Listen ‘Round the Fire

Listen ‘Round a Fire is a radio theatre piece written, directed, and sound designed by recent Queen’s graduate Sam Kaiser for his graduating Special Studies Project. The piece follows three heroes, cowboys of sorts, in an unfamiliar world who come across a capsule containing mysterious audio logs. When they play these audio logs, they find sound collages, reflections of things and events that may be more familiar to the listener. The intention of this piece is to let listeners reflect on some of the more nonsensical moments that have happened in our world over the past few years and how they may sound to someone far removed from a more collective experience. A major aim of this project was to explore the potential of electroacoustic composition in radio theatre, and how it may be a powerful tool for suggestion.