A celebration of stories told through sound.

Bristol Event
Sat 20th May 2017
Radio Atlas
The Cube Microplex

April 7, 2017 / 0 comments

IN THE DARK PRESENTS…. RADIO ATLAS A communal, lights-out listening event showcasing the best in non-English language radio, podcasts and creative audio stories from around the world. In the Dark returns to The Cube Microplex to bring you a night of arthouse cinema (without the pictures).  We’re excited to welcome Eleanor McDowall (senior producer at…

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Belgium Event
28 March 2017
Egodocuments
Brussels

March 22, 2017 / 0 comments

  An extremely intimate listening event, all about me, myself and I. Radio producers Maartje Duin (Grenzeloos Geluid in The Netherlands) and Katharina Smets (In the Dark in Belgium) present Dutch, Flemish and international first person audio stories. With a live performance of Renger by the Dutch poet Nyk de Vries: a mysterious audio piece based on Nyk’s…

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Bristol Event
Weds 29th March 2017
Hope in the Dark
The Lansdown

March 6, 2017 / 0 comments

HOPE [IN THE DARK] A communal, lights-out listening event celebrating the best in audio storytelling from around the world. In the present climate of uncertainty and fear, here is our antidote: an evening of curated audio pieces to raise hope and arouse joy. We bring sonic tales of untold histories and wild possibilities, inspired by…

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London Event
Tuesday 24th January 2017
Underwater Special
Grant Museum of Zoology

January 9, 2017 / 0 comments

For our first of event of 2017, we’re back at the wonderful Grant Museum of Zoology for the third part of our year-long collaboration celebrating the natural world through sound. This time, we are going underwater. The event is inspired by the research of UCL’s Helen Greaves into the biodiversity of ponds. The evening will…

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Manchester Event
27th Nov 2016
Daydreaming In The City
HOME

November 22, 2016 / 0 comments

On 27th November we’ll be in Manchester with our pals from Hubbub as part of a mini-festival called “Daydreaming in the City” at HOME. We’ll be part of a double bill, providing audio delights before a screening of Cocteau’s Orphée. Come along for a wonderful mix of audio, radio and sound art from around the…

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London Event
Friday 2nd December 2016
Giles Cooper Special
The British Library

October 27, 2016 / 0 comments

On 2nd December we are teaming up with our friends at the British Library and Bournemouth University to hold an evening of listening dedicated to Giles Cooper (1918-1966). You may not have heard of Cooper but he was arguably the greatest British radio dramatist of the twentieth century. He was an extraordinarily prolific writer for…

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London Event
October 2016
The Default Mode Radio Network
Mile End Art Pavillion

September 22, 2016 / 0 comments

Throughout October we’re going to be running a radio station with a twist! The Default Mode Radio Network is a broadcast and livestream. Named after the ‘Default Mode Network’, an area of the brain associated with daydreaming, this collaborative broadcast project invites participants to explore radio as a mind wanderer’s medium. At intervals throughout the…

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News
Call for Submissions
Urban Wildlife
Deadline 23rd Sept 2016

September 9, 2016 / 0 comments

If you’re feeling excited by our upcoming London event with the Grant Museum all about urban wildlife, then we have an exciting opportunity to be a part of it.  Break out your microphones, smart-phones and personal recorders and capture the sound of urban nature, for the chance to win £300! Competitors are invited to submit…

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London Event
27th September 2016
Urban Wildlife
Grant Museum of Zoology

September 9, 2016 / 0 comments

We’re not the only animals to call our cities home.  Join us for an after-hours exploration of the sounds of urban wildlife, as part of our year-long collaboration with the Grant Museum of Zoology.  It’s the sound of the city, like you’ve never heard it before. If you’ve ever been woken up by the sounds of…

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