Radio Drama Festival with Chelmsford Community Radio

The Chelmsford Radio Drama Festival, supported by the Essex County Council Arts and Cultural Fund brings together our community in celebration of the broadcast heritage of our City. Championing audio drama, local connections and contributions.

The Community Showcase event in the City Centre will be an inspirational platform to see work from local writers and performers.

There are also limited spaces to take part in a Radio Drama Day for budding creatives to devise and record a radio drama from scratch.

To book your place go to the Chelmsford Radio Drama Festival Collection page on eventbrite.

Make sure you sign up to follow Chelmsford Community Radio on social media @chelmsfordcr

It’s going to be a very exciting summer!

 

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Listening Session 1
The Hive, Chelmsford
Mon, 5 Jun, 17:00

The Listening session at the Hive will feature a handful of Radio Drama pieces produced by local people or those with local connections. Included in this session is a piece recorded during one of the Radio Drama Workshop sessions from the previous week.
Details of the pieces being showcased will be released closer to the date

Tickets: donation

Book your place: eventbrite.com

 

Listening Session 2 (In the Dark)
Chelmsford Escape Rooms,Parkway
Tue, 6 Jun, 17:00

Chelmsford Radio Drama Festival are delighted to be working with Know Escape: Chelmsford Escape Room to gain access to their incredibly popular Governor Escape Room. In the dark eerie setting of a haunted prison, listen to some very spooky Radio Drama, produced by talented local people.

Tickets: donation

Book your place: eventbrite.com

 

Listening Session 3
Chelmsford Theatre
Wed, 7 Jun, 12:00

Chelmsford Community Radio are delighted to be supported by their friends at Chelmsford Theatre. The Listening session in the newly refurbished Theatre bar will feature a handful of Radio Drama pieces produced by local people or those with local connections. Included in this session is a piece recorded during one of the Radio Drama Workshop sessions from the previous week. Details of the pieces being showcased will be released closer to the date

Tickets: donation

Book your place: eventbrite.com

 

Listening Session 5
Chelmsford Library
Fri, 9 Jun, 12:00

Supported by Chelmsford Library. The Listening session in the Library meeting hub will feature a handful of Radio Drama pieces produced by local people or those with local connections. Included in this session is a piece recorded during one of the Radio Drama Workshop sessions from the previous week. Details of the pieces being showcased will be released closer to the date

Tickets: Donation

Book your place: eventbrite.com

 

 

Listening Session 6
Essex Record Office
Fri, 9 Jun, 19:00

A very special “live” listening session at Essex Record Office in their Spalding Room (Lecture Theatre). Join Impala – the Essex based team behind “Haunted” the Audio Drama for a one off live performance of a specially written piece which ties into their highly acclaimed podcast series. There will also be opportunity to hear some of the other locally produced Radio Drama work that has been going on over the festival period.

Tickets: Donation

Book your place: eventbrite.com

 

Writers Workshop with Robin Brooks
ARU, Chelmsford
Sat, 17 Jun, 10:00 – 21:00

If you’ve ever fancied a go at writing drama for radio then this is for you.

Chelmsford Radio Drama Festival is delighted to welcome expert Robin Brooks to help support a session in which the participants will devise a plot and script for a short radio drama.

Learn more about the writing process, get some tips for your own pieces and work as a team to not only produce a new script but see it through to take part in a recorded performance in front of an audience.

The workshop takes place in a classroom at the Anglia Ruskin University Chelmsford Campus.

Tickets: Donation

Book your place: eventbrite.com

 

 

Chelmsford Radio Drama Festival: The Last Showcase
ARU Chelmsford
Sat 17 Jun, 19:30

Come and support the Radio Drama workshop participants with their performance of a piece devised during their workshop from earlier in the day.
The piece will be recorded for broadcast later in the year.
This event is the finale of the Chelmsford Radio Drama Festival 2023.

Tickets: Donation

Box Office: eventbrite.com