Jack | April 30, 2016
While Radio Alwan operates on a shoe-string budget, its dreams and creativity are surely gifts of avarice. This article from BBC News explains the power of this Syrian soap opera on the radio: A sorrowful woman’s voice begins to sing – and even if you don’t speak a word of Arabic you can guess that the […]
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Tags: BBC, Radio Alwan, Syria
Jack | April 29, 2016
Stoke-on-Trent seems to be just getting stoked now that their alternative soap to The Archers has gotten national attention. The Colcloughs is the first radio drama to be made outside of BBC‘s London headquarters. Check out the full story from The Stage: A radio soap opera first aired in Stoke-on-Trent 25 years ago is to be […]
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Tags: BBC, Coronation Street, Mike Hopwood, Soap Opera, Stoke-on-Trent, The Archers, The Colcloughs, The Stage, Tony Perrin
Jack | April 27, 2016
Art and Adventure in partnership with Renaissance FM has taken the winning formula of a Fringe Festival and applied the ideas to a series of Fringe Radio Dramas. The Stage Article has more details: A radio production company is launching the “audio drama equivalent of the fringe”, in a bid to widen the market beyond […]
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Tags: Art and Adventure, Fringe Festival, Renaissance FM, The Stage
Jack | April 26, 2016
John Bell with Bell’s in the Batfry Mars Rescue Part 2 and Audioblivious’ Winnebago Warrior are our features. It’s audio drama night!
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Tags: @sonicsociety, Audio Book, Audio Drama Links, Audioblivious, audiodrama, Bell's in the Batfry, Biff Straker, Comedy, David Ault, e-book, historical, Horror, Jack Ward, John Bell, Old Time Radio, OTR, Podcast, Pulp, Radio Drama, radiodrama, Serial, serialpodcast, sonicsociety.org, The Sonic Society, Thriller, viral, viral video, Winnebago Warrior, youtube
Jack | April 26, 2016
From St. Catherine University online: The St. Catherine University Department of Music and Theater, in cooperation with the University of St. Thomas, presents “On Air: A Return to Radio.” This limited engagement runs Wednesday, April 27 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, April 30 at 2 p.m. in the Frey Theater (building #10 on the map). […]
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Tags: My Friend Irma, On Air: A Return to Radio, OTR, Sorry Wrong Number, St. Catherine University, Suspense, Suspense Theater: Sorry Wrong Number, University of St. Thomas
Jack | April 26, 2016
Are you in the North Carolina area? Have kids looking to get busy this summer with audio drama? Check out Magnetic Theatre camp with this post from Mountain Xpress: Announcement from The Magnetic Theatre: Has your rising 6th-9th grader ever wanted to: Explore exotic locales? Soar through deep space? Solve crimes? Discover buried treasure? Live […]
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Tags: Camp, Kids, Magnetic Theatre, Mountain Xpress
Jack | April 25, 2016
I’m always amazed at the flexibility and breadth of radio drama. The longer I live in this medium, the more I’m excited by the variety of stories that can be told. For example, The Irish Times look at a multi-part series based on the love letters of a British soldier and his Irish sweetheart: Love […]
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Tags: Athlone, Battle of the Somme, BBC Radio, Eric Appleby, Foyle, Love Letters, Phyllis Kelly, The Irish Times, Ulster
Jack | April 24, 2016
Audio Drama is replete with people who put their nose to the grindstone. Many producers work extremely hard to produce incredible productions. But who are the hardest working producer/writers in the modern audio drama movement? To tunnel down the list, it’s important to keep in mind that many producers like Dirk Maggs (Perfectly Normal Productions) […]
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Tags: 2109 AD, Amity Dark Waters, Barrymore, Battlestar Galactica, Beacon Hill, Bill Hollweg, Black Jack Justice, Broken Seas Audio, Campfire, Colonial Radio Theatre, Decoder Ring Theatre, Dirk Maggs, Gregg Taylor, Jake Sampson, Jerry and the Pirates, Jerry Robbins, John Ballentine, Narada Radio Company, Orson Welles, OTR Swagcast, Perfectly Normal Productions, Pete Lutz, Planet of the Apes, Pulp-Pourri Theatre, Ray Bradbury, Red Panda, Royall House, Swagcast, The Dibble Show, The Grog and Gryphon, The Sonic Society, Ticonderoga, Walter Koenig, William Luce
Jack | April 23, 2016
What is it about old time radio that inspires so much stage work? I’ve argued for some time now the old time radio takes its beats and passion from live theatre, while modern audio drama has its heart from the cinema. Gina Gambony’s article from WHQR.org appears to agree: Devin DiMattia is a local actor and founding […]
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Tags: Devin DiMattia, Gina Gambony, The Further Adventures of the Crimson Shadow, WHQR.org
Jack | April 22, 2016
Elijah Hawkins has some pretty cool things to say about radio drama down under: In a time when most commercial radio stations play (in this writer’s opinion) either mass-produced crap or ‘80s pop, and when even triple j is waning, community radio plays an incredibly important role in the scene. PBS 106.7FM is one of […]
Category: Live Radio Drama, Media, Radio |
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Tags: Elijah Hawkins, PBS, PBS 106.7 FM, Take the Plunge