound design by Louis Mitchell, Music composed by Joff Bush, Studio recording by Mark Don, Script consultant Sheridan Jobbins, Production assistants Pip Rasmussen and Aidan Molins.

Cast
Jethro Mark Lee, Sophie Marshall Aileen Huynh, Marc Marshall Toby Truslove, Claire Delacroix Tina Bursill, Harriet Winterbourne Renee Lim, Flyn Doyle Hamish Michael, Georgie Genevieve Giuffe, Brian Tom Conroy, Al Aden Rolfe, Samantha Taylor Wendy Zukerman, Announcer Fran Kelly.

This project is supported by the Ian Reed Foundation and has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.

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