{"id":32652,"date":"2019-06-28T18:33:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T17:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=32652"},"modified":"2025-11-03T21:20:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T21:20:28","slug":"the-love-of-small-appliances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=32652","title":{"rendered":"The Love of Small Appliances"},"content":{"rendered":"

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An audio drama set in an apartment of the near future, owned by Sive Chand, a futurist working in Galway. Sive is in a relationship with Jahzara Dunne, who is a chocolatier in the city.\u00a0 Sive\u2019s home AI (Artificial Intelligence), Tara, offers organisation support for Sive, and monitors all the devices attached to her network, including Mary, the opinionated fridge and Ita the slow-witted vacuum cleaner. When Tara, Mary, and Ita discover that Sive is considering a job offer in London, the three end up involving themselves in the relationship between the two women (and even Jahzara\u2019s fridge), in order to keep the couple together, and ensure that they don\u2019t end up on the scrap heap.<\/p>\n

Cast<\/strong>
\nSiobhan Callaghan: TARA
\nAshleigh Dorrell: MARY
\nJulie Maguire: ITA
\nDonna Nikolaisen: JAHZARA
\nSuzie Seweify: SIVE<\/p>\n

Production<\/strong>
\nDirector \u2013 Nicola Murphy
\nSeries and script advisor \u2013 Lisa Tierney-Keogh<\/p>\n

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Made with the support of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland with the television licence fee.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

[First broadcast 28 June 2019]<\/p>\n

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An audio drama set in an apartment of the near future, owned by Sive Chand, a futurist working in Galway. Sive is in a relationship with Jahzara Dunne, who is a chocolatier in the city.\u00a0 Sive\u2019s home AI (Artificial Intelligence), Tara, offers organisation support for Sive, and monitors all the devices attached to her network, […]<\/p>\n

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Podcast: Play in new window<\/a> | Download<\/a> (Duration: 32:16 — 73.9MB)<\/p>

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