I’d encourage everyone to think about writing for radio. Really, it’s an amazing medium, prosaic and poetic all at the same time; you can set anything anywhere – the possibilities are endless. There’s no medium quite like it.
The 91Èȱ¬ Radio 3 programme The Verb is a weekly "Cabaret of the Word", featuring the best poetry, new writing and performance, presented by Ian McMillan. The programme has regularly collaborated with us at the 91Èȱ¬ Writersroom, offering the opportunity for writers from our development groups to gain a short audio drama commission and the chance to appear as a guest in The Verb studio.
Having been selected, the writers undergo a thorough development process with a 91Èȱ¬ Audio Drama North Producer. Find out more about the previous writers who were commissioned and listen to their audio dramas.
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2024
Short audio dramas from Amy Arnold, Alan Flanagan, Matthew Smith and Karen Featherstone. -
2022
Short audio dramas from Georgia Affonso, Tim Barrow and Alex Riddle recorded in 2022. -
2021
Short audio dramas from Emilie Robson, Miles Sloman and Paolo Chianta. -
2020
Short audio dramas from Jacob Welby, Alissa Anne Jeun Yi, Lucy Burke and Lettie Precious. -
2019
Short audio dramas from Matthew Ingram, Allison Davies, Willow Mirza and Jesse Schwenk.