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THE SUNDAY ROAST: Drama at ((URY))
Get dramatic with ((URY)) - The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, followed from week 3 by student-written and performed The Matchstick Man.
URY Speech - The Sunday Roast
A variety of original student written and created content from comedy shows, to dramas and documentaries. Head to the Speech page to find out whats on
URY Speech (The Sunday Roast)
A variety of brand new student written and created content from comedy shows to dramas and documentaries.
Chalk and Charles Present: The ((URY)) Christmas Panto 2012
It's back! Celebrate the festive season with ((URY)) as we bring you a brand new student written adaptation of Rumplestiltskin! Starring all your favorite ((URY)) presenters, and this year with special guest star Karl Kennedy (Alan Fletcher) from Neighbours.
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ARE YOU BRAVE ENOUGH?

URY and Litsoc present a frightening live horror event happening right here on York Uni campus this Halloween.

Taking place in complete darkness in the very creepy location of Heslington Hall, we dare you to listen to 3 originally written and produced horror stories.

It is a FREE event, no tickets needed, just a lot of nerve. All the scares and screams will be broadcast LIVE on URY as well at 6-7pm this Halloween.

So if you think you can last the hour in pitch black darkness we challenge you to come and be part of a special one-off URY event.

Good luck, we'll be waiting...


Radio Drama

New originally-written drama pieces from York campus.


Tweedle Dum, De and Me

Show comprising 3 final year undergraduates taking a look at that inevitable question of 'what next?'... through the medium of entertainment. Alongside a special guest each week (we'll sort these- people with varying weird and wonderful things lined up for them after uni), we'll look to sift through one more potential life choice every week as we count down towards the end of university. The planned format of the show will look to include an interview with our special guest as they join us for a whole host of potential silly features including: 

- Helen and Judy's travelling tips. Being seasoned travellers of Asia, the pair will reveal another wacky story from their travelling experiences each week. 
- 'Fit it in my Fro' - special guest will look to fit a different object each week into Joe's afro. Feature will also include leaderboard based on nature of object chosen and how many they managed to fit in his hair.
- 'Joe's chimes' or a title to that effect. Comic song, recorded specially for the show every week, written by Joe on a subject messaged in to the show/something to do with the idea of 'what's next?'
- Interview with our special guest on what his/her plan is for next year and/or what they are currently doing having now graduated. Many exciting people lined up!
- 'Decipher Judy/Helen' or title to that effect- feature involving Joe/listeners attempting to guess certain scottish accented words in English or Gaelic.

Show's music will probably be around 6 songs and will be a competition between Joe, Helen and Judy (2 songs each) on who has picked the best music for that day. Potentially based around the 'what next' theme for that show! 

In a nutshell, light-hearted entertainment show looking at the serious question of 'what's next?'. Aimed then at current final years but also applicable for all years. Will also look to have jingle for the show- playing on idea of 'tweedle Dum' (Helen/Judy), tweedle De (Helen/Judy) and Me (Joe).


Fishtail: tales of sounds and words

A series of four specials exploring the relationship between sounds and words and other forms of art. Each week, we will be discussing the connections between different pieces of work with a series of special guests. We'll be featuring great and innovative music, writing and art written by our favourite established artists and york students.

The idea of fishtail comes from Ouroboros, which is the image of a fish or reptile biting its own tail. It signifies something that is constantly recreating itself, something that pre-existed and is so powerful that it must continue. Of course, it also comes from the notion of a fisherman's tale. In our programme, we're going to be 'biting our tales' and circulating from one art form to the next.


The URY Pantomime 2015: Oliver Twist

The URY Panto this year, which can be revealed as Oliver Twist, or should I say we are going to put our Twist on Oliver Twist. (No the jokes don't get better from here)

Written by: Alex Light, Imogen Fodor and Georgie Norgate, Andy Durant and Naomi Gildert, Katy Eloise, Stephen Clarke and Adam Brain, Rebecca Saw, Cat Saove and Peter Rogers

Voice Actors: Katy Eloise, Qumarth Jash, Henry Partridge, Alex Light, Peter Rogers, Stephen Clarke, Andy Durant, Adam Brain, Rebecca Saw, Imogen Fodor, Mat Carrington-Mackenzie and Nick Upton

Directed and Produced by Joseph Willis


The URY Pantomime 2016: Beauty and the Beast

This year, URY takes on the classic tale of Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, adding their own unique spin, awful jokes and all-round silliness. Narrated by Special Celebrity Guest Gareth Jones from How 2, Tommorow's World and Gareth Jones on Speed. Join us, then as we give you the best Pantomime you'll hear this year. Oh no you won't, oh yes we will!

