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Part 2 of There Is A Field is now up on Radio Drama Revival. You can listen to it here. 

Thanks so much to Richard Summers and the Radio Drama Revival crew for persevering, and really surveying the issues that surround a subject. 

Radio Drama Revival: Episode 261 - There Is A Field, Part I aired last Friday, featuring an interview with playwright Jen Marlowe and also Aseel’s younger sister, Siwar. I’ve not heard the interviews yet myself so can’t wait to listen. Part II will air this coming Friday (I think) with a few words from me, so look out for it. I hope you enjoy Part I. If you have any comments or thoughts, send them this way or to the Radio Drama Revival website.

If you’re wondering what There Is A Field is exactly, read the info card below for more information - and check out the Radio Drama Revival podcast.  

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If you’re a newsletter subscriber (sign-up here if you’re not), I’ve got a little something for ya!

Behold! the Members’ Area that I’ve created on my Soundcloud page.

With the secret all-knowing link, you get to listen to and download things that the non-knowing can’t. The secret link will be going round with the next newsletter, which I sort of need to plan (and write) before sending. If you really can’t wait, email newsletter [at] marietueje [dot] com to get it.

Finally it’s finished. My almost-year-long journey into the depths of a dark and troubled mind has been printed. Done. And boy, am I relieved!

Above are snippets (excerpts) of the seven chapters that comprise La Muerte de Antígona por Ariadna Moore. I’m not exactly sure that the snippets do the whole thing justice, but it gives you a feel for the environment that Antígona 2011 inhabits.

This is Ariadna’s magnificent work and I’m really grateful to have been able to help bring her artistic vision to life. I know (because she’s told me) that she’s really excited about the finished version, so as soon the complete version is out there I will be sure to let you know.

At the beginning of March, I engineered a mini recording session with a gifted vocalist, Beth Trollan. It was a full-on task, but we managed to cram the recording of eight jazz standards into a day session. We recorded How High The Moon, Don’t Get Around Much Anymore, You Don’t Know What Love Is, Georgia On My Mind, Bye Bye Blackbird and Canteloupe Island.

Beth and I did the mixing and you can listen to the rest of the songs on her Soundcloud page.

 (l.r) Ariel Vigo and Pablo Lopez go through their paces

So I did promise something new up on the Soundcloud today… and here it is in all it’s unfinished glory!

I’ve spent the last three months practically solitary-confined to the studio, trying to imagine this play off the page and out into the airwaves. Recording wrapped a couple of weeks ago but the post is hellish. But it’s my kind of hell.

Load, listen, reblog, please feedback in whatever way you feel most appropriate, on whatever point(s) that most grabs you. There’s still loads of work to do on it (what’s up is about a third of the total play in any case). I’ll probably leave this up for a week, then pull it down until everything is set.

Later today I will be uploading something new to my Soundcloud. I’d really (re-eeally) love your feedback on it. If you have a Soundcloud account, log-in and leave a real-time comment!