STAGE FRIGHT 2014 (HORROR/THRILLER) MATURE CONTENT For the third year running The Wireless Theatre Company hosted STAGE FRIGHT to launch the fabulous London Horror Festival. Three plays short listed and performed live to special guest judge Seth Patrick.

First up is the audio play, Special Delivery by Elizabeth Adlington, which focuses on a couple following the delivery of a rather unusual teddy bear. Next is, Tears From The Pillow by Gabrielle Wright, a touching yet spine-chilling tale about a man in a coma (we daren’t reveal any more).

Finally, Pete Barrett’s Forever Amber tells the story of a cantankerous lord with a passion for taxidermy.

The award went to Pete Barrett’s FOREVER AMBER.

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RIP – PART 2 (HORROR) MATURE THEMES Once again, we follow the bloody trail of Jack the Ripper and his victims as pub patron Old Jim weaves a grisly tale of London's Victorian Whitechapel and hints at an evil that may still lurk amongst the shadows of the East End.  Campfire Radio Theater

OUR FAIR CITY – S1E10 WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? (SCI-FI / DARK COMEDY) LANGUAGE Our Fair City is a post-apocalyptic science fiction / dark comedy audio drama set in the not so distant future where the skies are stormy, and the landscape is a vast frozen tundra. Lightning rigs high above the city gather energy from thunderstorms, mad scientists walk the earth, and adorably monstrous Molepeople dig tunnels deep underground to expand the city’s habitable space.

Wrapping up our “Tripytch at Al’s,” we join Allison, Neal’s erstwhile lover, as she meets a somewhat-less-than-mysterious buyer for Neal’s Containment Tube.

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OUR FAIR CITY – S1E9 THE BUSINESS OF EAVESDROPPING (SCI-FI / DARK COMEDY) LANGUAGE Our Fair City is a post-apocalyptic science fiction / dark comedy audio drama set in the not so distant future where the skies are stormy, and the landscape is a vast frozen tundra. Lightning rigs high above the city gather energy from thunderstorms, mad scientists walk the earth, and adorably monstrous Molepeople dig tunnels deep underground to expand the city’s habitable space.

Still at Al’s Bar, we join George Chamberlain (designation: Special Investigator) and Elizabeth Rourke (designation: Worried Parent) as they monitor the actions of a certain smooth-talking son and a pongy PWC.

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OUR FAIR CITY – S1E8 DISCRETION IS THE BETTER PART OF LABOR (SCI-FI / DARK COMEDY) LANGUAGE Our Fair City is a post-apocalyptic science fiction / dark comedy audio drama set in the not so distant future where the skies are stormy, and the landscape is a vast frozen tundra. Lightning rigs high above the city gather energy from thunderstorms, mad scientists walk the earth, and adorably monstrous Molepeople dig tunnels deep underground to expand the city’s habitable space.

We venture to the crossroads of Hartlife, Al’s Bar, where Nathan Rourke makes plans and puns, Neal Henderson is generally obstinate, and “Betsey” (the Shovel) comes out to play.

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OUR FAIR CITY - S1E7AN OFFER SHE CAN’T REFUSE (SCI-FI / DARK COMEDY) LANGUAGE Our Fair City is a post-apocalyptic science fiction / dark comedy audio drama set in the not so distant future where the skies are stormy, and the landscape is a vast frozen tundra. Lightning rigs high above the city gather energy from thunderstorms, mad scientists walk the earth, and adorably monstrous Molepeople dig tunnels deep underground to expand the city’s habitable space.

We slip into the poorly lit offices of the poorly acronymed Municipal Union for the Restructuring of District Records, as Elizabeth Rourke meets with the strong arm of HartLife’s security forces.

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THE LEVIATHAN CHRONICLES CHAPTER 16 – HUNTER AND PREY (SCI-FI) The Leviathan story is centered around a hidden city called Leviathan that lies deep within the dark trenches of the Pacific Ocean. The city is home to a community of immortals that sought to create a utopia over 1,000 years ago. For millennia, they lived in peace and secrecy, gently influencing world events to aid the advancement of mankind. But a terrible secret has been kept deep within the catacombs of Leviathan that threatens the existence of the immortals, and quite possibly the entire world. The Leviathan Chronicles

THE BOOK OF HELL (OLD TIME RADIO - SUSPENSE) A mysterious manuscript purporting to be a first-person account of what it's like in Hell has the editors of a publishing house in an uproar. From Canada CBC Radio Nightfall (Analogue Recording)

THE CASE OF THE TALE TOLD BY AN IDIOT (COMEDY) When the King of Scotland gets his ticket punched it’s up to tough talking fictional detective Justin Thyme to find out who his travel agent was. Hard boiled with a side of irony, Thyme finds himself navigating a thicket of witchcraft, greed, ambition, envy and murder that includes three rapping old crones, a “Thane of Cawdor” with a penchant for Cole Porter and a sexy former flame by the name of Lady Macbeth.

