A quick peek at what’s going on with Sonic Cinema on the Production Podcast we have Gunsmoke- In the Summer of 2016, Jack J. Ward and the Shadowlands troop put together a full length audio western of the classic episode “Sins of the Father” from Gunsmoke.
With respect to the great Kevin Hartnell’s list of best audio drama of all time, he may be adding a number of new features.
We already identified The Three Ages of Modern Audio Drama and now it would be best to identify a fourth. The third age roughly started in 2012 and can be definitively seen as ending in 2019. In 2020, as COVID-19 reintroduced the world to the term- pandemic, a number of professional actors, writers, and producers found themselves with a lot of time on their hands and a lot of creative thoughts bulging in their brains.
The Faustian Nonsense Network soon found creative outlets in A Midsummer’s Quarantine and producer, writer, and actor extraordinaire, Tom Konkle from Mindstream Players found new life in reworking Old Time Radio scripts and new originals on YouTube. And they are not alone, many groups around the world unable to launch stage productions have worked together to create online audio drama shows. Quarantine Radio Theater out of St. Louis even considered that a part of their name. Here in Halifax, Keith Morrison from Lion’s Den Theatre has also reworked popular theatre productions into online audio theatre equivalents.
With an influx of so many professionals from both Little Theatre and Hollywood engaging in the world of audio drama. How will this change the landscape of stories that are produced? Will we see more classics launched? Or will there be a number of new original plays taking flight on RSS feeds and video channels near you?
We’re betting on both!
Lions Den Theatre roars this summer with another grand live radio drama tradition- Sherlock Holmes. Keith Morrison wrote and directed this epic tale of The Hound of the Baskervilles and “The Aventures of Sherlock Holmes” starring Jesse Robb as Holmes and Dorian Lang as his faithful companion, Doctor Watson. The rest of the expert cast rounds out with strong performances from Christine Daniels, Ali House, Lisa Renault, Dorian Lang, Colleen MacIsaac, Daniel Morrison, Mark Penny, Sean Skerry and Schoel Strang.
Go check out their performances at Sherbrooke Village, July 14th!
This Saturday night, March 17th, St. Patrick’s Day celebrations kick into high gear as the Jules Verne Phantastical Society presents, Cabaret Absinthe. And evening of fun and frivolity at Maritime Hall in Halifax!
Doors open at 8:00 PM and the fun begins at 8:30 PM. Ticket prices are $12.50 each or two for twenty! Proceeds go to the not-for-profit club! Oh, and there’s a bar for Patty refreshments.
What kind of fun will be had? Funny you should ask? Among the events, the amazing Shadowlands Theatre Players will be presenting another My Friend Irma script for the occasion starring and reprising in their roles with Colleen MacIssac as Jane and Ali House as the unsinkable Irma. Keith Morrison will also be returning as Irma’s no account boy friend Al, and Guy Earle will be rounding up the gang with some new roles for the performance. The show will be recorded live to be played on this year’s Sonic Summerstock Playhouse!
Have fun and go green!
This week on the Sonic Summerstock we have the classic comedyMy Friend Irma reproduced lovingly from Electric Vicuña Productions‘ Shadowlands Players starring Colleen MacIssac, Ali House, Keith Morrison, Guy Earle, and Daniel Roy. Directed by Jack J. Ward and produced by Richard Summers with music from Sharon Bee.
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