A new Halloween radio play from Peter Strickland stars Romola Garai,Julian Rhind-Tutt, Julian Barratt and Jane Asher – one of the original actors in Nigel Kneale’s 1970s TV versionEntering the unlit and dusty cellar of what must be the one house in Shoreditch untouched by gentrification, and I’m greeted by a piercing scream and the sight of what appears to be a human head impaled on a stick. This is like something from a horror film. In truth,it’s something from a horror radio play; the screamer is Romola Garai and the head on a stick, upon closer inspection, and is a device for recording binaural “3-D” sound (the head-shaped recording device is affectionately referred to by all present as “Gary” since it’s manufactured by Neumann). Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com