Lovely chat with Sarah Lilley on BBC Radio Suffolk this morning about #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 and winning a Choice Outstanding Academic Title award. You can hear the interview in full on #BBCSounds starting at about 1hr 40: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... Or you can listen to this snippet...

What a year 2025 was for guests.Heartfelt thanks to each & every one of them for sharing their knowledge, passions, insights, & enthusiasm for theatre history @audioandrea.bsky.social @threeravenspod.bsky.social @wokestudies.bsky.social @simonsandys-winsch.bsky.social @drsheeha.bsky.social

A very happy new year, courtesy of a fantastic Christmas present - this Radio Times tinplate calendar. Any idea when these were made? (It can't be later than 1960, because Radio Times changed its logo in 1961.)

New year, new series of posts on #AudioDrama For 2026 I'm going to avoid #Shakespeare and suggest new plays and adaptations, including some by his contemporaries. January: Love and Information by Caryl Churchill. Available for free on #BBCSounds #RadioDrama #DramaOn3 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Just over two weeks left to submit abstracts for #BSA2026 online conference on 'AI and Shakespeare', where we'll be exploring the opportunities and threats, briefs and griefs posed by AI to Shakespeare communities. Abstracts due by 12 Janary 2026!

At 5:40 on this BBC Radio 4 Extra repeat episode of The Right Time - a sketch I have no memory of writing! I had to look up the script to check it was actually mine. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Possibly my favourite #CharlesParis series is on #BBCRadio4Extra at the moment - The Cinderella Killer. If you like a reference to #Shakespeare and his contemporaries you'll enjoy this snippet where Charles' agent tells him he's been offered a part in a verse drama 📻🎭 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

This year several writing projects have come to fruition – the most significant of which has been my book, #ShakespeareOnTheRadio💀🎧 Thanks to @edinburghup.bsky.social for the support – and to anyone who’s bought it. edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-shakesp... #Shakespeare #AudioDrama #RadioDrama

2025 has been a busy year, not least for spreading the word about #AudioDrama. As well as a couple of articles for @thestage.co.uk I did quite a few pieces for #radio and podcasts, including an introduction to #Hamlet on #BBCRadio3 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 #Shakespeare

It’s pure bonkers joy isn’t it and yes you’re right. It’s been wonderful to see those ladies tonight. J and I decided the world would be a much better place if Baroness Floella ran everything.

Hurrah for #TheMaskedSinger Not only does it have the most wonderful, bonkers costumes... But how often do you see four women over 75 in one show, all being fantastic and funny. Other TV producers, please take note 📺🎶 www.itv.com/watch/the-ma...

As a special Christmas treat, the East Anglian Daily Times ran a story about my book #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 picking up an award 📘🏆 You can read it here: www.eadt.co.uk/news/2571943... #Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama

Two years ago, the BBC celebrated the start of #RadioDrama - but didn't get their facts quite right (see video below). Today #JusticeForTwigg at last. Finally Phyllis Twigg is recognised for her roll in establishing #AudioDrama. Tune into #BBCRadio4 at 2.15pm today 📻🎧🎙️🎭 See next post for corrections

Oh. That's disappointing. New presenter of #InOurTime on #BBCRadio4 is a straight, white man of retirement age. We could have had a woman. We could have had someone young/er. We could have had a person of colour. We could have had someone queer. There are plenty of possible candidates. Never mind...

At 02:25 my sketch on this week's rerun of The Right Time is dedicated to all those radio DJs who have long outstayed their welcome. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Every month in 2025 I’ve been posting a #Shakespeare play recommendation on Instagram – along with a suggested audio version. If you head to my profile page you’ll find all my videos to watch in full. www.instagram.com/audio.andrea #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 #Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama

We're delighted to share that #Shakespeare on the Radio by @audioandrea.bsky.social has been awarded the 2025 Outstanding Academic Title by Choice! @choicereviews.bsky.social#Shakespeare 🎉Congratulations Andrea! Explore audio production in Shakespearean performance: 

This was a really lovely event - and a proper celebration for a radio drama pioneer. Very much looking forward to The Truth About Phyllis Twigg on Christmas Eve. #JusticeForTwigg #RadioDrama #AudioDrama #BBCRadio4 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

At 23:12 a coincidentally festive quickie of mine with Eleanor Bron and Paula Wilcox from The Right Time, repeated this week on BBC Radio 4 Extra. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Thrilled to have my paper on psychogeography and women’s writing accepted for the upcoming International Women’s Writing Association online conference. Very much looking forward to sharing my passion for walking and writing place in January.

My book #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 has been named as a 2025 Outstanding Academic Title by Choice. It’s described as offering “a fascinating history in an underrepresented area of Shakespeare studies”. “Highly recommended.” #ChoiceOAT2025 @edinburghup.bsky.social #Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama

Over on @linkedin.com, my lovely research colleague, Laura Messer, has posted a great plug for my work - and the fact I'm open to taking on PhD students... #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 #Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama www.linkedin.com/posts/laura-...

Looking for something non-Christmassy at the moment? I can warmly recommend this 👇 If you don't know who these women are, you really should. Full playlist here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #ElectronicWomen #Herstory #Radio #BBCRadio3 #ElectronicMusic #PioneeringWomen 🎧🎛️🎚️📻🎙️📼

I've been teaching our students about #AudioDrama this week - including a session in our eSports facilities where they were able to listen to clips individually on headphones, helping them understand a variety of issues around adaptation, including narration, sound effects and performance. (1/2)

Please do share far and wide. We are committed to supporting PGRs through the entire process of submitting work and getting it published. Since taking over as Editor of English this has been one of my core commitments, and I will happily field any queries you might have about submitting your work.

