A celebration of stories told through sound.

Feature about In The Dark on Deutsche Welle

September 26, 2010 / 0 comments

A lovely piece about In The Dark made by Sarah Stolarz for Deutsche Welle! “While films and documentaries enjoy a well-established place in the world’s cultural imagination, their aural counterpart –the Radio Feature, seems to live in a strange and much neglected no-man’s land somewhere between journalism and art. Sarah Stolarz went to meet the…

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Sunday 26th September, 8.00pm: In The Dark Featuring Resonance FM @ The Jellyfish Theatre

September 9, 2010 / 1 comment

This month In The Dark teams up with Resonance FM’s Ed Baxter to curate a night of audio oddness, unnatural radio and unsettling soundscapes in one of London’s newest venues. Mixing everything from 70s audio porn to TS Eliot by way of Leslie Phillips, In The Dark promises you a thoroughly unusual night at the…

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A great night with the Hackney Podcast and many more to come!

August 19, 2010 / 0 comments

We had a really wonderful time last night with Francesca Panetta from the Hackney Podcast sharing with us her recent podcast “Night” as well as a few picks of radio and audio that have inspired her. There was a huge turnout with the upstairs at Passing Clouds packed with lots of new faces, as well…

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18th August 2010, 7.30pm In The Dark @ Passing Clouds featuring The Hackney Podcast

July 24, 2010 / 1 comment

On August 18th Francesca Panetta of the award-winning Hackney Podcast will be putting on the In The Dark curator’s cap and choosing a selection of audio and documentary features for your aural delight. The evening will include the works of Radiolab and Kaffe Matthews, as well as a close listening of The Hackney Podcast’s most…

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Still stuffed with delicious food after In The Dark @ Home and plotting the next instalment!

July 2, 2010 / 0 comments

After a successful evening with Leo inspiring (and occasionally unsettling) our audience with his great selection of audio we received some really great comments and feedback… for those of you yet to take the plunge into the dark, we’ve posted a few of them below: “Utterly fantastic- I enjoyed it immensely- it’s so unique an…

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Special Event: In The Dark at Home, 1st July, 7.30pm

June 7, 2010 / 0 comments

Bringing us back down to earth following the the glitz and glamour of our week at LIDF In The Dark will be holding a cosy event at a secret venue in South London on 1st July. Until now our events have all been in bars and cinemas, but this time we’re trying something different. We’ll…

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Discussion: The Rebirth of Radio – Crafted Audio in the Digital Age

April 19, 2010 / 2 comments

The Courthouse Hotel Cinema, 1st May 2010, 3.00pm – 5.00pm, FREE Discussion with guests Tony Phillips (BBC World Service), Francesca Panetta (The Guardian, Hackney Podcast), Chris Brookes (Battery Radio), Nina Perry (UK) and Chaired by Alan Hall (Falling Tree Productions). Register here >>

Little Woman: What Now? + Discussion with Berit Hedemann

April 17, 2010 / 1 comment

The Courthouse Hotel Cinema, 30th April 2010, 7.30pm – 9.30pm, £6.00/£8.00 A hymn to Pamela Anderson, the Norwegian economy and all the country’s 11 year old girls. From women’s magazine editors to a young bulimia sufferer, Berit Hedemann’s Little Woman explores the consequences of Norway’s oil-fuelled economic boom on its women. The piece provocatively cuts…

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Songs My Mother Taught Me + Discussion with Chris Brookes

April 17, 2010 / 1 comment

The Courthouse Hotel Cinema, 1st May 2010, 7.30pm – 9.30pm, £8.00/£6.00 Chris Brookes’ personal style of feature-making can be heard at its most intriguing – and at times most uncomfortable – in this “documentary novel” about war brides – women, including his own mother, who married allied servicemen stationed in Britain during World War II….

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