Monday Matinee

We're back with the short sketch series from Dream Realm Enterprises. Sketches written by Jonithan Patrick Russell and this week it's "ROTC Minisode"! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Hallowe'en the thing you must do, Is pretend that nothing can frighten you. An' if somethin' scares you and you want to run. Jus' let on like it's Hallowe'en fun. ‘Cornucopia Radio' returned to the airwaves of Sheffield Live! 93.2fm on the 31st of October to present another six hour ‘Halloween Marathon', starting at 1am and finishing at the first light of 7am. The show featured brand new original short stories, plays, monologues, sketches and Halloween music.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Tales of the Night Sky" is a unique Audio Drama experience with spectacular soundscapes, based on the Greco-Roman myths behind the constellations. Written and directed by Bibi Jacob, these moving and sometimes humorous tales, brim with tragedy, injustice, and violence. This week Jack and David look at a trilogy of tales including "Callisto: The Constellation of Ursa Major", "Arcas: The Constellation of Boötes" and "Cynosura: The Constellation of Ursa Minor"! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Need to cool off? Federal Stonecipher opens the Matinee with great features this week Sonic Society #724, The Cornucopia Halloween Special II, and Roast Squib #102- ROTC Minisode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Roast Squib sketch show! This mini-series was written by Jonithan Patrick Russell in 2019. Enjoy the laughs as we begin with "The Trailer"! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It is said that Pheidippides, an Athenian herald, was sent to Sparta to request help when the Persians landed at Marathon, running 150 miles in just two days. After this, he then ran another 25 miles from the battlefield near the town of Marathon to Athens to announce the Greek victory over Persia in the Battle of Marathon with the word “Νενικήκαμεν”, meaning ‘We have won'. He then collapsed and died on the spot due to exhaustion. Many years later; in the town of Sheffield, we find ourselves focused on the adventures of a very unfit man trying to complete his first ever Marathon. He's only just started and already he's thinking about catching a bus… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week in honour of Mutual Audio Network's crackerjack fourth season, Jack and David have a listen with American Radio Theater's recreation of Mutual RADIO Theater's "Oh, Really? No, O'Reilly", when a boomtown goes bust some local merchants hatch a scheme to preserve their prosperity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Federal Stonecipher opens the Matinee for July with Sonic Society #723- Really, It's Mutual, Hitting the Wall, and Roast Squib #101- The Trailer! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live old-time radio theater show at Joplin's Java coffeehouse, Waukegan, IL on June 11, 2010. Original commercial written and performed for live show featuring re-creations of Pete Kelly's Blues and The Jack Benny Show. George Burns: David Drazin. Gracie Allen: Carol Seymour. Music by David Drazin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the far future, humanity has expanded out to explorer the outer reaches of the solar system. In the process, leaving behind the radioactively poisoned planet once known as Earth, but now more commonly referred to as the “Forbidden World”. However, ‘Captain Robert Newsam' is about to discover that the planet is not as desolate as he once imagined and that sometimes the only way to get where you're going is “The Drop”… “The Drop” is based on the short story by John Christopher and is the first in our new series of updated versions of classic radio productions from the 1950's. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Jack and David bring a run from a fun science fiction mini-series from Theatre of Tomorrow with the first three episodes of The Lost Logs of the Saratoga! Fun retro radio drama! Be sure to do your part to help the crowd funded show from Faustian Nonsense- Super Suits! Go to http://seedandspark.com/fund/super-suits before March 10th! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Federal Stonecipher ends the Matinee for June with Sonic Society #722, The Drop, and Northside/Southside Radio Players: "George and Gracie" at the Brick Cafe, Waukegan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live radio theater re-creation of the classic Jack Benny Show parody of the famous western movie "High Noon." The play was performed by an Evanston, Illinois-based group of actors and musicians at Joplin's Java Coffeehouse in Jack Benny's hometown of Waukegan, Illinois in 2010. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was a long, late night and Julie finds herself being woken up from a dreamworld by Karen, her best friend since childhood. Together, on this bright morning they will discuss many things, including their past, present and future and maybe they'll find out why Julie left the front door unlocked. It seems strange though, why would she forget ‘The Lock'? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Jack and David bring a run from a thriller anthology series The Long Hallway. Behind each door lurks a tale designed to send a chill down your spine. These bite-sized, flash-fiction stories are written by members of the Skylark Media team. Be sure to do your part to help the crowd funded show from Faustian Nonsense- Super Suits! Go to http://seedandspark.com/fund/super-suits before March 10th! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the beginning of a full summer week and the Matinee is the coolest place! Join Federal Stonecipher with Sonic Society #721, The Lock, and High Noon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live radio theater re-creation of Marx Bros. comedy radio show "Ravelli, the Jailbird," from Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel 1932-33 series. Half-hour radio play with musical numbers sung and played by the cast. Performed by the Northside/Southside Players at Family Piano Company in downtown Waukegan, IL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

