One Yellow Rabbit & CBC Radio

HIGH PERFORMANCE RADIO - ANDREW ALLAN'S CHAIR

Big Secret Theatre - January 7 to 10

From Calgary

OYR & CBCThere’s nothing like a Presbyterian in a tuxedo to keep a radio play on its tracks.

Words and egos collide in this unique live theatre/radio play co-production between CBC and One Yellow Rabbit to be recorded live in front of Rodeo audiences and broadcast nationally on the network’s Sunday Showcase and Monday Night Playhouse. Back in World War II, Canadians would huddle around their radios listening to breathless programs like Theatre of Freedom, Fighting Navy and L for Lanky. What they had in common, along with most other dramas from CBC Radio’s golden age, was the guiding presence of Andrew Allan. All told, Allan produced some 400 radio plays in his decades-long career. He was a notorious autocrat who dressed formally for radio broadcasts and insisted that his artists—people like William Shatner and John Drainie—did the same.

Here, in High Performance Radio, a contemporary group of performers prepare to stage a live radio drama. The atmosphere is electric with a sense of determination and expectation. Is this a gang of articulate and serious observers of the world scene? Are they prepared to slay the sacred lambs and roaring lions of political hypocrisy, indifference and corruption? Into this mix of modern-day crusaders comes a mysterious stranger. From beyond the grave, with all the august portent of Lorne Greene’s “Voice of Doom,” emerges the dapper and ferociously intelligent Andrew Allan.

*** January 9 & 10 performances will be recorded in front of our live Rodeo Audience for NATIONAL BROADCAST on CBC.

Sunday, February 1st on Sunday Showcase
CBC Radio 1, 1010 AM at 10:05 PM (MST)

Monday, February 2nd on Monday Night Playhouse
CBC Radio 2, 102.1 FM at 9:05 PM (MST)

Jan 7 - 10 • Big Secret Theatre

Written and Directed by Blake Brooker
Featuring Allan Boss, Denise Clarke, Andy Curtis, Onalea Gilbertson and Brad Payne
Sound Design by Richard McDowell
Foley Artist Ute Schaffland
Assistant Directed by David van Belle
Produced by Stephen Schroeder (for ) and Allan Boss (for CBC)
CBC Radio Arts & Entertainment
Executive Producer Damiano Pietropaolo CBC
Radio Arts & Entertainment Department Head James Roy
Sound Engineers (CBC) Bob Doble and Tory Meyer
Production Management by Ian Wilson
House Technician Frank Gallant
Program Image Ty Semaka

The performance is 60 minutes with no intermission.

One Yellow Rabbit and CBC Radio would like to thank Mavor Moore and Lister Sinclair for their assistance during the research for this project.

Visit CBC Radio Drama

Join us at the Auburn Saloon for a cocktail listening party Sunday February 1st at 9 pm.

 
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