DWS Audio is delighted to announce that our recent full-length audio drama ‘Enquiry Agents’ is being showcased at this year’s UK International Audio Drama Festival. The week long festival runs from 24th – 28th March in Canterbury. Our drama can be heard online at the festival website over the next month. Radio Drama Festival
At DWS Audio we’re looking forward to uploading some new drama content over the coming months. Our fabulous students have been busy working on two new drama serials. The first of these is ENQUIRY AGENTS, a detective drama set in late-1960s Brighton (listen to the trailer below). The second, STARGAZERS, is a science-fiction serial that enters production next month. Further details and release dates to follow.
Sixth Form student James Monaghan recently represented the school at this year’s festival where his play, written and co-produced with George Norris, was showcased. ‘The Perfect Christmas Present’ can be heard on the International Arts UK website (below):
You can also vote for George and James’s play in the Audience Award category (below)!
UK International Audio Drama Festival 2024 Survey (surveymonkey.com)
The Listening sessions in the grounds of Canterbury Cathedral (March 2024)
It’s incredible to think that our audio blog is now six years old! The students have created so much fabulous content over the years and won several awards along the way. Having our work regularly feature on BBC Radio Kent and BBC Sounds has also been a thrill.
As we look forward to our seventh year we have more exciting content planned. Look out for two brand new drama serials featuring members of our Blackbox Theatre Company. We’re also planning to record an ‘as live’ radio play just like they used to do in the old days!
Happy listening in 2024!
Starting on Tuesday 14th November, Darrick Wood School will be performing ‘The Wizard of Oz’ across three nights in the main hall. Tickets are still available if you would like to come and support our amazing students.
Below is an extract from the musical specially recorded by George Norris (the Scarecrow) and Abigail Walters (Dorothy) to whet your appetite.
DWS Audio has entered this year’s Young Audio Awards in the ‘Station of the Year’ category. To enter, each school is required to send a 15-minute show-reel of their best bits. Below is a show-reel of our very own highlights from the last year! A big thank you to all of our students for their contribution to our audio blog.
It’s still not too late to vote for Isabella Larena’s play ‘The Guy Who Called’ in the audience award category. Just go to the website below and follow the link to the voting page.
This weekend (January 28-29th) Darrick Wood School will be one of six UK schools and universities participating in ‘The Transmission’ Festival being held in Tirana, Albania. Supported by funding from the EU over thirty schools and universities across Europe have been recording one of six plays written by a professional playwright.
DWS Audio chose to record a play entitled ‘My Mother is a Murderer’. It will be available to listen to here shortly.
This week four more episodes of our audio drama serial ‘Rough Diamonds’ were broadcast on Leo Ulph’s Upload show on BBC Radio Kent. We are so grateful to Leo and the BBC for championing the work of our students. You can catch up with this week’s episode via BBC Sounds (below):
Upload on BBC Radio Kent – 21/11/2022 – BBC Sounds
from 11.30 – 15.40
Upload on BBC Radio Kent – 22/11/2022 – BBC Sounds
from 10.30 – 17.00
Upload on BBC Radio Kent – 23/11/2022 – BBC Sounds
from 48.30 – 53.30
Upload on BBC Radio Kent – 24/11/2022 – BBC Sounds
from 11.20 – 17.30
Cast:
Dolly…Ruby Robinson
Darcy…Katie Walter
Music composed by Jude Neanor
DWS Audio is delighted to announce that Year 11 student Thomas Cridland was named as the winner of the Rising Star (aged 11-15) category at the Young Audio Awards. The award, sponsored by BBC Sounds, was held online on Wednesday with the winners announced by a number of well known radio presenters and musicians. This is an incredible achievement and we are very proud of Thomas’s success.
You can hear again some of Thomas’s audio work here:
