Radio Horror Theater

05/09/2015

Two scientists, a revolutionary invention and cosmic forces beyond any known to man. “Northern Lights”, a sly and theatrically silly... Lees verder

03/09/2015

"Northern Lights" - a delightfully frightening evening out

30/08/2015

21/08/2015

On September 4th, 5th , 8th and 9th we play NORTHERN LIGHTS
in the RODE BIOSCOOP, Haarlemerplein 7 , Amsterdam as part of the Amsterdam Fringe Festival. Please check the Fringe Festival program for the times.

24/06/2015

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!!

"Northern Lights", the horror/comedy theater piece based on an actual 1949 radio play, will play for two last PREVIEWS on JULY 24th and 25th before premiering at the Amsterdam Fringe Festival in September! Friends, Fans and Newcomers, mark it down in your agendas now! Again at Teatro Muganga, Schinkelhaven Straat 127 hs, at 8:30 each evening.

06/05/2015

Another review by screenwriter, Marc Veerkamp

A TRUE RECOMMENDATION: THE NORTHERN LIGHTS
A VERY VISUAL RADIO SHOW BY GEORGE ISHERWOOD AND GREG LAWSON
Come and see the Northern Lights by Radio Horror Theatre, a chilling theatre comedy ... on the 8th and 9th of may in Theatro Munganga.
The cold war was a period of great political tension, ideological paranoia and,,, thrilling radio plays. In the US people tuned in to hear some scary stories that not also were kind of scary, but also reflected the feel of the era. The tension and paranoia found it's way into pulpy fantasy. Theatre director George Isherwood (a.o. the legendary 'Picnic' by Vis a Vis) and animation director Greg Lawson (a.o. those funny bumpers for BNN and lot's more) share a love for the horror stories from this period. They started to perform those radio plays live, using the the most effective tool a storyteller can use: suggestion. Although there are some funny visual elements in it, the story is told mostly with seemingly simple light effects, suggestive sounds and the human voice. It's like a campfire told to you by someone who knows when to lower the voice...
George and Greg not only did a clever (and very visual) adaptation of a real horror story (The Northern Lights) but also play the leads as a news anchor and a weatherman who introduce the story and later transform into the leading characters of the play.
The story is about scientists in the snowy north..I don't want to summarize the plot here. Not only because is full of twist and turns and it's all too easy to spoil it al, but also because the story is too nonsensical. By the way, in this case that's not such a problem: it's all part of the fun.
Come and see it, this friday or saturday at 20.30 (the venue opens at 20.00) at Theatro Munganga (near the Vondelpark)
http://munganga.nl/mini2/shop

05/05/2015

Our first review, just in!!

From Hazel Gilchrist, Department of English, National University of Ireland, Galway.

Northern Lights…

A strange, surreal, somehow disturbing, yet superb show. It transports its audience, not only with delight, from the ridiculous to the sublime, but also to somewhere very much ‘else’ or ‘other’; somewhere anything can, and frequently does happen. Here sounds are indeed ‘effects’, as they are stretched, teased out and taken from the beautiful to the terrible by a deadpan duo; females as deadly as the males who complete a cast who add up to and make an infinite more not only of their four, but also of a play that was originally of words, but is now a vision too, a glimpse of another world in which comedy is not just juxtaposed with, but is revealed as horror.

30/04/2015

This is the poster from the very first Radio Horror Theater production, “The Brain That Would Not Die”, based on the story “Donovan’s Brain” by Curt Siodmak.

The latest Radio Horror Theater production, “Northern Lights” plays May 8th and 9th at Teatro Munganga, near the Vondelpark. Order your tickets online now!

http://munganga.nl/mini2/shop

28/04/2015

Radio Horror Theatre has specialized in radio horror over the years. With a special mix of black comedy and wry visual effects the audience is laughing one minute and shuddering the next. In their acclaimed version of Donovan’s Brain, a malevolent cauliflower submerged in an aquarium connected to a bicycle pump made sinister bubbles as it sent out mind controlling vibrations. In The Thing on the Forble Board a hideous spider woman entered the set to devour the listening guest. In The Knife Thrower a circus performer on purpose made increasingly deadly mistakes to the applause of the audience. In The Cabinet of Dr Wagenheim a horror film maker in search of screams learned a terrible secret behind a hidden horror sound archive.

10/04/2015

01/04/2015

Something Wicked This Way Comes...May 8th and 9th!