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Theatre of the mind
Recently Bruce gave a presentation to the Leura Literary Group. As avid readers this group really appreciates the ‘theatre of the mind’ that radio dramas create. Most of the members were very familiar with radio dramas from years gone by and commented on how so...

The Voice of Jack Seager
As a character, Jack Seager polarises people – love him or loathe him, he’s a compelling character. The man who was the voice of Jack Seager actually hated him. Ric Hutton was the antitheses of Jack and so found it difficult to play the role at times. However,...

Early Cactus
How Green Was My Cactus started life with such wonderful characters as King Bonza the Charismatic, Queen Hayseed, Pall Bearer the Treasurer, Little Johnny, Andrew Snowpea, Ian Sinkhole, Charles Pointless, Queen Bessie of Buckinghuge Palace, amongst many others. ...

Remember Vida Lorne
A young couple has been apartment hunting for weeks – without success until they find a penthouse apartment on top of a tall, aging building in central New York. The wife is ecstatic about the apartment and must live there. However she becomes obsessed with of the...

Volume 12 of The Passing Parade
It’s here already! Volume 12 of The Passing Parade walked in the door late yesterday and has now been added to the shop. On this Volume, John Doremus narrates more fascinating stories which include Genghis Khan, Tchaikovsky, Fatty Arbuckle, Louis Renault,...

Multi-Buy Options
We’ve been gradually introducing multi-buy options to our on-line shop. This makes it easier to buy a variety of CD’s from the same series, eg The Castlereagh Line, Night Beat, Address Unknown, The Passing Parade and Yes, What? By going to the shop and...

Volume 11 of The Passing Parade
Volume 11 of The Passing Parade has just arrived – in stock and in the shop! More great stories presented by John Doremus, with tracks including the story behind Moby Dick, Sigmund Freud, Balmoral Castle, Billie Holiday and The Man They Couldn’t Hang. A total of 50...

Character Voices
Keith Scott and Robyn Moore – the voice stars of How Green Was My Cactus and many other radio and television shows, movies and ads – demonstrate some of their skills on these fabulous clips. Just click on the link to watch the interviews and see them at work… Keith...

Actors doing sound effects
Many Australian actors enjoyed doing sound effects as part of their role. Some of these included James Condon, Dinah Shearing, Amber Mae Cecil (daughter of director Lawrence Cecil) and Coral Lansbury (daughter of Oscar Lansbury and mother of Malcolm Turnbull). One who...

SFX
Ever wondered how sound effects were created before computers gave us everything at our fingertips? Take a look at the original Grace Gibson Productions Sound Effects Door. This ‘door’ is actually a wooden cabinet with doors, switches, bells, locks, etc on its...