A celebration of stories told through sound.

Lisbon event
Wednesday, 13th Fev 2019
World Radio Day
Lisboa Incomum

February 2, 2019 / 0 comments

  We will celebrate World Radio Day with a listening event curated by the Portuguese anthropologist Filipe Reis, professor at the ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon. Reis has been dedicating his research to the radio field and to the anthropology of sound. This event is a collaboration between In The Dark Lisboa, the Festival…

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Lisbon event
Friday, 25th Jan 2019
A Música é uma arma
ICA – Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual

January 12, 2019 / 0 comments

  “A música é uma arma” (Music as a Weapon) is the name of our next In The Dark Lisbon event. We will present a series of music-related audio pieces about the bright and the dark side of sound.  This In The Dark Lisbon session is in English with Portuguese subtitles.   WHEN: Friday 25th…

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Lisbon event
Sat 8th Dec 2018
Christmas Special
Casa Raphael Baldaya

November 28, 2018 / 0 comments

In The Dark is starting a series of listening events in Lisbon, Portugal. Join us at Casa Raphael Baldaya for a Christmas themed session. We have a wonderful selection of audio pieces that tell stories from the battlefield, adventures and birth. This In The Dark Lisbon session is in English with no subtitles.   WHEN:…

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Bristol Event
Thurs 4th Oct 2018
5th Birthday Party
The Wardrobe Theatre

August 30, 2018 / 0 comments

We’re having a party and you’re invited! In The Dark is celebrating 5 sweet years of communal lights out listening across Bristol. Over the years we’ve welcomed you to some of Bristol’s most iconic venues. Now to mark our birthday, we’re having a party in one of the city’s most exciting and we would love…

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London Event
Thurs 6th September
Words from Inside (St Maur Prison) by René Farabet
Open City Doc Fest

August 20, 2018 / 0 comments

  “What is listening? An intense and respectful way of coming close to the Other”. This event will remember the work of René Farabet (1934 – 2017), a master of the creative audio feature. Just over a year since his death we will celebrate his legacy and the inspiration it gave to many producers around…

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London Event
Fri 7 September
The Tyranny of Story: A Workshop for Academics and Storytellers From All Mediums
Open City Doc Fest

August 20, 2018 / 0 comments

It is said we are living in a ‘golden age of storytelling’, with the term used frequently by academics, journalism and documentary-makers alike. But might the quest for a “good story” risk undermining both good research and good journalism? This session will offer a series of short provocations on this theme, followed by break-away discussion…

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London Event
6 Sep – 4 Oct
Soundhouse:The Listening Body
Barbican

August 20, 2018 / 0 comments

Audiophiles! Throughout September we’re collaborating with the wonderful Falling Tree Productions to bring you a month long line-up of events, audio installations and workshops in the Barbican. Listening to creative radio and podcasts is often considered a secondary activity – one you might do in motion, submerged in a hot bath or lying in bed…

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Bristol Event
Tues 17th July 2018
In the Dark **LIVE**
John Osborne + Special Guest
The Brunswick Club

June 19, 2018 / 0 comments

For this summer-special In The Dark [live] we’re bringing together two of our favourite radio writer-performers together in Bristol’s only Working Men’s Club turned anarchist art space, The Brunswick Club. John Osborne and Ross Sutherland will be performing together *for the first time*. Regulars to In The Dark Bristol will know how much we love…

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Bournemouth Event
2nd May 2018
Listening to our Environment
Bournemouth Natural Science Society

April 6, 2018 / 0 comments

  We hear our environment day to day- but how often are we really listening? Sound practitioner and researcher Panos Amelidis will discuss the importance of listening to, appreciating, utilising and conserving the sound that surrounds us. From the historic taxidermy stuffed Museum Room of the Bournemouth Natural Science Society, Panos will take us on…

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