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25th Annual Radio Playwriting Competition

October 15, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Playwriting-competition-320x180“Creative Writing is a vibrant subject area at The Open University, with courses from beginner and undergraduate, to MA and PhD level. We are thrilled to collaborate with BBC World Service in this important and unique competition, encouraging and supporting talent internationally.”

So says Doctor Derek Neale of The Open University Faculty of Arts in consideration of the call for scripts from the incredible BBC World Service and the British Council. The 25th global annual contest that is looking for two winners- one with English language as a first and another with English language as a second will take submissions for 53 minute plays until January 31st, 2016.

The International Playwriting Competition which has included entries from 83 countries in the past, looks forward to scripts from anyone outside the UK, whether established or new writers.

Look for all the details in The Eagle Online article.

Key Listening for Halo Fans

October 14, 2015 / / 0 Comments

huntTom Meadows waxes absolute poetry in describing his love for the audio adventures of Hunt the Truth in his article at moviepilot.com.

Listening to HUNT the TRUTH provoked nostalgia in me, bringing back those memories of The Shadow. In some way, it felt as though I was a child again. Radio Dramas and Audio Series are more effective and popular than most people today would think. At times, if executed perfectly, can be just as much if not more entertaining than movies. I say that because unlike movies where it is unfolding before your eyes, Audio alone leaves visualization to you and you alone allowing your imagination to be mesmerized by the drama you’re hearing.

And I can honestly say, HUNT the TRUTH more than exceeded in delivering us a dramatic and thrilling tale about the Halo universe as we know it.

Are you sold? Time to go hunt for your own truth with Episode 0.

From Tape to Strip

October 11, 2015 / / 0 Comments

mbanksFrom audio tape to film strip as hit Radio 4 play from Morwenna Banks makes its way to Hollywood. Great audio drama scripts get worked into movies at times and this story about the tragedy of cancer among a group of friends is no exception. Banks who has made a name for herself writing comedic characters won the annual Tinniswood award for radio drama for the play, and when accepting the prize she thanked those who had taken a chance on a “cancer drama with laughs”, adding that Goodbye was her attempt “to make sense of the death of three friends”. All the details of Morwenna Banks, the radio play Goodbye and the subsequent film can be found in this article from The Guardian

From Radio Play to Stage Play

October 10, 2015 / / 0 Comments

theyflyThrough the years we’ve seen many adaptations from movies, stage, and novel form into the medium of audio drama. It’s rare to see the reverse, but Sam Wheeler from Bates College is taking Norman Corwin’s famous “They Fly through the Air with the Greatest of Ease” and adding stage directions and elements to contextualize to a stage play. In preparation, Mr. Wheeler read 25 scripts to get ready to bring the theatre of the mind to the theatre of the stage. Details can be found in Riley Hopkin’s article in The Bates Student.

Count Your Stages!

October 9, 2015 / / 0 Comments

iconsquareDRACULA_AllenandDickIt seems like everyone everywhere are getting into the act. Radio Drama on the stage is a fantastic way to get a production mounted and shown to audiences. Main Street Theatre is no exception. October 23rd, 24th and 25th at the Native Sons Hall, in Sutter Creek, MST proudly presents “The Count of Monte Cristo” one of our favourites. If you’re in the area, go have a listen and a look see!

Details from Broadway World.

Locke & Key-ed In!

October 7, 2015 / / 0 Comments

locknkeyLong time friend of the Society and host of the awesome Radio Drama Revival, Fred Greenhalgh and his production company FinalRune Productions have worked together with Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez to reproduce their hit graphic novel Locke & Key as a powerful audio drama with over fifty actors including such stars as Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black), Kate Mulgrew (Orange Is The New Black), and Haley Joel Osment (Sixth Sense, A.I.). A great I09 review tells the tale, and be sure to download the full production on Audible.

Episode 440- Black Tape Side 3

October 6, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Tonight on the Sonic Society we settle into episode three of the incredible new smash hit The Black Tapes Podcast, with thanks to Paul Bae and Terry Miles and their crew. Sit back and enjoy. And as if to get into the spirit, there was something rather weird in the recording of this introduction. Pro Tools stopped with an error. On the end of the cut was a strange message. We include it after the credits and guarantee we never manufactured it for this podcast. Happy Month of Halloween!

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