Cry Havoc! Ask Questions Later

Cry Havoc! Ask Questions Later premieres 1 June 2023, wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe now for updates!

Transcripts: https://bit.ly/3MNrckc  

Created by David K. Barnes 

Directed by Amani Zardoe 

Executive Producers Alexander J Newall & April Sumner 

Produced by Natalie Winter, M Lindeman, Natasha Johnston, and April Sumner 

Featuring 

Beth Eyre as Fulvia

Kazeem Tosin Amore as Mar...

Coming 1 June 2023

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Cry Havoc! Ask Questions Later takes place two years after Julius Caesar failed to beware the Ides of March and got stabbed to death by a band of well-wishers. Now the assassins have been rounded up and slaughtered in battle, so we can all breathe a sigh of relief. But who’s in charge now?

With things on the verge of absolute collapse, the cool and calculating Cleopatra, the Quee...

Ancient Rome, 42 BC. Top gents Mark and Gaius begin their first day of running the entire Roman Republic together. How hard could it possibly be?

Transcripts: https://bit.ly/3MNrckc  

Content Notes:

• Abuse of Power (recurring theme)
• Vicarious Embarrassment
• Threats of violence/murder
• War/Warfare
• Innuendo/Sexual References
• Alcohol & Alcohol use
• Manipulation
• Historical Sexism
• SFX: Misophonia (eating/drinking/coughing/bel...

While Gaius tries to win over a difficult Senate, Octavia has a dangerous idea for a new play.

Transcripts: https://bit.ly/3MNrckc  

Content Notes:

• Abuse of Power (recurring theme)
• Vicarious Embarrassment
• Threats of violence/murder
• Innuendo/Sexual References
• Alcohol & Alcohol use
• Historical Sexism
• SFX: crowds/mobs

Created by David K. Barnes

Directed by Amani Zardoe

Executive Producers Alexander J Newall &...

Cleopatra arrives, Gaius panics, and Mark goes fishing.

Transcripts: https://bit.ly/3MNrckc  

Content Notes:

• Abuse of Power (recurring theme)
• Vomiting, emetophobia (including SFX)
• Vicarious Embarrassment
• Grief
• Threats of violence/murder
• Alcohol & Alcohol use
• Historical Sexism
• SFX: misophonia (belching/vomiting) ocean sounds, splashing, firecrackers, flames)

Created by David K. Barnes 

Directed by Amani Z...

The leaders of two mighty civilizations face their biggest challenge yet: small talk.

Content Notes:

• Abuse of Power (recurring theme)
• Vicarious Embarrassment
• Innuendo/Sexual References
• Alcohol & Alcohol use
• Sexism
• SFX: misophonia (eating/drinking)

Transcripts: https://bit.ly/3MNrckc

Created by David K. Barnes

Directed by Amani Zardoe

Executive Producers Alexander J Newall & April Sumner

Written by Maud Dromgoole

Produced b...

Sent out on a mission by her queen, Charmian explores the streets of Rome and swiftly gets into big, big trouble.

Content Notes:

• Abuse of Power (recurring theme)
• Vicarious Embarrassment
• Alcohol & Alcohol use
• SFX: misophonia (drinking)

Transcripts: https://bit.ly/3MNrckc

Created by David K. Barnes

Directed by Amani Zardoe

Executive Producers Alexander J Newall & April Sumner

Written by Rhys Tirado and Robert Valentine

Produ...

Delicate diplomacy and gratuitous violence: it’s all happening at the Roman arena, and Cleopatra is not amused.

Content Notes:

• Abuse of Power (recurring theme)
• Alcohol & Alcohol use
• Crowds
• Gladitorial Violence (including SFX): Dismemberment, stabbing, general deadly injury
• SFX: misophonia (drinking), drums, bone breaks

Transcripts: https://bit.ly/3MNrckc  

Created by David K. Barnes

Directed by Amani Zardoe

Executi...

What do the Romans do when the sun goes down? Some drink, some flirt, and some seek out a mysterious cult who may or may not dabble in human sacrifice…

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Content Notes:

• Abuse of Power (recurring theme)
• Cults & Rituals
• Sexual References & Innuendo
• Alcohol & Alcohol Use
• Human Sacrifice
• Knives
• Vicarious Embarrasment
• Discussions of: Death
• SFX: Thunder & Lightning,vocalised sufferin...

Charmian is Cleopatra’s loyal servant. Charmian is also secretly starring in Octavia’s play. If she can keep these two things separate, she might be OK – but fate has other ideas.

