SOUND ART

RADIO PLAYS

Radio stretches the imagination !

Sound provides the information, and the mind paints the images. Clever scripts - poignant, ironic, humorous, dramatic - combined with expressive voices, music and sound effects.

Listen to these samples from SoundArt:

Episode-1 from a series of radio plays on the adventures of the interpid roving reporter: Horrie McMockle. Voices: David Erskine, Anne Simmons, Wayne Anthoney, Sue Oldknow. Written and produced by David Erskine.

A story in soundscape, based on the writings of contoversial American anthropolist Eric Michaels. Dying of AIDS in the Royal Brisbane Hospital, he reflects on his work in remote aboriginal communities and his hometown New York. Voices: Doug Leonard, Hilary O'Neill, David Erskine. Harp: Hilary O'Neill, Digeridu: Stephen Goldsmith. Written by Doug Leonard. Produced by David Erskine.

Written for the national radio campaign: Radio-Stretches-The-Imagination, this piece is inspired by Francoise Sagan's autobiography "Toxique". Voices: Ria Willering, Tom Bates, David Erskine. Written and produced by David Erskine. Recorded at Bill Armstroing Studios, Melbourne.