27 episodes

Surreal slow burn comedy, where all the rules stop making sense.



Improvised by James Irving and James Haskin. Music improvised by A Ninja Slob Drew Me.

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    • 5.0 • 1 Rating

Surreal slow burn comedy, where all the rules stop making sense.



Improvised by James Irving and James Haskin. Music improvised by A Ninja Slob Drew Me.

    The Magic

    The Magic

    Two brothers catch up over the phone. One of them reflects on his career in magic and has to admit that things aren't going particularly well.















    This audio play was improvised by James Irving and James Haskin.







    Recorded and mixed by James Haskin.







    Music improvised by A Ninja Slob Drew Me, who has music available for free at Bandcamp. You can also follow him on Facebook or Twitter.







    "Hotel room ventilator" sound by morosopher on freesound https://freesound.org/people/morosopher "room-tone talking next room LONG 130104_01" by klankbeeld on freesound https://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld "WALL LIGHT SWITCH" by StevenBrown on freesound https://freesound.org/people/StevenBrown "Bird Cage Sounds" sound by 15050_Francois on freesound https://freesound.org/people/15050_Francois "carpet_footsteps" by jskrundz on freesound https://freesound.org/people/jskrundz "rabbit eating grass" sound by BeeProductive on freesound https://freesound.org/people/BeeProductive

    • 14 min
    Party

    Party

    Two friends are on holiday together, but one of them is struggling to keep up. He sits down on a bench for a moment, but soon dozes off.















    This audio play was improvised by James Irving and James Haskin.







    Recorded and mixed by James Haskin.







    Music improvised by A Ninja Slob Drew Me, who has music available for free at Bandcamp. You can also follow him on Facebook or Twitter.







    "calm city-park ambience Singelwal Zaltbommel 190423_1377" sound by klankbeeld on freesound https://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld "Spooky Wind #2" by kangaroovindaloo on freesound https://freesound.org/people/kangaroovindaloo

    • 15 min
    Home feat. James Witt

    Home feat. James Witt

    Sophie and her husband Graham regret letting Sophie's cousin Claire stay with them when she gets a bit too comfortable and starts to take over the house.







    This audio play was improvised by James Irving, James Haskin and James Witt.



     



    James Witt is part of the musical comedy collective Dreamweaver Quartet (alongside James and I’s James Irving). The first series of their musical dream analysis podcast : Dreamweaver Quartet is available on iTunes, Soundcloud and Podcast Pioneers now and the second series is due out in autumn 2019.

    www.facebook.com/DreamweaverQRT

    Twitter @dreamweaverQRT

    Instagram @dreamweaverQRT



    Other comedy projects include Newsical @NewsicalUK, This Is Soap, Theatresports UK, Comedysportz Berlin and Flashbulb.



    Theatre credits include the U.K. tour of Unmythable, Newsrevue, Shakespeare for Breakfast and Boris Johnson in Brexit the Musical. TV and film credits include Secret Diary of a Call Girl, The Infidel, White Teeth ‪and Plant Fashion‬.



    James regularly teaches courses on comedy, performs and writes satirical short films with Hoopla Impro  @hooplaimpro



    You can find him on Twitter @WittyLeaks / Instagram @Witty_Leaks



     



    Recorded and mixed by James Haskin.



    Music improvised by A Ninja Slob Drew Me, who has music available for free at Bandcamp. You can also follow him on Facebook or Twitter.



    "Surround Room Tone (soft)" by blouhond on freesound https://freesound.org/people/blouhond

    "Footsteps, Solid Wood Rug, Male Boots, Medium Pace and Scuffs" sound by SpliceSound on freesound https://freesound.org/people/SpliceSound

    "Front Door Open Close Interior" sound by loljames on freesound https://freesound.org/people/loljames

    "Wooden Stair." sound by PappaBert on freesound https://freesound.org/people/PappaBert

    "Quick_female_steps_on_stage_with_reverb" sound by Ferguido on freesound https://freesound.org/people/Ferguido

    "dry_sponges" sound by qubodup on freesound https://freesound.org/people/qubodup

    "Moving Boxes and Bags" sound by kemitix on freesound https://freesound.org/people/kemitix

    "Brick Falling" sound by LittleRainySeasons on freesound https://freesound.org/people/LittleRainySeasons

    "Brick Debris Fall 06" by debsound on freesound https://freesound.org/people/debsound

    "two_builders" by Pooleside on freesound https://freesound.org/people/Pooleside

    "Hungarian Centre Demolition" 2, 3 and 4 sounds by jakobthiesen on freesound https://freesound.org/people/jakobthiesen

    • 23 min
    Field Trip feat. James Witt

    Field Trip feat. James Witt

    Malcolm, Justin and and Francis head out into a field, hoping to put all the stresses of the city behind them. Can they ever truly clear their minds and focus on nothing?







