Have a gander as Paeter from Spirit Blade Productions give us a look see at his method for making Dragon noises. So very cool!
Month: August 2010
This week the Ward Boys host as we proudly present the amazing Icebox Theater’s recreation of the Louise Fletcher classic “The Hitchhiker”! Summertime rocks!
Looking at stage productions in Sonic Summerstock Playhouse it’s hard not to reminisce about our first audio drama stage play.
Some time ago (way back in 2004) we attempted our first and only live show. It was mostly a sound quality nightmare. The venue, although a wonderful restaurant, was lousy for sound with waiters and orders and poor visibility to the stage and even our live feed to CKDU was plagued with a horrendous buzz and attenuation that killed the fantastic vigour from our actors.
So after our show, I asked the company to show up in CKDU to record “Live in Studio” the Hill Manors Show for posterity and clarity’s sake.
I love Fawlty Towers, so when I thought about writing a tribute show set in Nova Scotia, this is what I came up with. Apologies to John Cleese and Connie Booth. No Architeuthidae were hurt in this performance.
HILL MANORS – EPISODE #1 “More Action Than a Burma Railway” with
Elana Zatzman as Mrs Buckman #1
Jen Robbins as Mrs Buckman #2
Alicia Polonski as Mrs Tweedmere
Joseph Mauricio as Chef
Jocelyn White as Eugenia Hill
David Connellan as Rene
and Nico Lorenzutti as Jonah Hill
Our very own Jack J. Ward is smiling a whole lot through the fear lately- Vincent Price style fear! We already told you that Colonial Radio Theatre is producing Audio Dramas based on the Blue Water Comics.
Well Jack is going to be working hard at his desk penning some of those Audio Drama adaptations from the comics.
And yes, he couldn’t be happier….
The awesome new trailer from Nova Star Hunters is a must see! Go check out the latest and greatest from the folks at Vexation Audio!
Some months ago, Tim Heffernan from the newly revamped Dramapod asked me to be involved in his latest fun project “Off the Cuff”. It’s a great ad lib show in which the contestants are mailed an audio file and you’re to give off the cuff answers to the questions.
Long time listeners know I am hopeless at improv so I invited the amazing John Bell from Bell’s in the Batfry to come for support.
Keeping the “Off the Cuff” feel, I recorded my lines, and passed both to John who filled in the gaps.
I feel extremely badly as I know Tim wanted to start his show off with me and I held him back. I hoped the response was worth the wait..
Let us know what you think! Have a listen to Off the Cuff Episode 2 with Jack Ward and John Bell.
Shooter from Furious Fanboys wrote a great article on his picks for Top 5 Bits of SciFi Earcandy and guess who got two nods of the five?
Before we let the cat out of the bag lets take a moment and give a nod to the other three mentioned:
1. National Public Radio Star Wars Series– Who can deny one of the greatest audio drama adaptations of the classic George Lucas myth of all time.
2. Wormwood- A Serialized Mystery– This mystery series came out of nowhere just two years ago and took the audio community by storm. Not only did we have a ball playing them on the Sonic Society, but they swept the first season of Uni Awards an instant fan favourite.
3. We’re Alive- If you’re looking for one of the greatest reasons why serialized Audio Drama is one of the most powerful mediums, look no further than the exciting Zombie series “We’re Alive”. Another great find for the Sonic Socierty, this tale about survivors held up in an apartment building in LA is compelling action horror!
And now for the our connection:
Firefly Old Wounds and the Sonic Society were both mentioned as two other gems in the Earcandy list.
But don’t just take our word for it. Go read for yourself!
Episode 5 of Sonic Summerstock Playhouse, the show that brings you famous Internet Audio Drama Companies and their recreations of OTR classics presents Ray Bradbury’s classic tale of Science Fiction Horror “Zero Hour.” A grand tradition brought to you by the fantastic folks at Scattered Sounds Productions.
With grateful thanks to Rachel Cavic. Our guest host tonight- Jack Ward.
[From Jeffrey Adams. Do your part to help, won’t you? – Jack]
Huge, massive, gigantic news for Sounds for Soldiers
Sounds for Soldiers, the project by audio theater producers wanting to create and ship 10,000 audio theater CDs to service men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan, got a HUGE boost today when word came down that we’re in the running for a $5000 Pepsi Refresh grant!
What does this mean? It means we can get $5K IF all of you go to Pepsi Refresh and VOTE!!!!
That’s right, Pepsi Refresh grants are decided by online voting. We need to finish in the top ten for the month of August to qualify, and we’re currently 155th (bleah!). You can vote once a day. If you have multiple emails, you can vote for each one once a day. It’s free. It’s easy. Pepsi doesn’t want any of your information (short of an email address) so please, PLEASE for the sake of the men and women who have sacrificed for nearly a decade now: VOTE!!!
And when you’re done voting, consider sending this email along to your contacts list. Yes, I suppose it could be considered spam, but like all advertising, it’s only advertising if you’re not interested. If you are interested, it’s INFORMATION. And who wouldn’t be interested in sending a small (very small) thank you to the men and women in harms way for the sake of our freedom.
Thanks,
Jeff Adams
Text Message: text 101175 to 73774 (standard text messaging rates apply)