Showcasing the very best in new Audio Drama
Jeffrey Billard, Lothar Tuppan, and Jack Ward greet our final guest in the parlour this summer. Craig Robotham joins us from Weird World Studios to talk about one of his favourite Arch Oboler plays from the Dalton Trumbo novel Johnny Got His Gun starring Jimmy Cagney.
Apologies for the poor sound quality…
Craig Robotham is amazing. There I said it. A tireless educator, writer, and audio drama lover, Craig has built an impressive collection of dinner theatre audio drama you can host in your own home at Weird World Studios. But that’s not enough, Craig’s assembled a list of supplements and guides to help any educator neophyte in this amazing medium.
Check out his Education List and get ready for the Fall!
One of the benefits of being a teacher and introducing audio drama to my students, is to see how it engages them in ways that no other media does. Students in the 21st century are programmed to respond visually, but that often means not responding as critically or creatively.
Will Anderson from Central Michigan University uses his knowledge of creating radio drama to help audio drama kids with Autism. He’s not the only one. Craig Robotham from Weird World Studios has a long history of helping teachers with autistic students discover the world of radio drama.
Check out this CMU Public Radio News Article on the great things Professor Anderson is doing!
Audio Drama provides so many benefits to communities, from social awareness and activism, to education and helping the autistic community. Craig Robotham from Weird World Studios has been very public about the use of radio drama in his own household and opens his scripts up to any families with autistic members but now we see Will Anderson a professor at Central Michigan University creating audio drama to help kids learn social skills. The full story can be found at CMU Public Radio News website.
There are so many reasons for making audio drama one of your tools to bring stories to the world. What are yours?
Jack brings us two great new family friendly tales with “Rapunzel- Episode 1” from Craig Robotham and Weird World Studios and the triumphant return of Bell’s in the Batfry from John Bell!
| Tonight on Sonic Speaks Jack sits down with the inventive and creative Craig Robotham who describes how easily we can all have our very own radio drama dinner theatre at home! Check it out yourself at Weird World Studios. What a treat! |
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