‘Digging Deep' tells the story of a community and a friendship that struggled to survive during the 1984-85 UK ‘Miner's Strike'. In present day; two people who used to be friends come together for the first time in 25 years and remember the decisions that they once had to make and the consequences that were bound to follow… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Jack and David bring the premiere episode of The Godshead Incidental, Lorem Ipsum. Em has a run-in with the “God” of “Memory.” Plus, how to deal with vision board theft. Be sure to do your part to help the crowd funded show from Faustian Nonsense- Super Suits! Go to http://seedandspark.com/fund/super-suits before March 10th! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Federal Stonecipher opens the Matinee with Sonic Society #720, Digging Deep, and Northside/Southside Radio Players: Marx Brothers Radio Comedy Show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Live community theatre production of an adapted radio play, "Empire Builders - Glacier Park." Prerecorded introduction followed by live audio recorded onstage at Chicago's Den Theatre on 8/20/2022, lightly edited for broadcast. Two musical numbers: "Old Montana" (cowboy ballad) and "Mike's Place" (hot Western Swing). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For Lucy' is dark fictional tale of one man's obsessional love for someone far younger than himself; for if she is ‘Little Red Riding Hood‘, then he must clearly be the ‘Big Bad Wolf‘. This radio play is performed and written by Kevin Cordell and is based upon his own stage play which you can view here. This play got its audio premiere on Sheffield Live 93.2fm at 11pm on May 8th. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Jack and David bring the first two episodes of Brimstone Valley Mall. The year is 1999. Lurking somewhere between Hot Topic and the food court, five misfit demons from Hell kill time inciting sin in a suburban shopping mall. When the lead singer of their band goes mysteriously missing, the demons only have two weeks to find him before they play the biggest gig of the millenium - or face the wrath of Satan herself. Be sure to do your part to help the crowd funded show from Faustian Nonsense- Super Suits! Go to http://seedandspark.com/fund/super-suits before March 10th! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Federal Stonecipher opens the Matinee today with Sonic Society #719, "For Lucy" and Northside/Southside Radio Playerss: Empire Builders Glacier Park! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Radio drama program featuring the Northside/Southside Players of Chicago. The script for The Summons was adapted by Carol Seymour from a 1914 Old West short story by Canadian author George Pattullo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Poison is on the stereo, the guitar is plugged into the console and the biscuit-tin is all but empty. This is “Biscuits for Tea“, the story of two young flatmates who have recently left university and now find themselves considering what life might have in store next. Faced with broken relationships, dead end jobs, empty bank accounts and too much spare time to fill; they quickly work out that they'll have to help each other out if they're to get through this. That is, as long as they don't irritate each other to death first… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we complete Roar Creative Productions feature with "The Grove"! Written and directed by Meg Toogood and episodes 4-6. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to June at the Matinee! This week Federal Stonecipher brings us Sonic Society #718, Biscuits for Tea, and Northside/Southside Radio Players: The Summons! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

British comedy is an inspiration!  Everything from films produced by the Ealing Company, Spike Milligan and The Goon Show, Monty Python, Keeping Up Appearances, you name it!  I love the laughs, and decided to try writing a British comedy script.  I hope you forgive the accents and enjoy it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Martians Never Die” is the next in our series of updated radio sci-fi pieces from the forties and fifties. Re-recorded with new actors, modern sound effects and atmospheric music. During these productions we try to stick to the original script as closely as possible; in-turn seeking to create modern, yet strangely old fashioned pieces of radio drama… What is the ideal bodyguard? The most ferocious looking? The most efficient killer? Or the most devoted? On Earth, you might find a combination of all three, but it'd never be as effective as the curious creature which came back from Mars with Dr. Clyde Curtis; the first human to ever step foot on the red planet… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we check out a Roar Creative Productions feature with "The Grove"! When she's asked to present at the company's flagship conference graduate developer Mira Fisher must face her biggest fear - public speaking. But life at the world's coolest, biggest, wealthiest tech company is not as it seems. In the atrium of ornamental trees ancient, mythical forces are waking that will change Mira's destiny and grant her a terrifying gift. Written and directed by Meg Toogood. Sound design by Ed Clarke. This week the first three episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Federal Stonecipher opens the last week of May at the Matinee with Sonic Society #717, Martians Never Die, and Northside/Southside Radio Players: Put the Kettle On! