National Play Festival: Departure Lounge
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What are the challenges and new possibilities of writing for radio in the digital age? Online listening means that local networks are now portals to the world. Is this a boom or a bust for the local and the particular? We talk with two key decision makers about how they are conceptualising the future of the medium today: Alison Hindell, Head of Audio Drama, BBC (UK), Anna Messariti, Executive Producer, Radio Drama, ABC Radio National and Johannes Jakob, Voiceworks Editor, Express Media.
National Play Festival: Departure Lounge
The National Play Festival annually celebrates Australian playwriting excellence, showcasing the finest new Australian plays. For the first time the Festival will be held in Melbourne, hosting a series of public discussions that gets to the heart of how writing and ideas play out in our theatres. Speakers include Daniel Keene, Joanna Murray-Smith and Ray Lawler, amongst others.