Radio Drama Revival

Stiff Investigations - Live at the Hungry Brain August 18th, 2014

This week we have the delicious irreverant, lewd, scandalous and downright HILARIOUS antics of a detective who really puts the 'hard' in hard-boiled. Enter: Stiff Investigations, a live radio drama series which twists the OTR detective and makes it fresh for a new age. In this episode, Jack and Venus visit the Vixen Family mansion for a party on the Devil's Sabbath, and when a body is discovered, meeting Venus' odd parents becomes the least of Jack's problems. Recorded Live at the Hungry Brain August 18th, 2014 We also encourage YOU to submit for the Hear Now Festival and Mark Time Awards.  The world needs your awesome, fresh, new audio drama!! Download Radio Drama Revival - Episode 405 The post Episode 405 – Embarking on a “Stiff” Investigation appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Claustrophobics beware!  This week we play Northern Lights Radio Theater's production of "The Lost Elevator," - set in 1930′s New York, an express elevator suddenly becomes inexplicably stuck between floors in the high rise Robinson Building. Inside the car, an assortment of people are left stranded and each reacts to the situation differently. Written by Percival Wilde and produced by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. We also welcome our latest contributor, David Rheinstrom, with his review of "The Hadron Gospel Hour." Download Radio Drama Revival Episode 404

The Weather Looks Grim Up North - From BBC Radio Cumbria

In case you thought that getting several feet of snow dumped on you was bad, we remind you that the plight of the Roman soldier in AD126 was way, way worse. This cheeky tale, "It's Grim Up North," is a historic radio sitcom about the plight of Rome's men manning Hadrian's Wall, specifically, life at Milecastle 17 - Drizzlewort. Widely considered to be the worst posting of all for those Romans soldiers unfortunate enough to be serving the Empire in Britain, life in Drizzlewort not only consists of building the wall but also manning the gate, which acts as a customs post and access point for local traders, and where sentry duty mostly involves keeping out the deadly, if hard-to-pin-down Picts. The soldiers posted to Drizzlewort never stop complaining, and are generally the lowest of the low, most of whom would desert given half a chance. However, every cloud has a silver lining and, given the place’s strategic importance and isolation, there are always good business opportunities for people who can manipulate the system… Produced by Ed Waugh & Trevor Wood, originally commissioned by BBC Radio Cumbria for a five-part radio sitcom. Download Radio Drama Revival Episode 403 Other Stuff We hear from Matthew McLean's Audio Drama Production Podcast and welcome David Rheinstrom aboard as reviews editor.  We also announce our upcoming panel at South by Southwest, Movies in My Head: Audiodrama & Film.  Thanks to Patience Wieland of Sound Stages Radio for pulling us all together! The post Episode 403 – The Weather Looks Grim Up North appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Some fantastic radio comedy from the Emerald Isle this week! Gareth Stack, founder of "Dead Medium" productions, based in Dublin, tells the story of Ainesh, an under confident, over intellectual Indian-Irish twenty something. Ainesh has always been a victim of circumstance; working jobs he didn’t enjoy and failing to live up to his potential. Now, sacked from his factory job and thrown out of home by his disappointed parents, Ainesh is forced to train as a psychotherapist. His course is in ‘Choosing Therapy’, the philosophy that we choose our own destiny, and that everything that happens is our fault. With nowhere to stay, Ainesh is forced to live with two of his bizarre classmates. We follow him as he learns whether there really is such a thing as choice, and if so, how he can make his own destiny. Dig in! The post Episode 402 – Gareth Stack’s “Choices” appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Choices – By Gareth Stack

2015 has only just begun!  In this episode, Gareth Stack, Irish audio producer and playwright, interviews the masterful Roger Gregg in his podcast series "Mad Scientists of Music." Roger is, of course, founder of Crazy Dog Audio Theatre and one of the living grand masters of contemporary audio theater.  Stack's interview reveals Roger as the brilliant, bizarre, ranting Irish artist he is - and gosh how audio theater misses him!  We'll be back with a feature length episode later this week featuring a brilliant comedy of Gareth's called "Choices." Download Episode 401 - Celebrating Roger Gregg, a "Mad Scientist of Music" The post Episode 401: Celebrating Roger Gregg, a “Mad Scientist of Music” appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

