Jack | August 4, 2015
With a flourish and a parade we’re happy to announce the initial release of bookcraft.org! Make a free account, and a free ad or start hunting for ways to help bring your book project to life! Tonight’s Sonic Summerstock Playhouse is a doozy. It’s the incredible Narada Radio Company’s presentation of Lux Radio Company’s “The […]
Jack | May 6, 2015
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 […]
Jack | October 31, 2014
In our last look at October Orson Month, we present the show that made Orson Welles a superstar and infamous. This Halloween Eve we present Mercury Theatre on the Air’s adaptation of the H.G. Wells’ classic science fiction terror “War of the Worlds”
Jack | October 24, 2014
Tonight’s performance of Sonic Echo in our “October Orson” month is the role Orson made a legend The Shadow with “Circle of Death” and “The League of Terror”!
Jack | October 20, 2014
In honour of the amazing Orson Welles terror-filled broadcast of War of the Worlds, several folks have put together a Facebook page celebrating WORLD AUDIO DRAMA DAY! If you’re on the book of faces, make certain your go to the link and hit LIKE! Pass it on to your own friends on […]
Jack | October 17, 2014
Orson Welles’ Mercury Theatre on the Air produced a staggering number of adaptations of classic fiction and drama. One of the least quoted but one of Jack’s favourites is the immortal tale of the desert “Beau Geste”, our feature for tonight’s October Orson month!
Jack | October 10, 2014
Sonic Echo returns with “The Immortal Sherlock Holmes” played by that radio thespian of thespians- Orson Welles in our October Orson month!
Jack | October 5, 2014
Hello Sonic Society members.. Jack here… I just wanted to send a little note out over the RSS Feeds. Some folks have noticed that last week’s Sonic Society hasn’t hit the podverse yet, and I apologize. I’ve been voiceless and sick with a lousy cold (is there a great cold?) for the last week and […]
Jack | October 3, 2014
October month is “Orson” month in Sonic Echo as we explore the many faces of the King of Radio, George Orson Welles beginning tonight with “The Black Museum” and “Queen of Spades” from Royale Theatre.
Jack | October 31, 2013
It’s been 75 years today that radio took America by storm. That King of Radio Theatre, Orson Welles had convinced those who were glued to their sets that the Martians had invaded, and the rest was history. No one questioned the power of the audio story again, nor the way it could rivet a listener […]
