Every Breath the Podcast

"Because we need to know. We need to understand"

"The audience responded with howls of laughter and shrieks of delight and the discussion at the end was full of passion and intelligence."

The Guardian April 2006


The play ‘Every Breath’ by Judith johnson explores the serious social, moral, scientific and political questions raised by the use of animals in medical research, and is the fifth in the Theatre of Debate™* series of projects developed and produced by Y Touring. A Society Award from the Wellcome Trust and a contribution from the Association of Medical Research Charities funded the original stage production for schools.


Increasingly concerned by the use of animals in biomedical research, 18 year-old Sonny has begun protesting against the new laboratory that has been built in the area. His ideals put him on a collision course with his scientist sister, Anita, creating a conflict that threatens to tear the family apart.

Set against an instantly recognisable background of family life and pressures, Judith Johnson's play takes a difficult subject and looks at both sides of the argument. The result is a thought-provoking, even-handed debate on one of the most divisive of contemporary issues.


Download
You can either listen to the play and download it, scene by scene as a podcast or you can download the whole play, the trailer for the play or each scene individually to your hard drive.

This podcast is performed by Y Touring Theatre Company, produced by Digital Fluid. For more information e mail Y Touring.


Resources
‘Every Breath’ has been specifically designed to be a valuable cross-curricular learning tool with particular relevance to the Science (particularly the new 'Twenty First Century Science' curriculum developed by the Nuffield institute in partnership with OCR), Drama, English, PSHE/Citizenship and RS curricula. You can download a preparatory lesson, suggested lessons and discussion triggers from the Resources Section.


This podcast adaptation of the original stage play has been made possible by the Wellcome Trust.