This is a free download from Theater of The Mindless.
Adrift is about 15 minutes long. It was recorded before a live audience. It is a recording of a live performance. There are several groups that present audio drama as live stage shows. I have never seen an audio drama performed so I don't understand the joys of this mode of entertainment. I understand that there are people who like to attend these things. There is money to be made by doing live performance. There is also the fact that it can be a useful promotional tool for the production company. For these reasons I am all for it. But I still have no interest in seeing an audio drama preformed. I just want it to go on in my mind. If I go to the theater I want to see people moving about and interacting with their bodies.
Anyway, Adrift is a document of a live performance. It almost also works as an audio drama. It might have worked if not for an actor who was clearly playing to the present house. I don't blame her. There they were in front of her. And when one performs on stage one projects so the audience can hear. So that is what this role of Doctor is like and since she is the first voice we hear and has such a critical role, it makes the whole production sound like it was poorly acted. Yet is wasn't or isn't. Others in the cast do a decent job of being audio drama actors stuck on stage. It's just that one inappropriate apple can spoil the bunch. If only the director had given her an opportunity to fix her performance later in the studio.
The play is from an old comic book story. I'm wondering if perhaps accident man was speaking a little too distinctly throughout. Anyway. it's a very Quiet Please sort of thing and I like that genre so I would suggest this one is worth a listen. Besides, it's only 15 minutes. Here: Adrift
