Today I’m lucky to be able to share an interview with author and playwright Kai Maristed. An experienced reviewer and critic, her short stories have been published in many of the magazines of note and she has taught writing in the US. In this interview, we talked about her latest project – translating Wedekind’s controversial Lulu Plays into English – and how working in different languages and mediums changes the way that you write.
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Our latest play is live, Battle of the Bards by the 3rd century BC Greek playwright Theocritus. A shepherd and a goatherd go to war over a stolen goatskin the way the Greeks new best: in song! But hang on! Little Wonder is mostly about spaceships, right? What are we doing in 300 BC? Click on “more” to find out what we learned from recording the Battle of the Bards.
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I am delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2018 Little Wonder Radio Play Competition is as follows:
Driverless by Annie Fox
Final Goodbye by Steven Lancefield
Gladiator by Stephanie Weston
Less than Three by Tom Kinney
The Adventures of a Gay Man: Birth of a Hero by Kris Thompson
Warmest congratulations to all our shortlistees, and to everyone on the longlist who worked so hard to revise and improve their work. We were blown away not only by the overall quality, but the quality of response to our feedback and the effort you all put in to improve. I sincerely hope to see more work from all of you in the future.
On 16th December all 5 listed pieces will be read and recorded before a public audience, who will then vote for a winner. Their votes will be combined with those of our judges, and the final winner will be announced on New Year’s Eve.
I have already been in touch with one or two people who didn’t make it this far, and you may yet receive and email from me about your work. If you were on the longlist and would like some feedback, please get in touch and I’ll come back to you as soon as I can. And whether we speak again or not, please, please remember what an awesome achievement it is to complete a play, submit it (very scary), and have it considered and appreciated by judges. You’re all heroes.
Star Trek on the Radio (Sort Of)
This week we got back on track after all our IT problems and released an original play: “First Officer”, a sci-fi adventure with spaceships, explosions and devious betrayal. You can listen to it below and then click on the “more” button for some discussion about the making of the play and what we learned.
But first, the play:
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The exceptionally talented and handsome Oliver Warren is a screenwriter, director, and one of the judges in our Little Wonder Radio Play competition. Watch this space because in the not so distant future he’s going to be a big deal (we just slipped in before the feeding frenzy!)
In this short interview Oliver talks about his experiences as a writer/director, how the roots of storytelling can be found in everything from a script to a fashion shoot, and gives some advice on how to survive the tough old world of writing.
Click on “more” to get to the good stuff!
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