A Celebration of Stories told Through Sound.
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Bristol Event
Weds 29th March 2017
Hope in the Dark
The LansdownHOPE [IN THE DARK] A communal, lights-out listening event celebrating the best in audio storytelling from around the world. In the present climate of uncertainty and fear, here is our antidote: an evening of curated audio pieces to raise hope and arouse joy. We bring sonic tales of untold histories and wild possibilities, inspired by […]
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London Event
Tuesday 24th January 2017
Underwater Special
Grant Museum of ZoologyFor our first of event of 2017, we’re back at the wonderful Grant Museum of Zoology for the third part of our year-long collaboration celebrating the natural world through sound. This time, we are going underwater. The event is inspired by the research of UCL’s Helen Greaves into the biodiversity of ponds. The evening will […]
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Manchester Event
27th Nov 2016
Daydreaming In The City
HOMEOn 27th November we’ll be in Manchester with our pals from Hubbub as part of a mini-festival called “Daydreaming in the City” at HOME. We’ll be part of a double bill, providing audio delights before a screening of Cocteau’s Orphée. Come along for a wonderful mix of audio, radio and sound art from around the […]
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London Event
Friday 2nd December 2016
Giles Cooper Special
The British LibraryOn 2nd December we are teaming up with our friends at the British Library and Bournemouth University to hold an evening of listening dedicated to Giles Cooper (1918-1966). You may not have heard of Cooper but he was arguably the greatest British radio dramatist of the twentieth century. He was an extraordinarily prolific writer for […]
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London Event
October 2016
The Default Mode Radio Network
Mile End Art PavillionThroughout October we’re going to be running a radio station with a twist! The Default Mode Radio Network is a broadcast and livestream. Named after the ‘Default Mode Network’, an area of the brain associated with daydreaming, this collaborative broadcast project invites participants to explore radio as a mind wanderer’s medium. At intervals throughout the […]
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News
Call for Submissions
Urban Wildlife
Deadline 23rd Sept 2016If you’re feeling excited by our upcoming London event with the Grant Museum all about urban wildlife, then we have an exciting opportunity to be a part of it. Break out your microphones, smart-phones and personal recorders and capture the sound of urban nature, for the chance to win £300! Competitors are invited to submit […]
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London Event
27th September 2016
Urban Wildlife
Grant Museum of ZoologyWe’re not the only animals to call our cities home. Join us for an after-hours exploration of the sounds of urban wildlife, as part of our year-long collaboration with the Grant Museum of Zoology. It’s the sound of the city, like you’ve never heard it before. If you’ve ever been woken up by the sounds of […]
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London Event
CANCELLED
Fri 30th September 2016, midday
Cross Stitch and Radio
Rest and its discontents
Mile End Art PavillionMany apologies, we’re afraid this event has been cancelled. For our first event for the the “Rest and its discontents” exhibition we’re collaborating with writer and journalist Penny Anderson. Penny is known for her unique artwork that combines overheard tetsimonies with the traditional craft of cross stitching. Penny will be giving a beginners how-to that […]
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London Event
Tue 4th October 2016
Mindwandering: good for the mind?
Mile End Art PavillionIn The Dark’s Nina Garthwaite will be on a panel including Psychiatrist Philip Asherson, literary scholar Shannon McBriar and psychologist Joydeep Bhattacharya to discuss mind-wandering. The event is chaired by BBC presenter Claudia Hammond. As recently as a decade ago, the phenomenon of ‘mind-wandering’ – which is to say: a kind of mental restlessness; an […]