Fitzrovia Radio Hour: radio-drama revival troupe

By Cory Doctorow on Boing Boing:

Fitzrovia Radio Hour is a radio-drama performance troupe in the UK who do over-the-top, steampunky stories that pay homage to the golden age of British radio plays. I saw them perform live at one of the White Mischief steampunk nights at the Scala near King's Cross, and they were superb -- full costume, great period-appropriate foley gadgets, and wonderful performances. They've got a podcast, too!

Kristin Lucas, "The Dispatcher: Carrying Green"

Kristin Lucas' radio play "The Dispatcher: Carrying Green" airs as free103point9's contribution to the Radia network, 2 p.m. Th. Jan. 17 (-5 GMT). "The Dispatcher: Carrying Green is a political satire and comedy set in the near future. New York City is nicknamed The Big Orange after decades of relentless government-issued orange alert status. The play chronicles the day-to-day engagements of a radio dispatcher for hire (private contractor of the airwaves). Among dispatch clientele are a neighborhood vigilante patrol of canine-identified humans formed out of a therapeutic support group. They call themselves the Sniff Squad.

Commissioned by 6th Werkleitz Biennale September 1 - 5, 2004 in Halle (Salle), Germany for this year's festival theme Common Property. Written and directed by Kristin Lucas. Sound recording by Tom Roe at free103point9 studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Animals of the Bible of San Antonio and Zom Zoms of Austin provided the music. "The Dispatcher: Carrying Green" is a political satire and comedy set in the near future. New York City is nicknamed The Big Orange after decades of relentless government-issued orange alert status. The play chronicles the day-to-day engagements of a radio dispatcher for hire (private contractor of the airwaves). Among dispatch clientele are a neighborhood vigilante patrol of canine-identified humans formed out of a therapeutic support group. They call themselves the Sniff Squad. Commissioned by 6th Werkleitz Biennale taking place September 1 - 5, 2004 in Halle (Salle), Germany for this year's festival theme Common Property. Written and directed by Kristin Lucas. Sound recording by Tom Roe at free103point9 studio in Brooklyn, New York. Animals of the Bible of San Antonio and Zom Zoms of Austin provided the music. Cast includes Theodore Bouloukos, Edward Campbell, Lori Fine, Erzen Krupka, Kelly McNeill, Jens Rasmussen, Wendy Levy, and Celestina Wolcolo. Kristin Lucas received her BFA from Cooper Union in New York in 1994. She has been screening and exhibiting work in the US and abroad since 1996. Her sci-fi distopias and conspiracy theories balance seriousness with humor, and have resulted in video, internet, sculpture, performance, text, and installation works. Lucas's works are represented by Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) and Postmasters Gallery in New York. Lucas taught performance and video art at University of Texas in Austin in Spring '04. She currently resides in the Bay Area where she is pursuing a Masters degree at Stanford University. Cast includes Theodore Bouloukos, Edward Campbell, Lori Fine, Erzen Krupka, Kelly McNeill, Jens Rasmussen, Wendy Levy, and Celestina Wolcolo.

Kristin Lucas received her BFA from Cooper Union in New York in 1994. She has been screening and exhibiting work in the US and abroad since 1996. Her sci-fi distopias and conspiracy theories balance seriousness with humor, and have resulted in video, internet, sculpture, performance, text, and installation works. Lucas's works are represented by Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI) and Postmasters Gallery in New York. Lucas taught performance and video art at University of Texas in Austin in Spring '04. She currently resides in the Bay Area where she is pursuing a Masters degree at Stanford University.

Radia is a network of independent radio stations, including free103point9, who have a common interest in promoting and producing artworks for the radio, and in forming related projects based on broadcasting and cultural exchange. Radia members produce a weekly radio show that is broadcast by each of the member radio stations. The shows represent the local artistic community of each station, whilst at the same time these new works point to an emergent collective notion of self-determined art for radio.

Other stations in Radia network besides free103point9 include Radio Campus (Belgium), Radio Grenouille (France), Kanal 103 (Macedonia), Lemurie TAZ (Czech Republic), Orange 94.0 (Austria), Resonance 104.4-FM (UK), Tilos Radio (Hungary), Radio Zero (Portugal), Radio Panik (Belgium), bootlab (Germany), SounDart Radio (UK), InterSpace (Belgium), and Orf Kunstradio (Austria). http://www.radia.fm/.
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Noises Off: A director's process

From George Hunka in Superfluities Redux:

....All this is a roundabout way of saying that, as part of my unusual practice these days of writing for web sites other than my own, a report of my visit to a rehearsal for Richard Foreman's next show is now up at the Ontological-Hysteric production blog -- behind the scenes, into the kitchen or the atelier, whatever. Perhaps you will learn something about Foreman, or about the directorial process itself. At any rate, it's a chance to hear about some unique theatre artists at work. I don't think we'll be seeing a show like Richard's Theatre Nightmares on the Fox network anytime soon -- there's much less yelling and bawling, and only rarely do Foreman's performers and technicians respond with a deferential "Yes, chef!" to his notes. But for those who'd like to see it, free103point9 offers a real-time audio and video webcast of Foreman's rehearsals for "Deep Trance Behavior in Potatoland" every Friday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.