Mad Scientists of Music - Gareth Stack Interviews Roger Gregg

This week we feature the work of Voices in the Wind, a group based out of Toronto, CA who are producing their own original material as well as classics, such as we'll hear today, "A Christmas Carol." You know the drill, Ebeneezer Scrooge is a jerk and his life is transformed by a bunch of ghosts. It is a haunting tale of wrongdoing and redemption that resonates with the ages, with some 40+ adaptations currently available in audio and many more produced through the ages. In fact, our friend Craig Wichman has compiled a text JUST covering this topic, "Standing in the Spirit at Your Elbow: A History of Dicken's Christmas Carol as Radio/Audio Drama." "Voices" rendition leans towards the traditional, embracing the 'ghostly' part of this ghost story of Christmas. Also don't miss their Moonlight Audio Theatre app which has tons of selections of audio programming for your enjoyment. ALSO!!! Do not miss Neil Gaiman / Terry Pratchett's GOOD OMENS adapted by Dirk Maggs for the BBC, currently streaming on iPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04knt4h The post Episode 400 – A Christmas Carol by Voices in the Wind appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

A Christmas Carol - By Voices in the Wind

This week the Hartlife Company - all the life you'll ever need - is proud to present Tales from Our Fair City in their annual EXCLUSION DAY special. A charming story of survivors, obedience, and a happy man wearing red.  Featuring both their 2011 special as well as a more recent live performance from Chicago, IL.  We love these guys. Don't miss - Coming in January, they're putting on one of their legendary launch parties for the forthcoming Our Fair City: Season 6. Chicagoans, do not miss it! The post Episode 399 – Happy Exclusion Day! appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

This week we thoroughly embrace the holidays with the RG Productions rendition of "It's A Wonderful Life," the beloved American holiday classic, based on the Lux Radio adaptation from 1947. This story of idealism and reflection was produced live as part of the "Retro Radio Holiday Revue," an event that Nita Hunter's troupe has made a tradition in Kenosha, WI! For the cynical among us, we recommend you check out John Ballentine's, "Dreaming of a Dead Christmas" instead - that'll put you in the Christmas spirit... for zombies. Download Episode 398 - "It's A Wonderful Life" Live Radio Drama The post Episode 398 – It’s A Wonderful Life, Live! appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.

This week is PACKED!  We announce our new submissions editors, Matthew and Monique Boudreau of Aural Stage Studios, play an excerpt from Matt McLean's excellent Audio Drama Production podcast, and then dig in for a big helping of the 'films without visuals' - The Truth. First up is "Cold Read," a psychic pulls off a card trick with a woman at a bar and leads to some surprising results... Followed up by "Mirror Lake," a couple tries to track down childhood memories and, well, nothing is quite as it seems.  Celebrate the fantastic, sound-rich, fast-paced and smart work of Jonathan Mitchell, whose work as part of the inaugural Radiotopia network recently fundraised over $600,000!

As a sort of post-Thanksgiving treat, we're going to feature a show that features a whole of feasting... of human flesh. Oh yeah, it is the ultimate Zombie apocalypse podcast, We're Alive, with something like 20 millions downloads and 40ish hours of zombie apocalypse adventure. For Army Reserve soldier Michael Cross, the world as he knows it ends in an instant. One minute he’s in college, and the next rioters are roaming the highway around him, breaking into cars and literally tearing people apart. This is the day the dead walk. This is the world of We’re Alive. We first started featuring We're Alive back in 2009 when the series was just starting to - ahem - infect the podcast world. It now has fully completed the story, with the entirety available through the series podcast, or in their uncut glory through Downpour.com: Season 1, Season 2, Season 3 (Season 4 coming soon!). The post Episode 396 – Fighting Off the Hordes But “We’re Alive” appeared first on Radio Drama Revival.