PlayMe

PlayMe
GenreAudio drama
LanguageEnglish
Cast and voices
Hosted byChris Tolley
Laura Mullin
Technical specifications
Audio formatMP3
Publication
Original release2016
ProviderCBC Podcasts
Related
Websitewww.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/211-playme

PlayMe is a Canadian original audio drama program and theatre podcast produced by the digital division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). It is hosted and produced by Chris Tolley and Laura Mullin, who are artistic directors of Expect Theatre.

The program produces audio adaptations of recent Canadian stage dramas. It is broadcast as a podcast on CBC Radio 1 and SiriusXM Satellite. The podcast has been downloaded in more than ninety countries.

History

It was started as an independent program in 2016 by Chris Tolley and Laura Mullin to extend theatre's reach.

In late 2018, it was licensed with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and later it has been distributed as a CBC Podcast, increasing its reach.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, when all the theaters were closed down, the popularity of the program increased.

The series was first broadcast in as a regular program in the fall of 2021 on CBC Radio 1 as part of its Sunday night lineup of narrative radio programs.

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "The Quarantine Chronicles are like bedtime stories for bizarre times | CBC Radio".
  2. 1 2 3 Fricker, Karen (April 3, 2018). "The play's the thing … you listen to on a podcast". Toronto Star.
  3. 1 2 Taylor, Kate (December 27, 2017). "PlayMe podcast brings Canadian theatre to your earbuds". The Globe and Mail.
  4. 1 2 3 Nestruck, J. Kelly (March 17, 2020). "Canadian plays and productions you can watch or listen to while housebound this week". The Globe and Mail.
  5. ↑ "Fiction podcasts are giving new form to the old art of the radio drama | CBC News".
  6. 1 2 "Laura Mullin & Chris Tolley - CBC Media Centre".
  7. ↑ "New York Festivals".