Icebox Radio Theater has announced a new direction for their podcast shows. IBRT Director, Jeffrey Adams identifies the changes in a recent PRESS RELEASE. Go have a look at how the IBRT is moving into the future. We’re all a twitter about it here in the Society!
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Tracy-Ann Oberman may be famous for her performance in EastEnders but radio drama aficionados,
“she’s the familiar voice from more than 600 (yes, 600) radio plays, comedies and sketch shows since 1995. Oberman’s next role is similarly surprising as she takes on one of Hollywood’s most enigmatic dames, namely Anne Bancroft’s Mrs Robinson from Mike Nichols’s 1967 film The Graduate. In a radio drama. Written by none other than Oberman herself.”
Read the rest of this fascinating story of cougar-mania at Radio Times.
It’s 1993 and I’m getting ready to perform the lead role- Cliff Bradshaw- at Western University’s Cabaret. As I’m getting ready in makeup one of the actresses says to another, “Do you know who he looks like?”
The other actress shakes her head confused at the question.
The first sighs and says, “It’s going to sound like I’m buttering him up, but yeah… Orson Welles.”
The other actresses eyes widen for a moment, “You know, you’re right.”
I was beaming inside. Newly married, and someone who had spent a love and hate affair with the stage, I was going back out to a full house to sing and dance and sweat my way through the show. But I never forgot the comment, and it’s carried me along. Through the Shadowlands, my first radio drama showcase, and into the Sonic Society, Mr. Welles has always been on my shoulder. The studio computer is called Orson, and I always listen to his work in awe.
There will never be another man like him. Just being compared in the most superficial of ways made a grand difference in my life. He was, in short, a genius.
The British Film Institute agrees. On his 100th, they have put out a great documentary supporting his genius- and a man who we shall never see the like again. As much as I wish it, I was just a shadowy likeness of the man.
Audio producer Bill Heid says that kids are starving for “real heroes” in his article from Michael Foust at Newswire.net. The Audie award winning producer of Under Drake’s Flag says that we need to give children heroes from history that they can emulate instead of celebrities who so often make the tabloids. Do you think audio drama is a vehicle to do so?
We did… and we’re thrilled the love keeps being passed on. Check out how James Kerr from Trent University is getting on board the Radio Drama train with the help with a new fund and bringing local talent back to the days of radio!
With thanks to Fred Greenhalgh from Radio Drama Revival for this find, NASA has released a ton of their sounds from their archives for public domain use. Just remember that the NASA logo belongs to them, and that NASA never endorses a product or organization. It’s purpose is to share its findings and exploration with the world!
For someone who grew up with CBC Radio, it’s really heartbreaking to see the lowest point in Canada’s finest broadcaster (It is the lowest point, isn’t it? It can’t go any lower… please?)
With scandals, and criminal charges, and cutbacks from the federal government, the CBC seems to have entirely lost its way. For years, the CBC has tried to stop being the “nerd’ and befriend the “cool kid” in the class. Their new choice for the hosting spot in “Q” is no exception.
Dear CBC. You’re smart. You’ve always been the place where people go to get their minds fed. Go back to accepting and appreciating that. You created who generations of kids who grew up loving that about you. Bring us thoughtful drama, hilarious comedy, serious journalism, brilliant counter-culture ideas, and radio drama. Bring us back radio drama in all its myriad forms.
With Love,
The Sonic Society.
Now go check out Andrew Cohen’s thoughts on this in the Ottawa Citizen.
The Prime Minister of Canada presented the latest budget for the fiscal year with a special Easter egg.
According to Huffington Post Businesss:
“The budget tabled yesterday includes a measure that will extend copyright protection on audio recordings to 70 years as of the recording’s release, from the current 50 years.”
Many who feel that the “Commons”, the idea that we have a shared heritage and a need to maintain a strong public presence feel that the world has been robbed another twenty years of great music. Others feel that this will ensure copyright for musicians who have a longer life span.
Which ever way you look at it, the privatization of all things in our culture seems to be continually accelerating. Some believe this is a good thing. How do you feel?
Tiffanie Wen talks about our favourite subject- the appeal of the audio story and why it is so compelling in this lovely article. Notice how she begins with the single voice narrator and moves into the power of audio drama to tell the story commenting on John Deaver’s The Starling Project as an example of the power of the new form of radio drama. Great stuff!
Big Finish has released a brand spanking new episode of Blake’s 7 called “Ghost Ship”. In this detailed review by James McLean, fans will find everything there that they love about the original Blake’s 7. This of course includes the original stars, Gareth Thomas, Michael Keating, and Paul Darrow. “Ghost Ship” is written by Iain McLaughlin and available at Big Finish. So, are you ready for another ride on the Liberator?