Content Notes:

• Abuse of Power (recurring theme)
• Vicarious Embarrasment
• Innuendo
• Bullying & Taunting
• Alcohol & Alcohol Use
• SFX: Crowds

Transcripts: https://bit.ly/3MNrckc  

Created by David K. Barnes

Directed by Amani Zardoe

Executive P...

Quintus is seeing actors for Octavia’s latest comedy before she’s even written it! The stressed-out playwright believes things can’t get any worse. (Spoiler: She’s wrong.)

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Content Notes:

• Abuse of Power (recurring theme)
• Bullying and taunting
• Food
• Alcohol & Alcohol Use
• Vicarious Embarrasment
• Sexual References & Innuendo
• Kidnapping
• Threats of violence
• SFX: Crowds, Eating and Drin...

The pirates have struck! Rome is in uproar! Octavia is writing it all down! But has she really got the measure of the infamous Sextus Pompey?

Content Notes:

• Kidnapping
• Threats of death
• Alcohol & Alcohol Use
• Food
• Sexual References & Innuendo
• Arguments
• SFX: waves & wind, creaking, loud vocalisations, glass and croockery smashing, eating & drinking, misophonia

Created by David K. Barnes

Directed by Amani Zardoe

Executive...

"Good people of Rome, and fans of Cry Havoc! Ask Questions Later, this is Harry Roebuck, voice of Gaius, letting you know that our team will be taking a planned hiatus for the next two weeks.

This short pause in the release schedule is to ensure our production team can remain on track without having to go through crunch as they put the finishing touches on the latter half of the season. Cry Havoc! Will be back with episode 11 on the...

Unable to devise a rescue plan, Mark and Gaius are at their wits’ end. It may be Cleopatra’s time to shine – for a price.

Content Notes:

• Kidnapping
• Food
• Arguments
• Alcohol & Alcohol Use
• Sexual References & Innuendo
• SFX: Waves & Wind, creaking, eating & drinking, misophonia, loud vocalisations

Transcripts: https://bit.ly/3MNrckc

Created by David K. Barnes

Directed by Amani Zardoe

Executive Producers Alexander J Ne...

It’s Romans vs Pirates in the ultimate stand-off. There’s danger and drama aplenty – so why can’t Octavia keep her eyes off Charmian?

Content Notes:

• Kidnapping
• Food
• Alcohol & Alcohol Use
• Sexual References & Innuendo
• SFX: Loud vocalisations, metallic clanking & scraping, waves & wind, creaking

Created by David K. Barnes

Directed by Amani Zardoe

Executive Producers Alexander J Newall & April Sumner

Written by T...

When Gaius takes over her latest production, Octavia resorts to drastic measures to get him out of her theatre for good.

Content Notes:

• Alcohol & Alcohol Use
• Family Conflict
• SFX: Loud vocalisations, metallic clanking & scraping, crowds

Transcripts: https://bit.ly/3MNrckc  

Created by David K. Barnes

Directed by Amani Zardoe

Executive Producers Alexander J Newall & April Sumner

Written by Sarah Sh...

Rome offers much for young lovers, but it’s not all fun and games. Also: Mark and Gaius might have the plague. Whoops.

Content Notes:

• Infection & disease
• Pandemic
• Quarantine
• Isolation
• Arguments
• Poverty
• Alcohol & Alcohol use
• Discussions of: Classism, prejudice, financial & housing insecurity child neglect & death
• Mentions of: Food, slavery, burns
• SFX: Crowds, loud vocalisations, metallic clanking & scraping

Tran...

Gaius goes to an orgy and nobody is happy about it.

Content Notes:

• Sexual References & Innuendo
• Alcohol & Alchol Use
• Vicarious Embarrasment
• Arguments
• SFX: Crowds, moaning, additional tasteful orgy sounds

Transcripts: https://bit.ly/3MNrckc

Created by David K. Barnes

Directed by Amani Zardoe

Executive Producers Alexander J Newall & April Sumner

Written by Robert Valentine and David K Barnes

Produced by Natalie Winter, Kathe...

Murder is planned. Hearts will break. Lepidus may nap. But how many assassins does it take to kill a Roman Triumvir?

Content Notes:

• Sexual References & Innuendo
• Knives
• Discussions of: Blackmail, murder

Transcripts: https://bit.ly/3MNrckc

Created by David K. Barnes

Directed by Amani Zardoe

Executive Producers Alexander J Newall & April Sumner

Written by Robert Valentine

Produced by Natalie Winter, Katherine Lindeman,...