13 February is World Radio Day! It’s organised by the UN’s Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO) and In The Dark is taking part in the official UNESCO/SOAS Radio event in London. The events will focus on radio for development, with representatives for leading radio NGOs, UNESCO, and development radio practitioners. After the panel discussion, we […]

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Join us at the Wellcome Collection for an evening dedicated to the disembodied voices of spoken word audio. On Friday 1st March we’ll be curating an evening of listening that taps into our complex relationship with the voice, featuring a rich chorus of vocalisations, speech and other oral oddities. The event is open to anyone and […]

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We are very excited to announce that the next round of Sound Bank Grant winners are (in alphabetical order): Simon Attwell + Kim Winter – Under Ground (Mentor: Davia Nelson) Esther Johnson – 88 Keys (Mentor: Nick Ryan) Steve Urquhart – Scissor Secrets (Mentor: Sara Parker) We’ll be back with more news and details of […]

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Love + Radio: Pressure to Be Someone On Friday 4th January we’re celebrating the New Year with an In The Dark special! We’ll be joined by Nick van der Kolk of the Love and Radio podcast for a one-off live episode, performed at the Hackney Attic (above the Hackney Picture House). . A music-documentary hybrid version […]

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There’s only one month left until our current project “The Invisible Picture Palace” draws to a close (at least in its current guise!).  So if you haven’t already, make sure you get down to the Wapping Project and pay us a visit. We’ve got audio and radio stories galore on vinyl, tape and handmade CD […]

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This weekend the Invisible Picture Palace will be popping up at the Interrobang festival – London’s premier festival of words and whimsy. The festival will be held at the Betsy Trotwood and we’ll be there from midday – 3.30 and our Director, Nina Garthwaite will be giving a talk about our spoken word vinyl collection from […]

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  In The Dark is very pleased to announce the launch of the third Sound Bank Grant Scheme , an international fund for adventurous audio. The Sound Bank scheme is offering funding of between £500 and £1500 towards the production of new audio pieces of 3 to 15 minutes duration each. The fund is open […]

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In The Dark is traveling to Chicago this week for the brilliant Third Coast Conference. If you’re going to be in Chicago, don’t forget to come and say hello at our gather round session at 3.45 on Saturday at the McCormick Tribune Center (NU campus) where we’ll be launching the third round of the Sound […]

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From 11th September In The Dark’s Director, Nina Garthwaite, will be presenting a new series of Short Cuts on BBC Radio 4. Every Tuesday at 3.00pm for the next 6 weeks you’ll be able to hear lots of inspiring audio shorts (and on listen again for a week – check here for the latest >> […]

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