UK International Radio Drama Festival - The UK's only celebration of audio drama from across the globe

About the UK International Audio Drama Festival

Our festival is the UK's only celebration of audio drama from across the globe.

We hold it every year in the last week of March in Canterbury.

In 2021, the restrictions of covid meant that for the first time we held it entirely online. We used that opportunity to combine the traditional listening sessions with collaborative creative sessions to make 20 second micro dramas .

The new format was very successful; the standards of work received very high. You can see the outcome of the festival awards on the Festival 2021 page.

We look forward to meeting everyone at the 2022 festival, live in Canterbury but with visitors able to join us online too.

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RDF on Radio Kent, March 2015

…being at the festival is like travelling elsewhere without having to undergo the hassle of airport security

Kate Chisholm

March 2019

The Speak Softly Shop

A season of newly made shortform dramas from around the world. Created as a response to the pandemic, they are a powerful reminder of the versatility of audio drama as an art form. Covid 19 made us postpone the 2020 festival but it brought this extraordinary cycle of work.

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