Show Notes
Continuing Near FM’s series of audio drama written exclusively by women, we present ‘The Tea Lady’ by Tara Maria Lovett.
The Tea Lady is a black comedy and tells the Story of Minnie, an ordinary woman with an extraordinary secret. Minnie and her daughter Amber have been kidnapped by a man called Dermot.
Why have they been kidnapped? What secrets lie in Minnie’s past?
Featuring: Mary McNamara as Minnie Niamh Murphy as Amber Peter Prior as Dermot
Written by Tara Maria Lovett Directed by Declan Cahill Script advice by Lisa Tierney Keogh
Made with the support of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the television licence fee.
(Originally broadcast 27/9/19)
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