https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Q50t7tt6kiqod5zKbq6V6?si=CrfnLl8rTGSq--NudLAqHw One of the texts I studied at university was Luigi Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author. In the absurdist Italian play from the 1920s, six fictional characters interrupt a rehearsal which is being held in a theatre, and explain that they have been abandoned by their author. They are looking for an … Continue reading Episode Focus: The Amelia Project – Percy
Category: Comedy
The Prickwillow Papers
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6lR6eI7LETi5vWgVOUPGbH The Prickwillow Papers is a comedy fantasy from Snazzy Tapir Productions, and is written and produced by Maddy Searle, who also voices the two main characters of Sylda and Squirm. Sylda is a half-elf, who’s newly graduated from the College of Mages. The story starts with her writing in a new diary - or … Continue reading The Prickwillow Papers
Death by Dying
https://radiopublic.com/death-by-dying-WzOvXE/s1!4393f (CW: Death by Dying deals with death and murder, gun violence, and body horror.) Death by Dying is a dark comedy, co-created by Evan Gulock and Niko Gerentes, and Gulock also plays the main character, the extremely well-dressed Obituary Writer. The story is set in the strange town of Crestfall, Idaho. The Obituary Writer … Continue reading Death by Dying
The Atomic Library
https://radiopublic.com/the-atomic-library-G7VEPL/s1!37cc2 (CW: The Atomic Library is set in a post-apocalyptic society, and the most recent mini episodes deal with a pandemic. A further content warning for allusions to COVID-19 is above the penultimate paragraph of this post.) Sometimes you find a show when you're going through a bad time, and it becomes a comfort listen. … Continue reading The Atomic Library
Saffron and Peri
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1SSAtciZTONBOpXGoFCFHI Saffron and Peri is a fantasy comedy created by Jenan Al-Dayyen and Sara J. Nelson. Al-Dayyen writes the show, and plays Peri; Nelson produces it and plays Saffron. The show takes classic fairytale elements and transports them into a modern setting - Saffron is a fairy godmother, and Peri is a djinnia. There are … Continue reading Saffron and Peri
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