Join us on Sunday 6th November from 3 pm
for an afternoon into eve of “Radiophonic Adventures”
at Studio 18 – Hope Mills Business Centre, Brimscombe, Stroud GL5 2SE
Radio Droogdok presents
Test Transmission from the Edge of The World Theatre Show
A storytelling show, written and performed by the irrepressibly creative Jonny Fluffypunk
A show about radio that gradually BECOMES radio.
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“Radiophonic Freeform Jam Thang” & further Sonic Transmissions
Involving Studio 18 members – & audience if so inspired!
TICKETS: £5 suggested price
or pay what you can or want to give on the door
Scroll on down to find out more…
In this short video Jonny on some stories behind the hut, the show and the way forward:
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Test Transmission From The Edge Of The World
is an experimental sound, storytelling and spoken word work-in-progress.
The dreaded Covid held us back, but we are back crackling through all frequencies and eager to get the Radio Hut installation and Theatre Show out on the road.
Please join Jonny, the Radio Hut and some splendid vintage radio technology as we revisit the Test Transmission from the Edge of the World
About the show:
The story of a boy who becomes ‘possessed’ by radio. Transmitting from his ramshackle hut, high on the shingle of an intertidal marshland, through the metal parts in his body left behind after an operation. A primitive receiver at times of heightened atmospheric electrical activity. The bars of his metal cot acting as an antenna. The delicate membranes of his larynx reverberating as a makeshift loudspeaker.
A warm and touching story of imagination, the power of radio, and a love affair conducted partly in morse code.
About the Radiophonic Hut:
The Radiophonic Hut is part art installation celebrating and exploring the magic of radio communication, part interactive site-specific ‘recording station’, and part alternative micro theatre. All packed into our little tin hut kitted out with the very latest in obsolete technology.
About the Radiophonic Extras in this event:
The Radio Hut will be transmitting various exciting sonic artworks and radiophonic work before and after the show. Featuring radio art transmissions from Radio Droogdok, Cities and Memories project, Millicent – Radio Beyond Borders
And stay with us as we will be joined by some special guests who will continue the transmissions as we experiment with frequencies unknowable with a “Radiophonic Freeform Jam Thang” – poetry, instruments and vintage radios…
With love and Radiophonic Ripples
Featuring
Jonny Fluffypunk’s Theatre Show: www.jonnyfluffypunk.co.uk
Venue: Studio 18 https://www.realartsandmedia.com/studio-18
intermissions, broadcasting and streaming…
Millicent – Radio without Borders https://millicent.org/
Cities & Memory – field recordings reimagined by artists https://citiesandmemory.com/
& various artist members of Studio 18 jamming with poetry & instruments via vintage radios
Radio Droogdok – radio art
Miniature Museum – the mother-ship of Radio Droogdok: www.miniaturemuseum.org.uk
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‘I love Jonny’s storytelling – it’s hard not to. Ukelele in hand, his bobble-hatted head wobbling along with the wonky lampshade next to him, he perches on top of a metal barstool at centre stage, yanks out a pile of papers from under one of the many clunky analogue radios on the table next to him, and launches into the charismatic and beautifully British storytelling satire at which he excells.
I won’t spoil too much – it’s too funny not to see for yourself – but the story outlines the coming-of-age of the extraordinary Radio Boy; a young man growing up in dead-end Essex in 1980-something, whose life and, crucially, voice, are irrevocably and beautifully changed by his love affair with good old fashioned radio.
Test Transmission from The Edge of The World is rife with Fluffypunk’s classic humour; there’s quite a few gags that elude me – I couldn’t have told you that Jenni Murray presents woman’s hour and I don’t know what Money Box Live is – I am a clueless teenager, you guessed it (!) But the pure soul, warmth and poignancy that Jonny pours into his stories don’t need translation – his voice echoes across the generation gap, transmitted and received, with unparalled clarity.’
