drama – Near FM

Growing Up in the Big Smoke, Unrhymed and Acapella

Gets its premier broadcast on Near FM, Friday afternoon, January 10th at 3.30pm Growing Up in the Big Smoke, Unrhymed and Acapella, is a memoir of growing up in Dublin as a child of the nineteen-sixties, a teenager of the nineteen-seventies, and…

Jammie Dodgers

November 1st, 8th and 15th at 19.00 Jammie Dodgers by Ciara Gillan is a workplace comedy set in Berlin about a group of office temps from various countries (Ireland, France, Germany, Australia, the U.S.) who are determined to do as little work…

Don’t B 2 Keen Mr. Matchmaker

New Audio Drama this Friday 20th September at 7pm. Don’t B 2 Keen Mr. Matchmaker by Conrad JB Ethan, a young Dublin gay man, disillusioned with his prospects of ever owning a house in the capital, sets off to deep rural Ireland…

Near FM drama nominated for writing award

Near FM audio drama High Spirits and its author Méabh de Brún have been nominated for a prestigious Zebbie Award. The awards which are bestowed by The Writers Guild of Ireland, celebrates the best of Irish writing at the annual Zebbie Awards.…

Konstantin

New audio drama on Friday the 28th June at 19.00 Konstantin by Ultan Pringle Konstantin follows the entwined lives of lifelong partners Nina and Allie. Beginning when they’re 18 and setting out to explore the world and finishing when they’re in their late…

Fingers Crossed

Friday June 14th at 19.00 A new audio drama by Colette Cullen. Two very different couples meet in the waiting room of a fertility clinic – Adam and Sera for their fifth IVF cycle, Jess and Jessicafor their first. As they pass…

“Togetherness” Audio Drama

Airing Friday 17th May – 19.00 New drama from Jonathan Hughes airs Firday the 17th May at 19.00. ‘Togetherness’ tells the story of the narcissistic Dervla who on her agony aunt style podcast ‘Wagon Wheel’ with her long suffering co-host Fidelma recounts…

Awakenings

A new radio play written by Berni Dwan, broadcasting on Friday April 5th at 7pm. Awakenings is a five-act play about tolerance, making the effort to understand other points of views when recognised in context, and strengthening rather than weakening ties when…

Brave – new audio drama

Listen now Mairead (50s) is thinking of applying for promotion whenever her manager Helen retires. She asks for Helen’s opinion on the matter, confiding in her boss that she’s autistic. Mairead is taken aback when Helen calls her ‘brave’ and ponders why…

High Spirits

New audio drama High Spirits by Méabh de Brún – Listen Now! Three siblings and one in-law gather after a patriarch’s burial to honour a very unusual letter of wishes. Their late father wants to be contacted in the afterlife, and so…