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The Other Woman

By: Afsaneh Gray
Narrated by: John Sackville, Saffron Coomber, Dana Haqjoo, Viss Elliot Safavi, Robyn Addison, Nicholas Boulton
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Summary

“What does she want from me?” A young Iranian immigrant panics as she’s being chased through the streets by an unknown blonde woman. When their two worlds collide, the answer to that question becomes increasingly unsettling in Afsaneh Gray’s The Other Woman, a bracingly unpredictable audio experience. The two women find they share similar struggles in a society that doesn’t see them…but as their relationship develops, what feels like liberation begins to shift into an all-too-familiar dynamic. The Other Woman is an enthralling erotic thriller that explores cycles of power and exploitation all the way to its unsettling conclusion.

Playwright Afsaneh Gray was awarded a commission through the Audible Emerging Playwrights Fund, an initiative dedicated to developing innovative original plays driven by language and voice. As an Audible-commissioned playwright, she received funding and creative support to develop The Other Woman.

Directed by Elayce Ismail.

Sound design and original music by Melanie Wilson.

This audio play contains strong language and deals with mature themes. Listener discretion advised.
©2023 Afsaneh Gray (P)2023 AO Media LLC
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Afsaneh Gray
Elayce Ismail
About the Writer-Afsaneh Gray

About the Writer

Afsaneh Gray is a playwright and screenwriter of mixed Iranian/Jewish heritage. She is the winner of the 2018 Brian Way Award and is currently on the longlist for the Women's Prize for Playwriting. Having completed the BBC Doctors Shadow Scheme, her first episode aired in January and her second is currently in production. Last year, her play The Border (**** The Stage) toured schools and venues nationally with Theatre Centre. Previous credits include the critically acclaimed Octopus, an anarchic comedy about what it means to be British, which premiered at the Assembly Box at the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe Festival (subsequent transfer to Theatre503 and ACE-funded UK tour); and And the Crowd (Wept), a verbatim opera drawn from media reports of the death of Jade Goody, which premiered as a work-in-progress showing to critical acclaim ("Both satirical and sad," The Guardian) at the Tête à Tête Opera Festival at the Riverside Studios in 2013. She has been a member of the Bush Theatre Emerging Writers' Group, the Orange Tree Writers' Collective, the Royal Court Studio Group, and the Soho Young Writers' Group. Previous work has been seen at venues including the Scuola di Teatro Paolo Grassi in Milan, the Soho Theatre, the Bush Theatre, and the V&A.

About the Director-Elayce Ismail

About the Director

Elayce Ismail is a director and dramaturg working in the UK and internationally across theatre, opera, and film. She is the artistic associate at Music Theatre Wales and has previously been the head of new work at the Donmar Warehouse, the inaugural RTYDS associate director at Northern Stage, and a resident director at the National Theatre as the recipient of the JP Morgan Award for Emerging Directors.
Theatre direction includes: Love and Other Acts of Violence (Donmar Warehouse); Shedding a Skin (Soho Theatre); Nanjing (Shakespeare’s Globe); If Not Now, When? (National Theatre); Under Milk Wood, The War of the Worlds (Northern Stage); Girls (Soho Theatre/HighTide Festival/British Council Edinburgh Showcase); The Rise and Shine of Comrade Fiasco, Chorus, Spooky Action at a Distance (Gate); The Lost Ring (Deutsches Theater Berlin); Stay Another Song (Young Vic), Calvino Nights (The Minack Theatre, Cornwall).
Opera includes: 4:48 Psychosis (concert director, Ensemble Intercontemporain/Philharmonie de Paris); Our Dark Side and the Moon (creator/librettist, Royal Opera House); They Whisper Don’t Gaze at the Stars… (director, ENO); 4:48 Psychosis (revival director, Opéra national du Rhin/Royal Opera House); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (associate director, Opéra Orchestre national Montpellier); The Virtues of Things (assistant director, Royal Opera House).
Film includes: Nanjing (director, Theatertreffen Stückemarkt); AMAZON (creator/writer, MTW/London Sinfonietta); Simone (director, Young Vic).

Robyn Addison
Nicholas Boulton
Saffron Coomber
Dana Haqjoo
John Sackville
Viss Elliot Safavi
About the Performer-Robyn Addison

About the Performer

Robyn Addison is an English actress best known for her roles in television series such as Doc Martin, Survivors, and George Gently. She has lent her voice to multiple characters in voice-over, especially video games with titles such as Final Fantasy XIV, Mass Effect, Assassin’s Creed, Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate, and Dragonage

About the Performer-Nicholas Boulton

About the Performer

Nicholas Boulton is a multi-award-winning audiobook narrator, a popular video game voice actor, and an experienced stage, screen, and radio actor from the UK. He began his career winning the prestigious BBC Carleton-Hobbs Award for Radio Drama. He has performed more than 100 unabridged audiobooks ranging from 19th-century classics, to science fiction, to history, and romance. He has won 24 AudioFile Earphones Awards, five Audie nominations, and three SOVAS Voice Arts Awards. His screen credits include Game of Thrones, Shakespeare in Love, Doctor Who, and many more. His extensive performances in video games include Hawke in Dragon Age, Raubahn in Final Fantasy XIV, Reyes Vidal in Mass Effect, and Druth in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. In his 30-year stage career he has performed several times with the Royal Shakespeare Company, most notably in Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall trilogy. He lives on the south coast of the UK with his wife and young son.

