A Celebration of Stories told Through Sound.
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London Event
19th December
Christmas special with Cathy FitzGerald
Look Mum No Hands KitchenOn 19th December we’ll be holding an In The Dark Christmas special. It will kick off the Caretaker’s Christmas Party hosted by the lovely Cathy FitzGerald, audio producer extraordinaire and Caretaker of the Strange and Charmed school for audio storytellers. Together with Cathy we’ve been rummaging through radio archives past and present to bring […]
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London Event
Monday 6th November
Edgar Allan Poe: The Haunted Palace
Poet In The City
Wilton’s Music HallIn The Dark will be curating a short listening session as part of an evening inspired by the chilling world of Edgar Allan Poe, curated by our friends at Poet In The City. It will be a night of discussion, live poetry, immersive audio and Poe-inspired music. We will hear from fantasy, horror and sci-fi […]
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Bournemouth Event
28th September 2017
Radio Journeys
Crooked BookGood news audio lovers: In The Dark is now holding events in Bournemouth. For the opening event Laura Irving and Hugh Chignell will offer their own Radio Journeys, from their first radio memories to their most recent and exciting. Laura’s audio piece “Quiet Revolution” recently won the Silver Award at the prestigious Charles Parker Prize […]
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London Event
Thursday 7th September
In The City
Open City Doc/Fest
BargehouseIn September we’re back at our favourite festival for non-fiction storytelling, Open City Doc/Fest. We’ll be kicking off with an city themed listening event bringing together audio from radio, podcasts and sound art that explore urban secrets, past and present. WHEN: 7th September 2017, 17.30 WHERE: Open City Doc/Fest Festival Hub, Bargehouse, Barge House St, […]
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London Event
Sunday 10th September
Talk: Radio that Inspired the Podcasting World
Open City Doc/Fest
BargehouseThe rise in popularity of podcasts has prompted many to call this the second golden age of radio. Yet for many listeners creative audio is an art form without an accessible history. In this session In The Dark’s Director, Nina Garthwaite, will play clips from some influential audio works you’re unlikely to have heard. She […]
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London Event
Thurs 17th August 2017
Steve Wadhams
Upstairs @ The Bell PubWe’re delighted that the legendary radio producer Steve Wadhams is in London and will be joining us for an evening of listening in The Bell pub in London. He’ll be curating audio from the work that has inspired him as well as playing some of his own pieces. Born in England in 1945, Steve […]
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London Event
7th July 2017
Whale Weekender Special
Grant MuseumThis is the last of the current series of In the Dark collaborations with the Grant Museum of Zoology, a yearlong collaboration celebrating the natural world through sound… and it promises to be a big one. Like many natural history museums across the world the Grant Museum of Zoology has a specimen of a whale. […]
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London Event
6th July 2017
Nesta Pain Special
British LibraryWe’re back at the British Library in July celebrating another hero of radio past, Nesta Pain. If you’ve not heard Pain’s work before this is not to be missed! Moving to London in 1942 from Birkenhead, the writer/producer began her BBC career in the wartime Features Department, becoming one of its outstanding members. Initially known […]
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London Event
14th July 2017
Sounds of the City
London Transport MuseumIn July we’re at the London Transport Museum for their forthcoming late event: “Come Out To Play”. The evening will draw inspiration from the illustrated posters in their exhibition Sounds of the City. We have looted the archives to bring audio from radio, podcasts and sound art that explore urban soundscapes, past and present. In […]