"It is 1923 and the BBC is at war!" Learn about the birth of broadcast comedy in Bigamy Killed the Radio Star. Full blurb on Amazon. www.amazon.co.uk/Bigamy-Kille...

Forget #BlackFriday The @edinburghup.bsky.social #StAndrewsDay sale means you can now pick up #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 for just £7.50. Gotta be worth putting in someone's #Christmas stocking 🎄🎁 #Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama

An article, a video, and a new book announcement! My latest blog entry, announcing the publication next year of my new book When Saturday Came and talking about some related bits and pieces.

This is gonna be fab! Can't wait! 📻🎄🎧💛

Great launch of the Suffolk Centre for Culture & Heritage this afternoon at the University of Suffolk. So much #arts, #culture & #heritage going on in #Suffolk - and lovely to see conversations and connections growing. Also fab to hear the new chancellor @zebsoanes.com championing the field 💛🎭📚🖼️📷🎬

Launch of first book by one of our #UniversityOfSuffolk #English PhD alumni last night. Congratulations to Dr Andrew Worrall on the publication of The Inheritance of Peter Tye. #CreativeWriting #NewNovel

Some lovely tributes to Prunella Scales, including this in @radiotimes.bsky.social But the best has been the extended interview with her son Samuel West for #BBCRadio4's #TheLastWord Essential listening not only for fans of Prunella but for anyone interested in acting www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Naturally disappointed that journalist Betty Knox, who reported on the Goering trial, is not portrayed in the Russell Crowe 'Nuremberg' movie. But, seeing as characters include Corporal Jones and Camp MP, they've obviously decided to play it for laughs.

Searching for the perfect Christmas comedy gift? How about 'Bigamy Killed the Radio Star' (the birth of BBC comedy)? Or 'It's Friday It's Crackerjack' (the entire history of a teatime TV classic). Or everyone's favourite sand-dancing trio 'Wilson Keppel & Betty - Too Naked for the Nazis.' Sorted!

Great day at #AHTV Lots of useful conversations (and now a notebook full of tips and ideas) about working with the media. Lovely opportunity to see old friends and make new acquaintances. Many thanks to the #AHRC & the #TVFoundation for organising.

As it's the first of the month, time for another #Shakespeare recommendation. Tomorrow is All Souls Day, so... November: Hamlet You can find a production starring Ronald Pickup on #BBCSounds with an introduction from me. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 #RadioDrama #AudioDrama

Apparently it's #Halloween...

My biography of BBCs first comedy celebrity - Bigamy Killed the Radio Star - is currently 3,062,500 in the Amazon best-sellers list. Let's see if we can get it into the top 2 million before Christmas!

Too right, @lizduffyadams.bsky.social! Loved hearing her refute the nonsense that #Shakespeare wasn't clever enough to write the plays, as well as talking about her play #BornWithTeeth (including clips of the current West End production). Recommended listening 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

#ShakespeareSurvey 78 has arrived 📕 Really looking forward to reading the #Audio #Shakespeare section (where you'll find my contribution), plus @benbroadribb.bsky.social's article on the Henry VI plays - personal faves of mine (and the subject of my MA dissertation) www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

Wonderful event at Suffolk Archives to celebrate the 50th anniversary of #RadioOrwell For those too young to remember, Radio Orwell was our news, our social media and our friend - predating BBC Radio Suffolk by 15 years. #RadioMemories #Suffolk #Ipswich #Radio #LocalRadio

🛩️ This time next week! Our #WolseyWriters theme is SPY STORIES in fiction, film & real life. 🛩️ w/ special guest author & historian Bob Pearson. 🛩️ SAT 1 NOV, 10:30am-12pm 🛩️ Creative writing at #NewWolsey Theatre, Ipswich #Suffolk Pay what you feel ⤵️ www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/wolse...

Translating #Shakespeare: Access and Mediation is out now! I'm delighted to be part of this excellent group of scholars. Looking forward to reading this. More info available here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... And you can get 20% off with the code: PALAUT Congratulations to everyone involved 🎉📕

It's been #graduation week at #UniversityOfSuffolk. Unfortunately my teaching commitments meant I couldn't attend the ceremony for my former students but a couple of my #English department colleagues were there and put together this lovely little video. Congratulations to everyone graduating 🎉

Our 2nd year University of Suffolk students have been studying #AsYouLikeIt this week - and this is a fab production. Pippa Nixon is glorious as Rosalind, while Johnny Flynn's music is soulful yet infectious. I guarantee you'll be singing along by the end 🎶 #Shakespeare www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

Wonderful surprise to see that Shakespeare Survey 78 is now out in the world, including a piece by yours truly on inter-English conflict in The Merry Wives of Windsor that I am actually quite proud of! www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...

Very pleased to learn at the end of last week that my article for Shakespeare Survey 78, "The BBC's Television Adaptations of Henry VI and Britain's National Identity Crises," has now been published online. If you'd like to read it, here's the link: www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...

Not heard in nearly three decades, today BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcasts Are You Still Awake? 15 minute plays starring real-life couples written by Russell Davies First episode with Prunella Scales & Timothy West was broadcast on Radio 3 28.11.94

My chapter 'Shakespeare for Free: The Accessibility and Politics of Audio Shakespeare in Anglo-American Contexts' is out now in the book Translating Shakespeare Access and Mediation, edited by the brilliant pairing of Duncan Lees & @earlymodlancs.bsky.social Here's the link: doi.org/10.1007/978-...

Delighted to have an article in the latest edition of Intermission from @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social 'Desperately Seeking Betty' features some new research into Egyptian sand-dancers Wilson, Keppel & Betty - plus a previously unseen picture of the original Betty.