SLT produce an original free family-friendly pirate radio play
A comedy pirate adventure for all the family
Polly Perkins, a young orphan girl, runs away after being given a strange map by a mysterious fortune teller. She heads straight for the port where she stows away onboard a ship called Neptune’s Kneecap and meets Captain Utterplank and his incompetent crew of pirates.
Before they can throw her overboard, Polly shows them the map and explains it will lead them to the legendary lost treasure of the infamous Captain Crabfoot.
Very soon Neptune’s Kneecap has set sail in search of Earwax Island where the treasure is reportedly buried, and in hot pursuit is the all-female crew of the Sneaky Mermaid who wants to lay claim to the treasure themselves.
Polly Perkins and the Lost Treasure of Captain Crabfoot is a three-part comedy pirate adventure for all the family to listen to, written and directed by Kei Bailey, and recorded and edited by Craig Pakes.
Listen to all three episodes..
The Cast
Polly Perkins, our hero – Karen Davey
On Board Neptune’s Kneecap
Newton Utterplank, the captain – Tony Gordon
Dungfungus, the quartermaster – Craig Pakes
Mistress Betsy Batterspoon, the cook – Emma Hoare
Humble Bellows, the sailing master – Jonny Hoare
Otto the Hack, the carpenter and surgeon – Callum Thursby
Cannonball Lil, the master gunner – Laura Griffin
Lanky Nibbs, an able seaman – David Malkin
Grumpy Roger, an able seaman – Lionel Rudkin
On Board the Sneaky Mermaid
Ruby Barracuda, the captain – Mary Rudkin
Katie McKracken, the quartermaster – Jo Moules
Peggy Pegleg, the boatswain – Amanda Grant
Sally Scallywag, an able seawoman – Christine Malkin
Queasy Sue, an able seawoman – Linda Mallett
Barnacle Babs, an able seawoman – Sarah Covill
Consuela the Fish, an able seawoman – Hazel Bridgen
On Earwax Island
Ooga Ugg, shipwrecked as a baby and brought up by monkeys – Craig Pakes
Chimp Friday, a talking chimpanzee – Alan Robey
Grimgut, an orc guard – Andy Canadine
Gorwort, another orc guard – Jonny Hoare
Lionara, head of the tribe of Cat People – Colette Buchanan-Gray
Leopardu, a Tribe member – Jo Moules
Tigeruz, a Tribe member – Maria Bates
Cheetahri, a Tribe member – Linda Mallett
Fluffy, a Tribe member – Non-speaking
At the Stumble Inn
Mistress Hetty Clanger, the tavern owner – Colette Buchanan-Gray
Morgana Bullmog, an old fortune teller – Maria Bates
On Board the Madness of the Seven Seas
Tobias Crabfoot, the Captain – Andy Canadine
Bartholomew Kragg, the sailing master – Nigel Guilliatt
Old Gus, a seaman – Alan Robey