Long 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.
Tag: Radio Drama Revival
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!
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| This week on Sonic Speaks, Jack has a chat with long time friend of the Society and audio drama enthusiast, and producer provocateur Frederick Greenhalgh from Fine Rune Productions and the awesome Audio Drama showcase series Radio Drama Revival. |
With apologies to my friends Scott and JT who’s beloved Gigcast has alas podfaded into the distance… Fred Greenhalgh is looking for a few good men, and women, to post, share and work on their Gigs at Radio Drama Revival. How about it Society Members? Who’s up to create some of their dreams in the Audioverse?!
The talented and ever busy Audio Drama enthusiast, Frederick Greenhalgh- creator of Radio Drama Revival, the stellar showcase of modern audio theatre and Final Rune Productions his own high quality production company of “The Cleansed” and other works asks an important question. What is it going to take to have Radio Drama come out of the shadow of the popularity of Audio Books. His thoughtful opinions can be found under the title: Audio Drama Needs a 21st Century Business Model. What do you think? Any ideas for this age old conundrum?
Captain Radio guest hosts this week with Washington Audio‘s “The Poe Toaster Not Cometh” and an interview with Jack and Fred Greengalgh (Final Rune Productions, Radio Drama Revival) from CONvergence 2011.
Photo by Heather Bonham
Richard Summers is a man you’ll like a whole lot.
He’s got a dream that many of us share- that to bring Audio Plays to a larger audience and create amazing radio drama for the world to listen.
It began on Radio Drama Revival with his short and insightful reviews as Captain Radio, and continues now as he gathers together his own group of Audionauts to recreate “The Challenge of the Yukon” for Sonic Summerstock Theatre!
But this is only the beginning of Captain Radio’s adventures. As shown by this article, Captain Radio is setting up his own Sound Cave for many more shows to come. And we await eagerly for the next installment!
The College Hill Independents that is!
Radio Drama Revival’s Fred Greenhalgh gives Audio Drama a boost in one of the more recent articles on the re-emergence of audio theatre with the growth of the Internet in a piece called Airwave Renaissance by Natalie Jablonski.
We have a little wince when we see words like “we forget there was a time when…” and “stirrings of life”, its good to see some people who haven’t had an interest in all things audio take a little notice.
But we think that Audio Drama has been off life support for a while, thank-you. The Sonic Society ranges from 30-40,000 listeners a week and ranging up towards the hundred mark, there’s a pile of people out there making audio drama. Sure we don’t hit youtube levels, but how many stage plays go viral? Or new painters?
While certainly there are some folks who reflect the old timey radio stylings, I’d say that modern audio drama has really upped its gain. Companies like Colonial Radio Theatre and Radio Repertory Company of America and Jim French Productions (companies that aren’t even mentioned in the article) have been doing quite well in the United States.
Someone wake the doctor, the patient has slipped out the door.
I feel very blessed to be on the ground floor of this latest, pardon the appropriation Fred, Revival of Audio Drama. I know Fred feels the same way. And while podcasting hasn’t exactly thrown pots of money in the direction of radio drama providors… it hasn’t made money for standard radio folks like the BBC, CBC, or other huge organizations. That’s not a limitation of the medium of audio drama, but rather the expectation of folks in the modern age of the Internet.
Our minor corrections aside, go read Airwave Renaissance yourself and tell us what YOU think.
After all, my grade 11 students haven’t listened to any audio dramas. Of course, they never heard of podcasts either, and were shocked to find out that some of their favourite kind of music was available for free on their I-pods.
It’s not so much Audio Drama that needs to hit the mainstream, but the idea of podcasting itself.
Frederick Greenhalgh from Final Rune and Radio Drama Revival fame has garnered some well deserved notice and buzz from the Wall Street Journal!
In their article “Return With Us to the Thrilling Days Of Yesteryear—Via the Internet”, Barry Newman looks at Fred’s new projects “Open Season” by Archer Mayor and Fred’s technique along with the Mad Horse Theatre company of recording on location.
Excellent news for the world of Audio Drama for more and more folks to take notice of the great things being done. Thanks Fred!!