A Playground for Sound.
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London Event
June 2016
Louis MacNeice Special Series
British LibraryOur friends at the British Library are holding a wonderful series of listening events exploring the work of writer and radio producer Louis MacNeice. Each of these radio programmes from the archives will be introduced briefly by Amanda Wrigley, the curator of the season, and will be followed by discussion with an expert in MacNeice […]
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London Event
22nd June 2016
Dark Room
Open City Doc Fest
UCLBring along your audio or just come along and listen as we play and give feedback on a selection of works in progress in front of a friendly crowd. This is a creative gathering where you can share your ideas and independent projects, however developed, with like-minded producers. Audio played will be eligible for the Dark Room […]
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London Event
30th May 2016
Special Danish Season
Part 1: “In a Relationship With…”
Deptford CinemaWe’re digging into the radio and audio archives to bring you a special series of events exploring the history of Danish radio. We’re starting out with “In a relationship with…” a classic love story taking place in a modern world. Beginning on facebook and continuing into real life, it’s a story filled with unpredictable twists […]
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Bristol Event
5th May 2016
Radio Americana
Plead the FifthDo 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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Bristol Event
13th May 2016
PARASKEVIDEKATRIAPHOBIA
Mayfest
Wardrobe TheatreIn the Dark & Mayfest Radio present Paraskevidekatriaphobia (the fear of Friday 13th). A communal, lights-out listening event at The Wardrobe Theatre. Come and get (un) lucky for Friday the 13th with a night of audio adventures and storytelling in sound from In the Dark. Radio tales of good luck run dry, bad omens, ill fortune, […]
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London Event
15th March 2016
Bats
Grant Museum of Zoology,UCLThis month we’ve teamed up with The Grant Museum and Bat Detective for an after hours auditory exploration of bats. Bats use sound like no other animal, using ultrasonic waves of sound to navigate and find prey in a world of near complete darkness. Discover the strange and unheard calls of these creatures of […]
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News
Whicker’s World
Deadline Extended!
Audio Award
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2016Good news! The application deadline for the Whicker Awards has been extended until 14th February 2016! The In The Dark Audio Award is taking a sabbatical year, but never fear! We’ve teamed up with The Whickers World Foundation who have created a new audio award, to be presented at Sheffield Doc/Fest, dedicated to reward outstanding […]
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London Event
Sold Out
26th January 2016
Iain Chambers
The BellWe are so happy to be kicking off 2016 with composer and producer, Iain Chambers. Iain has a unique history working in sound and radio, having produced specialist music programmes for BBC Radio 3 for 10 years, co-founded music concrète collective Langham Research Centre and formed the forward-thinking arts and media co-operative Open Audio. Most recently […]
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The Dark Room
Junk Log 034
RI+Margate ResidencyBack in October the In The Dark London gang were invited to take part in a week long residency in Margate for the PRAH Foundation. They did lots of listening, recording and improvised musical audio drama (really). Some things worked, some didn’t, some will definitely work at some point in the future (when we get […]