About the Performer-Saffron Coomber

About the Performer

London-born stage and screen actress Saffron Coomber starred in Steve McQueen’s 2021 Golden Globe-winning series of films, Small Axe, playing leading protagonist Grace in the second film, Lovers Rock. 2023 sees her star in Sir Lenny Henry's six-part drama for ITV, Three Little Birds. Saffron is an accomplished stage actress, with a number of critically acclaimed stage productions to her name, including the 2022 production of The Corn Is Green at London's National Theatre, which received 5-star reviews. In 2021, she played the lead role in Olivier Award-winning producer Alys Metcalf's thrilling new play Leopards at the Rose Theatre, Kingston. For this, What's On Stage praised Coomber as "so magnetic, subtly quirky and finally emotionally raw." She has lent her voice to a vast number of audiobooks and audio dramas, including Sarah Underwood’s Lies We Sing to the Sea, and The Curse of Saints by Kate Dramis.

About the Performer-Dana Haqjoo

About the Performer

Film & TV: The Ipcress File (ITV); Tin Star (Sky); Deep Water (ITV); The City and the City (BBC); Deep State (Sky); Tyrant (FX); Coronation Street (ITV); Emmerdale (ITV); Hapless (Magnet Films/Netflix); Citizen Khan (BBC); The Bill (ITV); The Omid Djalili Show (BBC); Two for Joy (Blonde to Black Productions); Passport to Oblivion (Spiteful Puppet); Amaurosis (Magnet Films); In Another Life (Do Not Bend Productions); United We Fall (Magnet Films); Desert Dancer (Crossday Productions); The Story of _ (Magnet Films); In Your Dreams (Magnet Films); Hijack (AppleTV); The Diplomat (Netflix); Time S2 (BBC); Brassic S6 (Calamity/Sky)
Radio: Welcome to Iran (BBC/Stratford East), Fall of the Shah (BBC), Miriam and Youssef (BBC)
Theatre: Habibti Driver (Wales Millennium Centre), NotMoses (Arts Theatre), Lucrezia (Measure for Measure), Ay Federico (Orange Tree), The Boy with Two Hearts (National Theatre)

About the Performer-John Sackville

About the Performer

John Sackville has appeared in numerous productions in theatre, film, and television. He has worked at the RSC, the National Theatre, and in the West End. In 2020 he was awarded Best Performance in a Supporting Role at the Off West End Awards for Go Bang Your Tambourine at the Finborough Theatre. On television, he was in two seasons of The Crown and also Genius: Einstein. Film includes Misbehaviour, in which he played Robin Day; The Lost City of Z; and Into the Mirror, for which he was nominated for Best European Actor at the Amsterdam Film Festival (NVIFF). He has recorded countless audiobooks, including A Brief History of Time and the hugely popular Why We Sleep. He lives in London.

About the Performer-Viss Elliot Safavi

About the Performer

Theatre credits include: The Swell (The Orange Tree Theatre), For Services Rendered (Jermyn Street Theatre), Othello (RSC), Bitched (Kali Theatre), The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare’s Globe), The Gift (Criterion Theatre), Love from a Stranger (Jubilee Hall), Smother (Clink Hostel), and Invasion! (Soho Theatre).
TV includes: The Buccaneers, Not Going Out, Suspicion, D.I Ray, The Split and Tehran.
Voice work includes: Diablo VI, Final Fantasy VII, BMW i5 Commercial, Road to Kandahar (Radio 4).

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A brilliant, dark tale, compellingly told

This is a very compelling listen. Two seemingly disparate characters meet and get together with very disturbing consequences. The whole story is strange but strangely believable, with a very strong narrative which keeps you hooked right up to the end, which is dark indeed. And the sound design is really imaginative and atmospheric. Go listen!!

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Brilliant, thought-provoking story

This is a deeply-disturbing story, beautifully written and acted, and full of humour, plot twists and more layers than a pensioner on a winter's day. I don't want to spoil it for you but it will definitely leave you thinking. Just listen!

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So powerful - definitely give this a listen!

I loved this play. It is a really powerful, thought provoking, challenging piece. I’d love to see more work by Afsaneh Gray on Audible.

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Engaging and unexpected

Bold, incisive and shocking plot. Surprising moments in every part of the story. Excellent writing!

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A bold and thrilling drama!

This drama has everything- an unusual but engaging storyline which pushed at the boundaries of audio drama. It’s so nice to hear something on Audible which you wouldn’t find in mainstream radio. Fabulous, truthful performances and a brilliant sound design. More from Afsaneh Gray please!

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Breathtaking and highly original Thriller!

Wow! The Other Woman is exceptional. Writing, performance and directing. Nothing like I have ever heard before, I was gripped

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Excellent performance

A riveting love, horror story between two woman who’s lives intertwine with need and lust.

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Good narration

Not great - the dramatic silences seemed to take more of the time than the story. Wasted an hour listening

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disturbing

i'm not sure what i listened to, honestly...the story was overall very disturbing.
one of audible's original dramatised productions, regarding the audio production, it's nicely done...i am just not sure about this plot.
i'm just gonna call this a nanny story gone bad, a woman without a legal immigration status gets hired to assist in the house by a woman who does not wish to clean at any cost and likes being in charge, but everything takes absurd proportions.

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The Other Woman

This was all kinds of messed up.
I'm not sure what the author was trying to say? Maybe I'm just a bit thick and need the motivation/inspiration/message explained to me 🤷
Maybe then I might appreciate it more.

As it stands though it just seems like some 2 dimensional characters did stereotypical things, until things inexplicably went loopy and dark.
What even is the husband? His entire character annoyed me the most out of everything because he was such a cartoon.

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