A dynamic collection of audition pieces for radio, stage and screen actors




Radioactive Duologues draws together over thirty extracts from the best contemporary plays for radio and stage. Designed as a resource for actors working in radio, theatre or television, this collection of extracts is perfect for audition and performance work.

The volume features introductions to each piece together with an essay on the challenges, skills and rewards of radio acting. For those starting out or already experienced in radio work, Radioactive Duologues is an explosive selection of scenes from the freshest plays.

Marilyn Le Conte is lecturer in radio acting at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and teac hes radio modules at Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. She continues to work as an actress an d as a dialect consultant in radio, television, film, theatre, opera, business and education. Marina Caldarone is radio tutor at Rose Bruford College and East 15 and has worked in most of Britain's le ading drama schools. She has been a theatre director since 1984, twelve years of which as Associate Director of Theatr Clwyd and Artistic Director of the Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, and is a freelanc e radio drama producer. She is also an acting coach in television and regular lecturer on contempora ry theatre. She is Drama Director of Crying Out Loud, a production company making voice-over CDs for actors.