Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere on BBC Radio 4: What Radio Drama Has Been Waiting For

Neil Gaiman Neverwhere Radio Drama

Color me among the crazed fans out there who are waiting with baited breath for Dirk Maggs’ production of Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere.  The only thing I could imagine enjoying more than hearing the gifted Gaiman read his own work (if you haven’t had a chance to hear Gaiman read his stories, I highly recommend you [...]

Episode 305 – Wireless Theatre Company is the BBC

Wireless Theatre Company - Stephen Fry

This week on the show we feature the work of Wireless Theatre Company, in their cheeky play about the drama behind radio drama creation We Are the BBC (and a nod out to its predecessor, We are Not the BBC). Rob Sterling Davies is on the crest of a wave: a celebrated scriptwriter, actor, TV [...]

Episode 303 – Day of the Dead Returns to New Orleans

Day of the Dead New Orleans Radio Drama

Six years later, we revisit the radio drama that started it all for us – the retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice set in New Orleans, Day of the Dead. We’ve touched up our first radio drama with some new sounds of New Orleans and what we could to polish the performances. Set in the Crescent [...]

Episode 293 – At Last, the Final Stalemate

Infidel Audio Drama Roger Gregg

This week on the show we finish our summer sizzler – INFIDEL – the lush, medieval epic with a message for our times, penned by the great Roger Gregg of Crazy Dog Audio Theatre. In Part 4 of 4, we are moved to “Stalemate,” where the Christian knight and Muslim “Infidel” cross enemy (or friendly?) [...]

Episode 290 – Unleashing Roger Gregg’s “Infidel”

Infidel Audio Drama Roger Gregg

This week on the show we feature our summer sizzler – INFIDEL – the lush, medieval epic with a message for our times, penned by the great Roger Gregg of Crazy Dog Audio Theatre. INFIDEL is the story of two brothers – Sir Hugh of Beauvais and Sir Philip of Beauvais – who are drawn [...]

Wireless Theatre Company Announces Contest for New Writers

Radio Drama Writers competition 2012

Our friends at the Wireless Theatre Company have announced a new writing competition for young writers. Avast, ye young nimble pens! Here is an opportunity to work in this fantastic and limitless medium and get some serious kudos for your efforts: Award winning radio drama producers The Wireless Theatre Company are launching their first ever [...]