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Original radio comedy performance with music featuring Flywheel, a wisecracking crooked lawyer, and his bumbling assistant Emanuel Ravelli. The play is based on the 1930s radio series "Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel." Three original songs by David Drazin are included: "Wilbert, the Butler," "Just Give Me Food," and "Radio is Great ee-Oh." Written and directed by David Drazin. Other cast members are Carol Seymour, Tom Gollagly, Nick Palumbo, and Joe Urbancik. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jenny is standing in her bedroom, cleaning a pair of walking boots. She is in her under-slip. There is a mirror, a small table, a rail of clothing and a double bed. A long nighty is on top of the bed and underneath it, sits a small cardboard box. She patiently waits for her husband to return, while outside the rain continues to fall, as it has done all day… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feeling in the dumps from the dark days of January? Let Sonic Society brighten your day with some music! This week we have "Ignore City" which is an audio drama rock musical with original songs by The Shake Ups! In a post-apocalyptic future where technology has been outlawed, Deban Rimpa, a scrappy bike messenger, befriends a sentient robot head named Saner 0805. She embarks on an intrepid adventure through Ignore City to save civilization before government agents catch up with her. Part Futurama, part Terminator, this whimsical tale is written by Ed Cho, author of the graphic novel series, Little Guardians, and features music and voice work by The Shake Ups! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Federal Stonecipher opens the week with Sonic Society #716, Flood, and Northside/Southside Radio Players: Flywheel & Ravelli, Shoemakers at the Matinee! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Completing our grand finale of Season 15, Sonic Cinema Productions presents the fantastic screwball comedy made popular by Howard Hawk, Cary Grant, and Katherine Hepburn- Bringing Up Baby. This public domain treasure is Jack's all time favourite classic comedy movie and with the support of an incredible team including Stephanie Stearns-Dulli, Tom Konkle, Theresa Ireland, Patte Rosebank, John Bell, Paul Arbisi and directed by Larry Groebe, we present part two! See you next week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steven Hutchinson was on his way to meet an old friend; somebody from his past for whom a dark secret had once been hidden. Yet, as he crossed the road and approached the location they'd arranged to meet, he found himself trying to comprehend a myriad of emotions and questions he wasn't sure he ever wanted the answer to. He never saw the car that hit him that day. The car that killed him… ‘A Grave Reunion' is the new Poetry-Play from Nick Card, telling the story of four friends coming back together after ten years to morn the passing of somebody from their past. Somebody who is important to all of them… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our Christmas tradition sadly ends this week as we bring "Christmas in Crisis" from Steven Cardinal. Santa's Workshop is in turmoil – the number of kids on the nice list has dropped to 0 – the ListCheck 3000 says so! And, what's worse, Santa is nowhere to be found. Can a plucky little housekeeping elf solve the mystery and get Santa back in time to save Christmas? And we finish off with "Father Christmas Letters #5" from Misfits Audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Matinee! This week we have Sonic Society #715- Father Crisis, A Grave Reunion and Sonic Summerstock Playhouse Replay 15.9- Bringing Up Baby: Part 2! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the beginning of our grand finale of Season 15, Sonic Cinema Productions presents the fantastic screwball comedy made popular by Howard Hawk, Cary Grant, and Katherine Hepburn- Bringing Up Baby. This public domain treasure is Jack's all time favourite classic comedy movie and with the support of an incredible team including Stephanie Stearns-Dulli, Tom Konkle, Theresa Ireland, Patte Rosebank, John Bell, Paul Arbisi and directed by Larry Groebe, we present part one! With special thanks to John Bell! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you ever felt the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, the chills going up your spine until you feel like you have to shake this feeling off your back? No matter how silly it feels? Or how about those times when you feel like someone is looking over your shoulder? So much so, that you can almost feel someone breathing down your neck? Listening to this podcast, as you are right now; alone in a darkened room, the disturbing feelings become stronger than ever and so intense that you feel the need to keep looking behind you; just to reassure yourself that you're still alone. That's when it will strike… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices