Many of the makers from our over-65s theatre group were new to podcasts and video conferencing technology, so it was a huge learning curve for everyone – including ourselves!
During the initial months of lockdown, our weekly video calls were a lifeline for all of us – otherwise isolated from our family and friends.
Despite the tough times, we all came together and created the episodes of Armchair Adventures – with the actors, the orchestral musicians, the podcast producers and scriptwriters all joining us online from their homes.
The series was so successful that after lockdown, we worked with numerous community groups – giving them the chance to tell their own unique stories and sharing their experiences.
You can watch our video about how we made Armchair Adventures on our Made by Mortals You Tube page.
Since then, we’ve recently launched series 2 of Armchair Adventures, which so far has included adventures that have explored conservation, composting and equality. The series has also grown to over 35k listens.
You can listen here: https://www.madebymortals.org/armchair-adventures/
Armchair Adventures previously won an award, at the Manchester Publicity Association Awards last year. You can read all about our previous award win last year.
So please keep all of your fingers and toes crossed for us in March!!