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S2 E08 — Are You Ready, B*tch?

Soundworlds - April 28, 2022 11:22 - 17 minutes
Writer and theatre-maker Travis Alabanza conjures a riotous fantasy of spectacular queer resistance, sparked by the apparently mundane act of four trans friends leaving the house together. With an original score by DJ and producer Mwen. Featuring Afi, Chloe Filani, Alexis Meshida & Ebun Sodipo. D...

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S2 E07 — iLoop

Soundworlds - March 17, 2022 10:00 - 35 minutes
Musician and theatre-maker Aminita Francis uses looped vocals, song and spoken word to navigate her own mental health crisis in this virtuosic new piece of solo hip-hop theatre. With additional music and production by Matt Huxley, sound design and mixing by Ross Flight, and directed by Patrick Ea...

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S2 E06 — WORK

Soundworlds - February 24, 2022 10:00 - 32 minutes
Playwright and performer Joana Nastari presents a new sonic theatre piece based on her award-winning theatrical love letter to strippers: Fuck You Pay Me. With a banging favela-funk score by Char Bickley. Starring Joana Nastari and Chloe Petts. Directed by Bethany Pitts, dramaturgy by Bethany Pit...

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S2 E05 — Town Is By The Sea

Soundworlds - February 03, 2022 10:00 - 19 minutes
Anna Rheingans of folk duo The Rheingans Sisters provides vivid musical tableaux in this sonic adaptation of Joanne Schwartz's award-winning children's book, depicting a day in the life of a young boy growing up in a seaside mining town in Nova Scotia. Featuring Vox Smith as Davey. Directed by Pa...

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S2 E04 — CARE

Soundworlds - January 20, 2022 10:39 - 38 minutes
Canadian performance company Quote Unquote Collective construct a multicultural, multi-national, multi-lingual rallying cry for universal childcare, using a cappella vocal music and verbatim interviews with caregivers from around the world. Crafted by Amy Nostbakken & Norah Sadava. Additional mix...

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S2 E03 — A Christmas Party

Soundworlds - December 02, 2021 10:13 - 33 minutes
Singer-songwriter Douglas Dare plays a festive living-room set at an East London Christmas party in this holiday special, which embroils the listener in all the messiness of the season. With text co-written and performed by George Heyworth. Conceived and directed by Patrick Eakin Young. Full cred...

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S2 E02 — Outside Is The Sky

Soundworlds - November 23, 2021 18:47 - 30 minutes
Aho Ssan's experimental electronic album Simulacrum becomes a sonic dystopia and the setting for a chilling fable that draws on the artist's own experiences growing up in the French suburbs. With text by James Ginzburg. Voices by Tevye Matheson. Conceived and directed by Patrick Eakin Young. Full...

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S2 E01 — After Weeks of Rain

Soundworlds - November 04, 2021 10:18 - 19 minutes
Christopher Cerrone's pulsing electroacoustic album Liminal Highway is transformed into a luminous landscape for this dreamlike journey through city streets, in pursuit of a mysterious woman. With text by Stephanie Fleischmann and flutes by Tim Munro. Performed by Ally Murphy. Conceived and direc...

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Season 2 Trailer

Soundworlds - October 13, 2021 09:48 - 2 minutes
Welcome back to Soundworlds! Here's a little taste of our upcoming season, which launches on 4th November 2021. We'll be releasing new brand new sonic theatre projects every fortnight. Subscribe to the Soundworlds feed on your favourite podcast app and you'll be sure not to miss out! Hosted on ...

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Home Tapes - Part 1: Two Different Skies

Soundworlds - October 29, 2020 06:00 - 17 minutes
The first of three new sonic theatre commissions from artists on the Erased Tapes label, reflecting on the concept of "home". Composer-saxophonist Daniel Thorne contrasts vivid, sensuous impressions from his childhood home of Perth, Australia, and from his adopted home of Liverpool, England. Writ...

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Home Tapes - Part 2: Local Landscapes in the West of Ireland

Soundworlds - October 29, 2020 05:59 - 18 minutes
The second of three new sonic theatre commissions from artists on the Erased Tapes label, reflecting on the concept of "home". American multi-instrumentalist and singer Peter Broderick takes a wander through the landscapes, both natural and manmade, of his adopted home on the west coast of Irelan...

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Home Tapes - Part 3: Coming Home

Soundworlds - October 29, 2020 05:58 - 18 minutes
The last of three new sonic theatre commissions from artists on the Erased Tapes label, reflecting on the concept of "home". English songsmith Douglas Dare shares the euphoria of a night out with his chosen family: the fabulous denizens of London's queer East End. Composed, performed and recorded...