Dashiell Hammet meets William Shakespeare in this send up of both that will have you rolling in the aisles and The Bard rolling over in his grave.

Starring: Oliver Ford, Tegwen Tucker, Mike Garnell, Matt Prendergast, Ceri Gifford, Tom Wateracre and Catriona Ryan

Written By: Bruce Kane, Edited By: Ross Burman, Directed By: Catriona Ryan

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THE LEVIATHAN CHRONICLES CHAPTER 15 – BREAKOUTS (SCI-FI) The Leviathan story is centered around a hidden city called Leviathan that lies deep within the dark trenches of the Pacific Ocean. The city is home to a community of immortals that sought to create a utopia over 1,000 years ago. For millennia, they lived in peace and secrecy, gently influencing world events to aid the advancement of mankind. But a terrible secret has been kept deep within the catacombs of Leviathan that threatens the existence of the immortals, and quite possibly the entire world. The Leviathan Chronicles

OUR FAIR CITY – S1E6 ANTS ON A TRAIN! (SCI-FI / DARK COMEDY) LANGUAGE Our Fair City is a post-apocalyptic science fiction / dark comedy audio drama set in the not so distant future where the skies are stormy, and the landscape is a vast frozen tundra. Lightning rigs high above the city gather energy from thunderstorms, mad scientists walk the earth, and adorably monstrous Molepeople dig tunnels deep underground to expand the city’s habitable space.

In this flashback episode, we aren’t the only ones joining the plucky Nathan Rourke on the HartLife People Mover as he rockets towards a meeting with the miasmic yet mighty Neal Henderson.

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OUR FAIR CITY – S1E5 THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN HARTFORD (SCI-FI / DARK COMEDY) LANGUAGE Our Fair City is a post-apocalyptic science fiction / dark comedy audio drama set in the not so distant future where the skies are stormy, and the landscape is a vast frozen tundra. Lightning rigs high above the city gather energy from thunderstorms, mad scientists walk the earth, and adorably monstrous Molepeople dig tunnels deep underground to expand the city’s habitable space.

The “Sharp Chuter”, Neal Henderson  takes us to the seedy bordellos of Our Fair City, where he has a somewhat unsatisfying encounter with a very special Lady of the Night.

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OUR FAIR CITY – S1E4 SOL (SCI-FI / DARK COMEDY) LANGUAGE Our Fair City is a post-apocalyptic science fiction / dark comedy audio drama set in the not so distant future where the skies are stormy, and the landscape is a vast frozen tundra. Lightning rigs high above the city gather energy from thunderstorms, mad scientists walk the earth, and adorably monstrous Molepeople dig tunnels deep underground to expand the city’s habitable space.

In which we meet Neal Henderson, a particularly odoriferous policy of HartLife, as he reaches out to the bureaucracy in an act of desperate optimism.

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OUR FAIR CITY – S1E3 HOME (SCI-FI / DARK COMEDY) LANGUAGE Our Fair City is a post-apocalyptic science fiction / dark comedy audio drama set in the not so distant future where the skies are stormy, and the landscape is a vast frozen tundra. Lightning rigs high above the city gather energy from thunderstorms, mad scientists walk the earth, and adorably monstrous Molepeople dig tunnels deep underground to expand the city’s habitable space.

Policy Nathan Rourke takes us home to meet his mother.

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OUR FAIR CITY – S1E2 THE PATCH JOB (SCI-FI / DARK COMEDY) LANGUAGE Our Fair City is a post-apocalyptic science fiction  / dark comedy audio drama set in the not so distant future where the skies are stormy, and the landscape is a vast frozen tundra. Lightning rigs high above the city gather energy from thunderstorms, mad scientists walk the earth, and adorably monstrous Molepeople dig tunnels deep underground to expand the city’s habitable space.

Maintenance, Operations, and Logistics Engineers (M.O.L.E.s) Clay and Sandy head to the higher levels of the subterranean parts of the HartLife tower to repair a hole in the wall.

