The Drama Pod, August 2013
A macabre little tale of an apparently
normal couple in a mundane American city, where a man receives a prophecy telling him he will die at twelve o'clock.
By nature a superstitious person, he takes it very seriously; he is the kind of person who carries a rabbit's foot in his
pocket for good luck. His spouse suffers from similar anxieties; despite numerous protestations of love for each other,
it's clear that their lives are governed by the belief in a power controlling them.
The man travels to work to do some errands,
and encounters a mysterious dropout in the street who dies abruptly, despite the man's attempts to resuscitate him.
This incident leads on the man to a fortune-teller; despite initial scepticism, the fortune-teller has a powerful hold on
his psyche. Twelve o'clock approaches; and the man worries whether or not the prophecy will come true ...
Conceived in the style of the
old Twilight Zone television series, Twelve was convincingly acted with a narrator acting as the listeners'
guide, while reminding us of how little free will we actually possess. I'd love to credit the cast, but unfortunately
I did not find a cast-list. Tim Heffernan's production was slickly staged; well worth a listen.
