Category: Live Radio Drama (Page 3 of 3)

Beacon in the Dark

March 16, 2016 / Jack / 0 Comments

Beacon Arts Centre in Inverclyde, Scotland is celebrating new writers work by presenting a collection of four new radio plays staged for an audience and dubbed “The Podcast Sessions”.

For over a decade now, we at the Sonic Society have believed that audio stories are uniquely positioned to tell stories in the most imaginative and inexpensive way while captivating a wide audience from around the world.

A group called Toasted Fiction, founded by Christopher Patrick, who is a Greenock-based writer and director is committed to supporting the development of new writing and new writers.

The Podcast Sessions will be presented Thursday 31 March, 7:30 pm. For tickets (£5 or concessions £3.50) call 01475 723723 or book online. Details about all four shows can be found at this Inverclyde Now Article.

Support new writers. Support new Audio Drama!

Solid as a Rock

March 15, 2016 / Jack / 0 Comments

635932368595261959-Pamela-McNeill-Black-and-Silver-3 Singer Pamela McNeill will be featured tomorrow night at Granite City Radio Theatre. The program is put together by the Minnesota’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and includes comedy, trivia, music and Shade’s Brigade, a crime noir radio drama.

What: Granite City Radio Theatre.
When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 16.
Where: Pioneer Place on Fifth, 22 Fifth Ave. S.
Tickets: $12. Buy by visiting www.ppfive.com or calling the box office at 203-0331.

Additional details on the show can be found in this SCTimes article.

The Black Knight Rides!

March 11, 2016 / Jack / 0 Comments

blacknight Medieval radio is a rare and precious gift in the modern audio drama world. There’s Morgan Sorwell’s incredible Table Round series, and now there’s “The Black Knight”. KVMR Community Radio and the historic Nevada Theatre created this original radio drama. The Black Knight will be presented live on-stage in the theater, broadcast over KVMR 89.5 FM and streamed over KVMR.org. Yubanet.com has all the main details about the event on March 16th at 7 PM. Tune in or show up or both!

Brandon Seeks Audio Actors

February 29, 2016 / Jack / 0 Comments

Superman may soon be flying again and Dick Tracy will be speaking into his two-way radio as Kathy Mathis, director at the Brandon Town Players, looks to find actors to fill the roles of the classic OTR radio plays. Mathis plans to have the actors dressed in period garb and perform the plays on stage as written on the page.

If you’re in Brandon get the details about the new initiative in Vermont from this Times Argus article.

Downtown Abbey

February 29, 2016 / Jack / 0 Comments

KZMU A Moab Sun News article points to a radio station, KZMU to broadcast an original comedy series from Moab, Utah. This grassroots, solar powered station brings their listeners Downtown Abbey starting its run on February 20th. The KZMU manager Marty Durlin penned a satirical radio drama, which “takes place in a parallel universe and features Edward Abbey’s “fifth cousin twice removed,” along with other colorful characters.”

The final episode of this series is scheduled for March 12th, 7pm local time. So get your ears on and support great new radio drama!

Everything Gold(en) is New Again!

February 25, 2016 / Jack / 0 Comments

Meadville Community Theatre is working this week to bring back two classic golden age radio drama shows: Sorry, Wrong Number, and Cancelled. as one-act plays from Feb 19th to the 28th at 8 pm on weekdays and with 2 pm matinee performances at the Meadville Community Theatre’s stage in the Odd Fellows Building, 400 N. Main St., Meadville. So go grab your 10 dollar tickets ($7.50 for students and seniors) while you can if you are in the area!

More details can be found in this Meadville Tribune article.

A New Member of the Family

December 31, 2015 / Jack / 0 Comments

zoomR24 There may have been a lot of birthing pains, but thanks to the generosity of Society Members we retire the old battle scarred Digirack 002 and we bring the Zoom R24. Among the many benefits, there’s multi-track recording capability (of course), the ability to record all by its lonesome for a live recording, and of course a great way to use Reaper for a new year.

Happy Spin Around the Sun for the all those in the podcasting world, from all of us, at EVP and the Sonic Society!

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The Martians Attack Again!

December 5, 2015 / Jack / 0 Comments

… Or rather they have settled for kidnapping Santa! That’s right, Lions Den Theatre and Dartmouth Players present “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians- the Radio Play”. The holiday favourite was adapted into a live show radio drama which was fun for the whole family. Ginny, Rory and Jack had a ball laughing at the great balls of cheese as this B-flick script was expertly rendered into a live performance. Congratulations all!

Adapted by Keith Morrison from the much over-looked film of the same name, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians will bring a little family friendly sci-fi into your holidays as we present an old-timey radio style version of this classic Christmas comedy, complete with costumes and live sound effects.

Our star-studded cast includes: Colleen MacIsaac, Dan Bray, Dan Roy , Jenny Trites, Jesse Robb, Maggie Hammel, Mark Penny, Matt Downey, Melanie Patten, Sean Skerry, Shawn Maggio

Shadows From the Past Walk

October 24, 2015 / Jack / 0 Comments

Debuting on October 29th, just in time for Halloween, Petaluma Radio Players resurrect the iconic Shadow in a live performance of the old time radio series in a Petaluma barn. Go grab your tickets for the back to back performances of “Flames of Death” and “Death in the Tomb” by going to the Petaluma 360.