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OUR FAIR CITY – S1E1 LUCKY THING YOU SHOWED UP (SCI-FI / DARK COMEDY) LANGUAGE Our Fair City is a post-apocalyptic science fiction / dark comedy audio drama set in the not so distant future where the skies are stormy, and the landscape is a vast frozen tundra. Lightning rigs high above the city gather energy from thunderstorms, mad scientists walk the earth, and adorably monstrous Molepeople dig tunnels deep underground to expand the city’s habitable space.

Nathan Rourke is rescued from an icy death by Lightning Rigger “Lucky Strike” after procuring an item of value from HartLife.

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THE LEVIATHAN CHRONICLES CHAPTER 14 – EXTRACTION (SCI-FI) The Leviathan story is centered around a hidden city called Leviathan that lies deep within the dark trenches of the Pacific Ocean. The city is home to a community of immortals that sought to create a utopia over 1,000 years ago. For millennia, they lived in peace and secrecy, gently influencing world events to aid the advancement of mankind. But a terrible secret has been kept deep within the catacombs of Leviathan that threatens the existence of the immortals, and quite possibly the entire world. The Leviathan Chronicles

THE WOMAN ON THE BRIDGE (HORROR) Chatsworth House during the Second World War. The Devonshire family make way for an evacuated girls’ school, the grand interiors converted to dormitories and classrooms. Pupils Ceri and Gwyneth explore these new surroundings and their history, above and below stairs. But a ghost story about a screaming woman on the bridge in the grounds seems disturbingly true, and all the more disturbing for the parallels it presents with the secret love affair they discover their charismatic teacher Miss Cairns is involved in….

The Woman On The Bridge was recorded before a live audience of over 150 people at The Palace Hotel as part of The Buxton Festival and was nominated for a Buxton Fringe Theatre Award.
 

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THE CLEANSED EPISODE 8 – THE REVOLT (SCI-FI) The stage has been set for an incredible battle. John Prophet is locked up, awaiting his fate at the hands of the Dwellers’ justice. Their “BOL” in rural Maine seems far, far away from the troubles afflicting old New York, but this feeling of safety is about to be annihilated. Because in an open field, as a band plays fiddle and Marc and Luke watch the stars, a darker shape looms on the horizon… This completes Season One

A POST-APOCALYPTIC AUDIO ADVENTURE OF OUR TIMES!

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THE CLEANSED EPISODE 7 – THE TRIAL (SCI-FI) With the terrify times behind them and uncertainty ahead of them, Luke and Maria must come to terms, the road without each other is too frightening. Meanwhile, they have a new friend, one of the Dwellers who shows them beneath the surface of a world that has existed nearby to them their whole lives that they’ve never seen.

A POST-APOCALYPTIC AUDIO ADVENTURE OF OUR TIMES!

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RIP – PART 1 (HORROR) MATURE THEMES Newlyweds on the final eve of their honeymoon are haunted by the ghosts of old Whitechapel as a mysterious pub patron breathes terrifying new life into the bloody terror that gripped the streets of Victorian London. Campfire Radio Theater

THE CLEANSED EPISODE 6 – THE DWELLERS(SCI-FI) Rage burns in David’s blood, as hot and incendiary as the coals which lit the crops of The Refuge into a blaze that may leave his people hungry as the brutal winter comes on. As David and his buddy Chris careen on the biodiesel powered ATV “Moby,” Sam, John and the youths land on shore nearby, and realize that a terrible and preventable tragedy is coming on.

A POST-APOCALYPTIC AUDIO ADVENTURE OF OUR TIMES!

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THE LEVIATHAN CHRONICLES CHAPTER 13 – THE FORTUNE COOKIE (SCI-FI) The Leviathan story is centered around a hidden city called Leviathan that lies deep within the dark trenches of the Pacific Ocean. The city is home to a community of immortals that sought to create a utopia over 1,000 years ago. For millennia, they lived in peace and secrecy, gently influencing world events to aid the advancement of mankind. But a terrible secret has been kept deep within the catacombs of Leviathan that threatens the existence of the immortals, and quite possibly the entire world. The Leviathan Chronicles

MONSTER OF HIS MAKING (HALLOWEEN/HORROR) A scary Halloween tale created in the style of Old-Time Radio. Adapted, Directed and Produced by Pete Lutz.  Narada Radio Company