Leicester and the Midlands have stories that linger.
For Spooky Sounds and Stories, we are inviting people to bring local ghost tales and explore them through recording and sound. A remembered story, a whispered passage or an imagined encounter could become a starting point.
Sound Assembly: Wednesday 28th October, 6pm.
Halloween broadcast: Radio Lear, Saturday 31st October, from 9pm.
A bunch of keys. A metal tin. A rustling sheet of paper. Listen closely and an ordinary object can suggest something unseen. Bring a sound-making object, an original recording or a ghost story to Sound Assembly on Wednesday 28th October at 6pm. Together, we will explore what feels haunted.
Listen to the Halloween broadcast on Radio Lear, Saturday 31st October from 9pm.
Imagine a ghost telling its own story. What does it remember? What has changed around it? What sound would let us know it was there?
Bring a short imagined voice, inspired by a historical Leicester or Midlands ghost tale, to Sound Assembly on Wednesday 28th October at 6pm.
Help create Spooky Sounds and Stories for Radio Lear's Halloween broadcast, Saturday 31st October from 9pm.
One week until Spooky Sounds and Stories. Join Sound Assembly on Wednesday 28th October at 6pm. Bring a ghost story to record, a spooky sound or something weird and creepy that evokes the feeling of being haunted. We will explore local stories and shared improvisation for a Halloween broadcast on Radio Lear, Saturday 31st October from 9pm. What will you bring?
Which ghost story has stayed with you?
Bring your own retelling to Sound Assembly on Wednesday 28th October at 6pm. Let us know where the story comes from, then help us discover how it might sound on the radio.
Voices, silences and strange noises will shape Spooky Sounds and Stories for Radio Lear, Saturday 31st October from 9pm.
You do not need a finished performance to take part in Sound Assembly. A few words, an everyday object or an unexpected noise can be the beginning. We will listen to one another and discover what happens when stories and sounds meet. Spooky Sounds and Stories takes place on Wednesday 28th October at 4pm, creating material for Radio Lear's Halloween broadcast on Saturday 31st October from 9pm.
An old story can change the way we hear a place. For the next Sound Assembly, we are exploring historical ghost stories from Leicester and the Midlands. Bring a tale to tell, a sound to share or something that makes the familiar feel strange.
Wednesday 28th October, 4pm. Our Halloween broadcast follows on Radio Lear, Saturday 31st October from 9pm.
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A scrape behind a door. A rattle in an empty room. Footsteps that stop when you stop. What ordinary object could make an unsettling sound?
Bring it to Sound Assembly - Spooky Sounds and Stories, Wednesday 28th October at 4pm. We will listen, experiment and help make a shared haunting for Radio Lear's Halloween broadcast, Saturday 31st October from 9pm.
Give a ghost a voice. Do you know a ghost story connected with Leicester or the Midlands? Perhaps it belongs to an old building, a familiar street or a tale passed down through your family. Bring it to Sound Assembly on Wednesday 28th October at 4pm. We will record stories and explore the sounds around them for Radio Lear's Halloween broadcast on Saturday 31st October from 9pm.
Bring a ghost story to record, a spooky sound, or something weird and creepy. Together, we will explore Leicester and Midlands ghost stories through voices, objects and shared sound making. Help create Radio Lear's Halloween broadcast, Saturday 31st October from 9pm. radiolear.uk/
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