Radio Drama Festival

The Audio Drama Festival 2026:
"To Canterbury with Rich Offerings"

We had a highly successful and enjoyable Festival this year.

We are now pleased to announce the winner of the Audience Award. 

Glen Dickson for his play “The Patrolman”

Congratulations to Glen! 

And thank you to everyone who voted. It was a hard fought contest. 

Here is the link to the plays presented at the festival 

Plays presented 2026

Vote here

The link for the scripts in English is below.

The Festival winners 2026 are

Full length category

1st Mother of God, Banish Putin (Czech Radio)

2nd 30 Acres (RTE)

3rd equal Clamber Cat (Tomasz Zacherwicz) and Nuages (  Bablefish asbl)

Short form

1st A step by step guide to wooden spoon carving (Cristina Marras)

2nd Timisoara Now (Peter Vamos)

3rd AdotHdot (Silver Sound NYC)

Deacon Young producers award

Tia Morgen for  NIXE. Eine Geschichte queerer
Beziehungsgewalt

Congratulations to all

The regulations are here

regulations

Full Programme

You can find out more about the individual plays in the Full Programme above.

Scripts in English 

…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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