The sweet sounds of early morning birds chirping, the soft roar of a motorbike in the distance, the murmur of bickering voices slowly getting louder with heated energy- the scene is set, cue dialogue. The sounds from our everyday lives usually go unnoticed, however, they can be more than enough to set a scene and reveal so much about where the scene takes place, or what time of day it is, or even whether the audience is set for a suspense, thriller or comedy. Nothing is more representative of this very fact than audio drama. The beauty of audio drama is all about listening, truly listening, and envisioning what it is we are listening to. Before television, and when one could not afford many trips to the theatre, people’s main form of entertainment was listening to the radio. “Audio drama is somewhere between reading a play and watching a play,” comments General Manager of Orient Productions Ahmed el Attar, “because you are not reading, you are listening – which is the part that resembles being in a theatre – but there is no visual, so you have to refer to…
Mawgat: Egypt’s First International Audio Drama Festival Launches Online
June 15, 2020
