Straight British Kristen Applebees... Save Me...

straight british kristen applebees... save me...

At the end of this episode, in response to a missed Act Under Pressure move, I asked the players to describe "an extremely short, extremely stupid car chase" that wouldn't be out of a place in a British black comedy – and what they came up with cracked me up

Anyway here's the stupid car chase from Knives Out, which isn't British but is one of the best:

Now playing in the Main House

Act Two of Four: The owner of the severed arm is in town hoping to witness something earth-shattering.

Coming next on 28 May – Mick, the Mundane Chosen (Vigil Backstage)

Programme notes

This production includes a natural disaster, fantasy violence, blood, and dismemberment (the dismemberment is not bloody).

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Dramatis personae and other definitions

Mick Mason: Sherrydown’s favourite builder and bricklayer. His life has been getting weirder since he dug too deep and hit a leyline.

Melody Bantham: The owner of Melodies, the cosy cafe and vinyl shop on Market Street. Melody is an ageless patchwork person animated by music, who fled her creator ages ago and has owned a music shop on this spot ever since.

Brier: A mischievous shapeshifting púca, the fae guardian of Sherrydown’s Rosebrier Forest.

Department of Omissions (DO, DoOm): The UK government department tasked with preventing harm to citizens from supernatural phenomena. Severely defunded under Tory austerity policies and currently prioritising major urban population centres.

Sherrydown, Brackshire: A historic English market town. One of the first towns to lose its DoOm office.

Omission effect: The rejection of certain beings and phenomena by long-term memory. Can be suppressed by concentration, mnemonic techniques, hypnosis, trauma, or the light of the full moon.

Credits

COMPERE: Matt Boothman

STARRING:

Dave as Mick Mason, the Mundane

Helen Stratton as Melody Bantham, the Constructed

Strat as Brier, the Monstrous

ROLEPLAYING GAME SYSTEM: Monster of the Week, designed by Michael Sands

MUSIC BY: Alexander Pankhurst

SOUND DESIGN BY: Matt Boothman

SFX AND INCIDENTAL MUSIC INCLUDES: Ritual by Kevin MacLeod; and may include others made available to use without attribution.

EDITED AND PRODUCED BY: Matt Boothman

Bring back etiquette manuals. What's expected of me as a writer at a dialogue recording session? Should I speak only when spoken to? Bring biscuits for the cast and crew? Consult Debrett's!

This is how it ends.

Here's our final The Silt Verses release schedule, in full:

Chapter 41 (But As My Last Breath Splits My Throat) 3rd June 2024

Chapter 42: 17th June 2024

Chapter 43: 1st July 2024

Chapter 44 (Series finale): 15th July 2024

Post-season Q&A - will be recorded in August / September and released after that. Exact timings to be confirmed depending on exhaustion, screaming newborn, etc, hopefully with the wonderful Méabh de Brún as our final host. (We'll share it around more post-season, but if you want to get your questions in early, please feel free!)

Can't wait to share the final episodes with you all, and as ever, thanks so much for listening.

Today I heard a veteran and institution of British voice acting performing as both a nice old man and his own pet microdragon-serpent-thing. He made those noises because I wrote some words and no one stopped me, instead multiple career professionals yes-anded me hard. This is a real job and it's the best one in the world.

I Need A Miracle:

Recording day 1

Pulled my usual stunt: gave myself way too much contingency travel time and got to the studio (or the nearest tube, anyway) over an hour early. Currently sitting in a cafe between the tube and the studio consuming black coffees and distracting myself by blogging and by thinking about topics I could speak about that would be useful or interesting to small business owners (an ask from Dad). Oh ever-growing to-do list, you are a boon in times like these of twiddling thumbs and tapping toes.

I like the ceiling roses in this cafe. Wonder what the building was before?

One thing that I love/hate about creating an audio drama is the process that takes you from recording lines to holy shit I made a world. Record lines - "God, I hate this" Editing vocals - "Is this really what I sound like?" Arranging vocals - "The most boring shit I've ever heard" Adding a little audio panning - "Sounds more real-ish, still boring" Adding sound effects - "This might actually maybe sound kinda cool a little" Adding music - "Are we actually gettin' somewhere? Is this really happening?" Finally sitting down in the backyard and sipping whiskey and listening to Desert Skies - "holy shit I made a world"