    This audio play was improvised by James Irving, James Haskin and James Witt.



     



    James Witt is part of the musical comedy collective Dreamweaver Quartet (alongside James and I’s James Irving). The first series of their musical dream analysis podcast : Dreamweaver Quartet is available on iTunes, Soundcloud and Podcast Pioneers now and the second series is due out in autumn 2019.

    www.facebook.com/DreamweaverQRT

    Twitter @dreamweaverQRT

    Instagram @dreamweaverQRT



    Other comedy projects include Newsical @NewsicalUK, This Is Soap, Theatresports UK, Comedysportz Berlin and Flashbulb.



    Theatre credits include the U.K. tour of Unmythable, Newsrevue, Shakespeare for Breakfast and Boris Johnson in Brexit the Musical. TV and film credits include Secret Diary of a Call Girl, The Infidel, White Teeth ‪and Plant Fashion‬.



    James regularly teaches courses on comedy, performs and writes satirical short films with Hoopla Impro  @hooplaimpro



    You can find him on Twitter @WittyLeaks / Instagram @Witty_Leaks



     



    Recorded and mixed by James Haskin.



    Music improvised by A Ninja Slob Drew Me, who has music available for free at Bandcamp. You can also follow him on Facebook or Twitter.



    "Wind blowing in a field in Texas, USA" sound by felix.blume on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/felix.blume

    "traffic" sound by inchadney on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/inchadney

    "house demolition" sound by Jedo on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/Jedo

    "Stream River Water Up Close" sound by jackmurrayofficial on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/jackmurrayofficial

    "steam train horn 01" sound by eliasheuninck https://freesound.org/people/eliasheuninck

    "HawkMP3VersionWinterJan22nd2017" by kvgarlic on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/kvgarlic

    "Airplane, Boeing, Flyby, Right to Left, A" sound by InspectorJ on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ

    "Cows Birds Spring" sound by 4barrelcarb on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/4barrelcarb

    "Cattle in Pasture NL 130720-_00" by klankbeeld on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld

    "Car door opening and closing" sound by rodrigocswm on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/rodrigocswm

    "peugot 206 car interior driving steadily medium speed and slowing down sta...

    • 16 min
    Construction

    Construction

    John is in the studio recording an audio book and everything seems to be going well so far, if only he can stay professional and stop getting distracted by the construction site across the road.







    This audio play was improvised by James Irving and James Haskin.



    Recorded and mixed by James Haskin.



    Music improvised by A Ninja Slob Drew Me, who has music available for free at Bandcamp. You can also follow him on Facebook or Twitter.



    "Breaking Glass 13" sound by FunWithSound on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/FunWithSound

    "Glass break" sound by Samgd14 on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/Samgd14

    "Foot Steps on Glass FF193" sound by martinimeniscus on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/martinimeniscus

    "Construction_Site_Pickhammer" sound by ivolipa on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/ivolipa

    "Book put down" sound by redjim on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/redjim

    "Page_Fumble_02" sound by Koops on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/Koops

    "Chair on Tiles - Fast" sound by PsychoPancake on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/PsychoPancake

    • 17 min
    Keeping Pace

    Keeping Pace

    A couple are chatting as they walk out in the countryside. The walk seems to go on for ages. One of them tries to enjoy it. The other wishes they could speed up.







    This audio play was improvised by James Irving and James Haskin.



    Recorded and mixed by James Haskin.



    Music improvised by A Ninja Slob Drew Me, who has music available for free at Bandcamp. You can also follow him on Facebook or Twitter.



    Nature sound by Klankbeeld on Freesound.org freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/

    "Footsteps, Muddy, E.wav" sound by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) on Freesound.org freesound.org/people/inspectorj/

    "Footsteps on muddy road" sound by CaganCelik on Freesound.org freesound.org/people/CaganCelik/

    "Coat Foley Coat Hits" sound by TRNGLE on Freesound.org freesound.org/people/TRNGLE/

    "backpack" sound by j1987 on Freesoung.org freesound.org/people/j1987/

    "Knock on the door" sound by HunteR4708 on Freesound.org freesound.org/people/HunteR4708/

    "Rattling at an iron gate" sound by launemax on Freesound.org freesound.org/people/launemax/

    "Squeaky Metal Fence" sound by meggiepie on Freesound.org freesound.org/people/meggiepie/

    • 16 min

Customer Reviews

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1 Rating

tomwillwander ,

Like Waiting for Godot if it was funny.

If you like surreal, slow burning, dark comedy with excellent production values then this podcast is worth your time. The two main performers have great chemistry and world building skills. I can always rely on them to transport me to someplace weird and entertaining. Keep these episodes coming!

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