Welcome to Season Two of Speculative Fiction Radio Theatre and a wonderful fantasy audio drama based on the Selkie stories of Scottish folklore by writer and folklorist Signe Maene.

In Selkie by Signe Maene you can hear:
Sophie Macnair as The Selkie
Lewie Watson as Andrew
Simone Low as Andrew's Mother
Kelsey Griffin as a Selkie and singer of Ae Fond Kiss
Stevie Skinner as a Selkie

Selkie was directed by Chris Gregory

Casting was by Signe Maene and Chrs Gregory

The music was arranged and performed by John Spiers based on the traditional folk tune "The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry"

"Ae Fond Kiss" (trad. with lyrics by Robert Burns) is performed by Kelsey Griffin
Additional music and soundscapes are by Chris Gregory
Sound design, mixing and editing are by Chris Gregory

Signe Maene is a Belgian writer of stories mainly inspired by Flemish folklore, and she shares her passion for this frightening yet wonderful world on Substack. She is the author of Flemish Folktales Retold and The Witches of Flemish Folklore. Another short story collection, The Witch's Child, is coming soon. Signe has worked on several folkloric projects for the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast. Her work has been published in The Copperfield Review, The Seelie Crow and Atrium Poetry, among others. When Signe is not writing, she is sewing, reading, or walking around in dark churches, haunted forests and the melancholic streets of Belgium's medieval cities.

You can follow Signe on Substack here: https://signe.substack.com and visit her website here  https://signemaene.com 

John Spiers is a folk musician and player of many squeezebox style instruments.  He’s a member of a number of  bands including  Bellowhead, Spiers and Boden and the Gigspanner Big Band.  You can find out more about John and his work by visiting his website here https://www.johnspiers.co.uk/

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