This week, we talk with Mariele of the The Wireless Theatre Company, the now one-year-old audio drama company that’s gone from UK newcomer to reliable source of compelling new stories. Hear about the story of the Company, their fight to get theater to the ears of the “iPod generation” and the exciting productions down the pipeline… plus, the opportunity to hear another one of their needle-sharp short stories, “Lie Detector.”
This week we conclude the Youth of Old Age, a classic-style British comedy with fiery wit and sharp writing. What happens to the young man who’s desperate to marry, but wants to please his dragon-tongue grandmother at the same time? And to what end will she go to meet his fiancee?
Fawlty Towers fans rejoice, this week we’ve got a fiery comedy from the classic British school of language deering-do in the amazingly agile tale, “The Youth of Old Age” by the Wireless Theatre Company. What happens when a young man returns to his house of wealth after years away at university… and ready to marry? Find out in this unforgettable story, the first act brilliantly rendered this week for your personal enjoyment.
Well, just because you exist in a place where human law is not even understood, does NOT mean that human activity doesn’t take place… as evidenced by the wild turns taken in the conclusion of this postmodern play.
Welcome to the Weeks of Wireless! For a good month or so now, we’re going to be featuring the work of the Wireless Theatre Company whose work ranges from the comedic to the dramatic, poetic and a great deal of stories in between… This week, we kick off with “Bastion West on the Information Superhighway,” a story about humans caught in a non-human environment, and the behavior that comes from existing in a place with no moral compass, and no source of escape…
In another “Rabbit from the hat” episode, I pull out an amazingly clever and poignant tale from Roger Gregg’s Audio Gothic series — Brad’s Book of Lies. What IS it about advertising that makes THE BOOK so good?
‘The Youth Of Old Age’ is the latest production from the Wireless Theatre Company. A gloriously offensive drama from controversial writer Stuart Price, which stars Prunella Scales (of Fawlty Tower fame) as Plutocrat Elizabeth Willem Gracie - possibly the most brutish, wicked, racist, sexist, ageist, lying, violent and loveable character she has played in recent years.
‘The Youth Of Old Age’ focuses on James (Edward Harrison), a trainee surgeon from an extremely wealthy background who returns home to ask his grandmothers permission to marry. His grandmother Elizabeth (Prunella Scales) is instantly suspicious as to why he has not brought the young lady with him. The ever-suffering man of the manor, Butler Edward (Knight Mantell) tries to sooth the situation but Elizabeth’s increasing attempts to meet the girl who will inherit her fortune lead her to go further than she even thought she dared…
Dangerous at best, wicked at all other times, ‘The Youth Of Old Age’ shows Prunella Scales at her acid-tongued best, bringing radio drama to today’s MP3 generation.
Sounds like really good stuff! And, stay tuned to the show, because we’ll be airing work from the Wireless Theatre Company starting Mid-May, after we conclude our ZBS-fest to commence this week.
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In another “Rabbit from the hat” episode, I pull out an amazingly clever and poignant tale from Roger Gregg’s Audio Gothic series — Brad’s Book of Lies. What IS it about advertising that makes THE BOOK so good?