Written by Joseph Willis (Narration and Plot), Adam Brain and Stephen Clarke (Scene 1) , Naomi Gildert (Scene 2), Chris Taylor and Kaja Harton (Scene 3), Will Matlock (Scene 4), Danni Boxall (Scene 5), Beth Prior and Georgie Norgate (Scene 6), Peter Rogers (Scene 7)


The Great North Run

On the morning of The Great North Run, a family eagerly try and watch the race on TV, in the hope of seeing Daniel, the youngest member of the family.  Unfortunately they keep getting distracted.  Whether its arguing over jobs, or working through deeper issues the family has, you will become engrossed in the day to day lives of the household.  With a huge cast and a good mix of humour and drama, this is definitely a story to tune in to.  

Written by Joe Dolan and Directing and Sound Engineering by Beth Wiffen. 

Cast include Sienna Lucrezia as Mum, Beth Prior as Carol, Leo Clasen as Mike, Matthew Chesters as Dad, Dominic Gould as Daniel, Marco Ross as the Announcer and Weatherman, Claire Geller as the Reporter, Kieran Cockburn as the Historian, Euan Brook as the Interviewer, Isaac Saward as the Interviewee and Ella Rainbird-Earley as the Girlfriend.


URY Speech presents: Technophobia

The Speech teams latest radio drama Technophobia (written by Joe Dolan) is an emotive and intense listen, which questions the costs of technological advancement in our society, and the impact it may have on us in the future.


Speech Showcase: Wasteland

Speech Showcase series presents the newest and best fiction material appearing from URY! Tune in for your fix of drama, comedy and something inbetween

 

Wasteland: 

The wasteland spans the country that used to be Britain. The people within are no longer British. Rather they are Galli, slavers, traders, NEM and rebels. War rages, touching every part of the wastelander’s lives. But will they be able to make something of this forlorn world, or will the wasteland swallow them whole?
 
This show is written and directed by Hannah Fitzgerald, produced by Connie Blach and Hannah Fitzgerald.
Starring Thomas Cornell as Watcher (ROB), Jessica Bellamy as Brenna, Sam Pittman as Frank, Abel Kent as Hal and Jessica Schofield as Click. Also featuring Geo Craig as Greg, Filippo Del Bo as Fosforillion and Al Dixon, Zoe Pavey and Adam Forsythe as background.
 
 

Speech Showcase: Footings

Speech Showcase series presents the newest and best fiction material appearing from URY! Tune in for your fix of drama, comedy and something inbetween

 

Footings: In the town of Footings-Apon-Tye, Roy Gloop is a farmer letting out his field to American archeologist Dr Lydia Marks. Todd Harris, a local reporter, starts to snoop around the dig site to find a story he desparately wants to be true.

This show is written by Saul Devlin and Danielle Turner, directed by Saul Devlin and produced by Saul Devlin and Connor Sanders.
Starring David Hemingway as Roy Gloop, Hesandi Jayasekara and Saul Devlin as Todd Harris. Also featuring Jessica Schofield as Jenn.

Alumni Shows: The Magical Mystery Music Machine

At the start of each show, my hastily-written computer code picks a random date from the 60s, 70s or 80, and I have to fill 58 minutes with music and news from that date. The URY record library gets a bit patchy if we go back to the 60s, so wish me luck!


Scripted

Keoni loves parody shows. So, he’s planned another! The twist? Every word, every pause, every mistake - all planned, all written, all seen by Towells for the first time as the mics go live. It’ll be crazy. It’ll be hectic. It’ll be scripted.

An hour event with Alex Towells and Keoni D'Souza


Hello Show

It is a test show. Named after the famous Hello World program written by all programmers in history.


Freshen Up for Freshers' Fair

It's that time of the year again - there'll be one stall giving out bags for some reason, so make sure you grab the bag for all the other random freebies you get from stalls you pretend to be interested in just to get the pens.

Freshers' Fair 2021 is nearly upon us - join me as we build up to it with some great music and chat!