The Sonic Society

Showcasing the very best in new Audio Drama

How Do I Create and Audio Drama?

| August 31, 2018

Recently, this question came up in Quora. And since no one provided an answer for a year, we took a crack at it. How’d we do? Audio Drama (Radio Drama to some) has become a kind of hot topic for those in the know more recently. My weekly podcast/radio show “The Sonic Society” features new […]

Sonic Summerstock Playhouse S09E09: Rockets to Mars

| August 28, 2018

Tonight we conclude Sonic Summerstock Playhouse with a double feature from Narada Radio Company and “Rocket from Manhattan”, Pete Lutz producing a classic Arch Oboler play, and The Amigo Audio Collective with “The Stars are Styx” an X-Minus One presentation produced by Jeffrey Billard. Thank-you EVERYONE who made this summer season such a success!

Audio that Moves You

| August 26, 2018

Recently, I was catching up on the Audio Drama Production Podcast and I listened to Steve Schneider’s excellent discussion with Sarah Golding about the importance of having a powerful beginning. Steve is a deft writer/producer, and always has some key insights in what makes excellent audio drama. And this made me consider what struck me most […]

Howelling Wisdom

| August 24, 2018

Recently, our Sonic Echo team have been talking about the classic Nightfall horror suspense series from CBC Radio in the eighties. Bill Howell, the senior producer had a fascinating take on the challenge of getting an audience in Radio Drama. From the Theatre Research in Canada Journal. 1990’s article Bill Howell from Canadian Radio Drama in […]

Sonic Echo 212: Summer Parlour- Johnny Got His Gun

| August 23, 2018

Jeffrey Billard, Lothar Tuppan, and Jack Ward greet our final guest in the parlour this summer. Craig Robotham joins us from Weird World Studios to talk about one of his favourite Arch Oboler plays from the Dalton Trumbo novel Johnny Got His Gun starring Jimmy Cagney. Apologies for the poor sound quality…

SyFi’s Uncharted Regions Gets A Familiar Face

| August 21, 2018

SyFy is getting into the Audio Drama game with Uncharted Regions and bringing in some familiar faces- John Billingsley from Star Trek- Enterprise joins the cast for an upcoming episode. Billingsley speaks with great reverence in this article from SyFi about his love of listening to audio drama growing up. His favourite was Bradbury-13 and […]

Sonic Summerstock Playhouse S09E08: Time Flashes

| August 21, 2018

Tonight CNY Table Reads return with their take on the classic H.G. Wells Time Machine and the iconic Flash Gordon!

Nazi Eyes

| August 19, 2018

A new Facebook group appreciating classic old-time radio from the north : Canadian Old Time Radio. One of the shows was a five-episode series called Nazi Eyes on Canada. Rumour in the group is that there are six episodes but one was lost. Have a listen back to 1942… in simpler, yet dangerous times.

Nothing like the Real Thing?

| August 16, 2018

Every once in a while we find an awesome article on the benefits between real sounds and Foley creation. Trento Stefano gives a clear analysis between the real and the simulated in this pdf article Foley Sounds Vs. Real Sounds. Considering how Foley is used to describe motion pictures, maybe we need a term to represent […]

Sonic Summerstock Playhouse S09E07: Adaptive Audio

| August 14, 2018

Tonight Narada Radio Company enlists the performances of the Empire Audio Network to fill out the Company to present from the classic adventure series- Escape “The Adaptive Ultimate”!