Sound the Alarm: Theatre for the Ears

In this short spiritual animal adventure, you the listener, play the role of a park Ranger working for Lost Soul Animal Rescue. It is your job to help recently lost animals find their way. Appropriate for audiences young and old.

In this short spiritual adventure, you, the listener, play the role of a park Ranger working for Lost Soul Animal Rescue. It is your job to help recently lost animals find their way. Appropriate for audiences young and old.

Along with writer Derek Chan and episode director Lok Yu, Alan Corbishley is joined by Dr. Miu Chung Yan who helps us contextualize the current and future complexities of Hong Kong - the main setting in The Eternal Sailor.

Join Alan Corbishley as he talks with the creator, Derek Chan, its director Lok Yu, and geologist Dr. Derek Turner for this conversational episode that explores the environmental alarms incorporated into The Eternal Sailor. We look at the natural elements layered into the fictional episode such as flooding, earthquakes, magnetic field reversal, and our relationship with nature through both a scientific and artistic lens.

Waking up from a concussion coma suffered during a 2020 protest crackdown, Jacy goes on a marine odyssey to track down their beloved partner Alexis.Amidst environmental chaos, a new viral threat, and a new regime, Jacy must find their way from Hong Kong to Vancouver with the help of a tape recorder and a small boat. If only that mosquito would stop following them!

Trailer of The Eternal Sailor

Alan Corbishley is joined by the cast Kayvon Khoshkam (Starman), and Victor Dolhai (ME/Blackhole), and episode director Brent Hirose, and registered counsellor Matt McLean to discuss STARMAN through a male lens and the role of masculinity in the new world.

Host Alan Corbishley is joined by STARMAN writer, Pippa Mackie, and registered counsellor Ashley Greensmyth, to discuss the artistic elements of the audio-drama as well as the alarms around mental health presented within.

An audio-drama for mature audiences.Meet Darryl... sorry... STARMAN! He is a 43 year old man, and is not dealing well with all the social politics these days. As his solution, he has decided to lock himself into his basement suite apartment - for the rest of his life! Does that help his situation, or does he just disappear, like a star being sucked into a blackhole?This dark comedic episode sounds an alarm on social alienation and the effects of extreme isolation on mental health. Strong language and adult themes presented.Winner of multiple international awards for outstanding episode!FOLLOW US: @soundthealarmmtFULL INFORMATION: Artistic Team, donations, social media, awards... please visit https://soundthealarm.ca/theatre-for-the-ears

Taking inspiration from the galactic event of blackholes swallowing stars, Starman is a dark comedy about a 42-year-old man who has locked himself in his room for the rest of his life. Through his very unpopular podcast - Daryl (aka Starman) will take his internet “friends” on a journey into his chosen exile which may lead him to confront a part of himself he never knew existed.

Along with writer Gary Mok, and episode director Karen Lam, Alan Corbishley is joined by Dr. Alison Bailey who helps us contextualize the ancient virtue of filial piety and our care for our families, ancestors, and in this case, animals.

Helping to explore the unique ability to hear the thoughts of animals as heard in Lost Soul Animal Rescue, Alan is joined by professional Animal Communicator Tracy Pierce and actor Elfina Luk (Dawn in LSAR) who also shares this unique animal talent. Together we discuss what this process looks like and the importance on healthy communication with our pets and wildlife.