OBLOMOV

My adaptation of Goncharov's Oblomov is currently available on BBC Radio 4 Extra. It's directed by the much missed Claire Grove and stars Toby Jones.

ALCS AGM

On Thursday 27th I'm guest speaker at the AGM of the Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society (ALCS) held in the radio theatre in Broadcasting House. The theme is radio drama and my starting point the black and white murder movie from 1934 - DEATH AT BROADCASTING HOUSE.

Postscript:

I'm happy to say the talk was very well received. Jonathan Fryer tweeted that "The highlight of today's AGM was a very entertaining talk on radio drama by Stephen Wyatt."

 

RICHMOND LITERARY FESTIVAL

On  Thursday 13th November at 7.30 pm in the Waldegrave Room of  St. Mary's University College, Stephen and his old friend, the novelist Christie Dickason, will be talking about Writing for Radio and Other Performance.

Further details can be found in the Richmond Literary Festival 2014 brochure.

All welcome!

MEMORIALS ON STAGE

Chesham Theatre Group are performing a stage version of Memorials to the Missing as part of a double bill at their theatre from 23th to 25th October.

Details on their website

THE DIVINE COMEDY ON CD

My dramatisation of Dante's The Divine Comedy for BBC Radio 4 is available on c.d. from 18th September. Regrettably BBC Worldwide doesn't think my contribution important enough to mention it on the box.

BLUE PLAQUE FOR FABIAN WARE

Plans are nearly finalised for the unveiling of the Blue Plaque for Sir Fabian Ware, creator of the Imperial (now Commonweath) War Graves Commission. The ceremony will take place on 25th September at 12 in Wyndham Place, W1. Delighted to have been instrumental in creating this memorial to an inspirational man whom I depicted in my play Memorials to the Missing.

Speakers include Professor Ronald Hutton, Chair of the Blue Plaques panel, myself, Professor Gavin Stamp, Air Chief Marshal Sir Joe French, Vice Chairman of the CWGC and Fabian's granddaughter Gillian. 

Update 25th September.

The Blue Plaque is now in place! Thanks to all who contributed.

ADVANCED RADIO WRITING

This autumn I will be teaching an Advanced Radio Writing course for New Writing South in collaboration with the distinguished radio producer, Martin Jenkins.

Details of the course and how to apply are on the New Writing South website.

DR WHO MAGAZINE 475

In Dr Who Magazine no 475, Andrew Cartmel's second article about his work as script editor during the McCoy years includes an interview with Stephen about The Greatest Show in the Galaxy which reveals the one historical blunder the fans never noticed.

DIVINE COMEDY: THE CDS

First announcement of the issue of The Divine Comedy on cd. More information to be found on Amazon.

Just caught up on tweets from listeners about the dramatisation. Delighted to read how positive the comments are.

KRAZY KAT: THE VIDEO

The new Krazy Kat video shows why I love working with Kinny and the company.