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Home Tapes - Post-Show Discussion

Soundworlds - October 29, 2020 05:57 - 36 minutes
Singer-songwriter Douglas Dare and Erased Tapes founder Robert Raths discuss Home Tapes with Soundworlds director Patrick Eakin Young. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Man On Wire

Soundworlds - October 15, 2020 04:59 - 32 minutes
Club Gewalt's electro-pop documentary based on Philippe Petit’s legendary tightrope walk between New York’s Twin Towers in 1974. In this new audio adaptation of their 2014 production, members of the Rotterdam-based performance collective relate Petit's extraordinary feat to their own ambitions an...

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Man On Wire - Post-Show Discussion

Soundworlds - October 15, 2020 04:58 - 28 minutes
Club Gewalt members Sanna Elon Vrij and Robbert Klein discuss Man On Wire, making work as a collective and millennial perspectives on opera, with Soundworlds director Patrick Eakin Young. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love - Part 1: Gazebo

Soundworlds - October 01, 2020 04:30 - 14 minutes
The first of four sonic theatre miniatures inspired by the suffocating interiors and suburban tableaux of Raymond Carver's iconic 1981 short story collection. "Gazebo" is adapted and directed by Patrick Eakin Young, with music by Matt Huxley. Full credits at www.soundworlds.org. Hosted on Acast...

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love - Part 2: Sacks

Soundworlds - October 01, 2020 04:29 - 14 minutes
The second of four sonic theatre miniatures inspired by the suffocating interiors and suburban tableaux of Raymond Carver's iconic 1981 short story collection. "Sacks" is adapted and directed by Patrick Eakin Young, with music by Matt Huxley. Full credits at www.soundworlds.org. Hosted on Acast...

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love - Part 3: I Could See The Smallest Thing

Soundworlds - October 01, 2020 04:28 - 16 minutes
The third of four sonic theatre miniatures inspired by the suffocating interiors and suburban tableaux of Raymond Carver's iconic 1981 short story collection. "I Could See The Smallest Thing" is adapted and directed by Patrick Eakin Young, with music and sound design by Alex Groves. Featuring voc...

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love - Part 4: What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

Soundworlds - October 01, 2020 04:27 - 16 minutes
The last of four sonic theatre miniatures inspired by the suffocating interiors and suburban tableaux of Raymond Carver's iconic 1981 short story collection. "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" is adapted and directed by Patrick Eakin Young, with music by Matt Huxley and sound design by ...

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love - Post-Show Discussion

Soundworlds - October 01, 2020 04:26 - 40 minutes
Director Patrick Eakin Young and composers Matt Huxley and Alex Groves discuss What We Talk About When We Talk About Love with visual artist Jonah Sack. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Remnants - Part 1

Soundworlds - September 17, 2020 05:04 - 23 minutes
The first in a three-part sonic theatre piece by Patrick Eakin Young, based on Courtney Angela Brkic’s memoir The Stone Fields. Drawn to Bosnia by her family history, Courtney joins a UN forensics team helping to excavate the mass graves at Srebrenica, unbeknownst to her father. Featuring a score...

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Remnants - Part 2

Soundworlds - September 17, 2020 05:02 - 17 minutes
The second in a three-part sonic theatre piece by Patrick Eakin Young, based on Courtney Angela Brkic’s memoir The Stone Fields. Courtney tells the sad tale of her aunt Ljubica who fell in love with a war criminal. Featuring a score by Christian Mason and Shelley Parker, based on traditional Balk...

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Remnants - Part 3

Soundworlds - September 17, 2020 05:01 - 21 minutes
The third in a three-part sonic theatre piece by Patrick Eakin Young, based on Courtney Angela Brkic’s memoir The Stone Fields. Courtney concludes the story of her grandmother Andjelka, who was arrested for hiding her Jewish lover from the Fascists. Featuring a score by Christian Mason and Shelle...

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Remnants - Post-Show Discussion

Soundworlds - September 17, 2020 05:00 - 42 minutes
Director Patrick Eakin Young, writer Courtney Angela Brkic and composer Christian Mason discuss Remnants with Rachel Donnelly, Project Manager for the Second World War and Holocaust Partnership programme at the Imperial War Museum. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Welcome to Soundworlds

Soundworlds - July 02, 2020 13:57 - 4 minutes
Soundworlds creator Patrick Eakin Young introduces the concept of sonic theatre and gives a taste of what to expect from our first season. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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