A celebration of stories told through sound.

Bristol Event
5th May 2016
Radio Americana
Plead the Fifth

March 15, 2016 / 0 comments

Do Americans make the best radio….? We all know about This American Life, Serial and Radiolab but what else are those sonic geniuses cooking up over there? In the Dark is returning to Bristol’s Food Connections Festival for the third year running with a celebration of all things USA – the very best American radio stories accompanied…

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London Event
9th November 2015
Resonance FM and the Resonance Radio Orchestra
The Social

October 15, 2015 / 0 comments

Resonance FM, London’s groundbreaking art radio station returns to In The Dark. Join us at The Social for a hand picked selection of experimental rarities from an archive covering more than thirteen years of highly original broadcasting. In a first for In The Dark, Resonance Radio Orchestra will join us for a live radio art performance written and composed…

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London Event
8th Oct – 3rd December 2015
Inner Voices…Inner Worlds
British Library

October 1, 2015 / 0 comments

We’re back at the British Library and for this season we’ve been thinking about people’s imaginations, their dreamscapes, their inner voices and inner worlds. Paul Wilson (Curator of Radio at British Library), Hugh Chignell (Professor of Media History at Bournemouth University) and Dr Amanda Wrigley (Research Fellow at University of Westminster) have delved into the archives…

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Manchester Event
28th October 2015
Cravings
MOSI

September 30, 2015 / 0 comments

In the Dark Radio returns to the Manchester Science Festival, with a sonic exploration of food, cravings, and appetite. In a specially-commissioned work by the award-winning sound designer, Eloise Whitmore, In the Dark brings you gastronomic sounds & culinary noises. Join us for an audio adventure through our mysterious desires. From the science of food…

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London Event
22nd – 24th October
The Stone Tape
St Andrew Church Crypt

September 25, 2015 / 0 comments

In October we’re teaming up with Radio 4 Drama for a unique experiment, merging traditional broadcast, communal listening and theatrical installation. We will be holding a series of gathered listenings of the radio remake of cult classic TV ghost story by Nigel Kneale: The Stone Tape. This will be an immersive experience, with the piece…

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Bristol Event
Tues 27th October
Ring
Arnos Vale Cemetery

September 25, 2015 / 0 comments

In October we’re teaming up with Radio 4 Drama for a unique experiment, merging traditional broadcast with communal listening in a fantastically atmospheric setting. We will be holding a gathered listening of Ring – a radio adaptation of the classic Japanese horror novel by Koji Suzuki, which inspired the infamous film. This will be an…

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London Event
4th – 27th September 2015
A Mile In My Shoes
Totally Thames

September 10, 2015 / 0 comments

Part shoe-shop, part audio-portrait, A Mile in My Shoes is a portrait of the people and live and work on the banks of the Thames, created by The Empathy Museum, in association with In The Dark. A Mile in My Shoes is an audio portrait of a square mile in Wandsworth featuring local residents and…

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London Event
4th September 2015
Relaxation/Cacophony Tape
The Wellcome Collection

July 29, 2015 / 0 comments

Join In The Dark and the rest of the Hubbub residents at the Wellcome Collection for an evening investigating rest and its opposites: from daydreaming and the problem with work to aircraft noise and lullabies. Explore the meanings of noise, tumult, activity and relaxation through talks, performances, films, installations and workshops. As part of this late…

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Manchester Event
30th July 2015
Award Winner
Kvinden på Isen
The Castle Hotel

July 6, 2015 / 0 comments

A rare opportunity to hear work in translation from the cult Danish Podcast ‘Third Ear‘, this special event presents the winner of the 2015 In The Dark Audio Documentary Award, presented at Sheffield Doc/fest earlier this month. Kvinden på Isen (The Woman On The Ice) tells the story of Karen Roos, a young Danish woman,…

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