Am I Old Yet? — Comedy audio drama

"Am I Old Yet?" is on hiatus at the moment, while I refresh myself and come up with some more adventures to send Helen on. Meantime, here is an audio fiction I think you will enjoy. "The Perfect Sentence" is a concept album, by Jeff Van Dreason, co-creator of "Greater Boston", and it's available on Bandcamp, Spotify and Apple Music or wherever you stream your music. It's part narrated, part acted, with a beautiful soundscape, and it concerns grief, friendship, art, memory, and so much more. This is the first track, just to give you a taster.

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Thunder's Mouth Theatre presents: "Oh

You heard Lushika Preethrajh as Mrs Patel, and Flloyd Kennedy as Helen, Janey and Susie. The music is "In the Labyrinth" by John T La Barbera, and you can hear more of John's lovely music on Spotify and on Bandcamp. Thank to the Fable and Folly Network for their support, and encouragement. Please check out their sponsors at FableandFolly.com/sponsors.

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This is Part 1 of Episode 10, or you can just call it Episode 10, because Megaphone will call the next one Episode 11, no matter what I call it.  Never mind. Helen and Susie are still on a mission to find out what is going on with Preshanni, the young woman who went messing a couple of episodes ago. They know where she is - back with her family in South Africa, but they still don’t know why. Mrs Patel, Preshanni’s former employer, might have the answer, but Susie still has something that’s bothering her, and Helen intends to find out what it is. Enjoy 

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Thunder’s Mouth Theatre presents... “In Search of  Preshanni” Episode 9 of Season 11. Helen and Susie  are still concerned that Preshanni went missing just after Ciara went off to France, so they on their way to Mary’s house to see if Ciara left any information behind, indicating where Preshanni might have gone.  I wonder if I can manage to wrap up the mystery in the next episode, in which case that will be a ‘wrap’ for Season 11!  This episode was written and performed by me, Flloyd Kennedy. The music is by John T La Barbera, from his album In The Labyrinth, available on Spotify.  You can support this podcast by subscribing at patreon.com/amIoldyet, which gives you access to all the episodes, totally ad free! As well as to our community discord group, along with other perks. Thanks also to Fable and Folly network for their support. Please visit fableandfolly.com/sponsors.

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Episode 8 of Season 11 and Jennifer gives Helen a hand to bring her shopping upstairs, as the lift is STILL out of order. Really! Someone should report it to the Body Corporate. Helen’s old friend Joey from her days at college in New York, who now lives in Sydney Australia, calls up for a catch up, and a new friend phones in to ask for Helen's help.

Written, performed and produced by Flloyd Kennedy., with music by John T La Barbera.

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"Am I Old Yet?" was shortlisted for a Golden Lobe award last month. Didn’t win, but what an honour to be listed in such great company as Crowleytime, Oz9, and the actual winner Harford - an oral history. Do check them out. And feel free to drop some pennies into our Patreon bucket if you can spare any, at patreon.com/amIoldyet. Every little helps. Thanks for listening. Stay safe. 

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This week, while I wrap up the final episodes of "Baked Off!", I'm excited to share another delicious audio drama from the award winning writer, Stephanie Elie. Alpha8 is a sci-fi adventure fiction that imagines what might happen when a desperate alien swaps places with a regular working mother and has to deal with three stroppy teenagers, while dad is kept incommunicado at his terribly important job.

The production of "Alpha 8" is a meticulously crafted audio experience that blends rich storytelling with sophisticated sound design to transport listeners into its vivid sci-fi universe. The series is produced using high-quality audio equipment to capture the nuanced performances of a diverse and talented cast, ensuring every emotional beat and suspenseful moment is conveyed with clarity and impact.

Awards and nominations

2024 Awards

Hollywood Series Awards - Best Sci-fi Podcast

Signal Award Gold - Best Fiction Podcast

T.O. WebFest - Best Writing in a Podcast

Zepston Int’l Film & Music Festival - Best Fiction Podcast

Urban Mediamakers Film Festival - Best Podcast

Ecovision Festival - Best Fiction Podcasy

LA WebFest Winner 2024 - Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Podcast

Miami WebFest Winner 2024 - Best Sound Mix

2024 Nominations

New Jersey Web Festival - Best Sci-Fi & Best Supporting Actor

New Zealand Web Fest - Best Cast & Best Sound Design

Sydney Web Fest - Best Sound Design & Best Sci-Fi Podcast

Baltimore Next Media Web Fest - Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy

HollyShorts Film Festival - Best Podcast

Essence Film Festival - Best Podcast

2024 Selections

Official Selection - Melbourne WebFest

For more information, visit https://alpha8audio.com

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This week, as a bonus, we introduce you to a brand new podcast. I’ve been working on it for around 18 months now, it’s an 8 episode limited series, fully scripted and fully cast audio fiction called “Baked Off! Live, laugh, loaves”. Written and produced by me, with a cast of 10 fabulous voice actors, and new music by John T La Barbera. It has its own feed, and its own website, and it is totally independently available in your podcasting apps. From next week, you’ll need to seek it out either at bakedoffpodcast.com, or in your podcasting app. And normal “Am I Old Yet?” service will resume here next week!  In the meantime, here is Episode 1 “Loaves Actually”.In which we meet Duncan, a young IT consultant in Edinburgh, Scotland, Julianna, an ex-dancer,  wife and mother in Liverpool, England, and Margot, retired Michelin starred chef in Brisbane, Australia. The cast is:

Christopher McDougal, Wendy Lap, Tayo Aluko, Erika Sanderson, Frankii Phoenix, Andrea Richardson, Roy R Carruthers and Flloyd Kennedy.

Music composed and arranged by John T La Barbera.

Sound design and editing by Flloyd Kennedy.

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Transcript is available on the episode website https://amIoldyet.com/introducing_baked_off

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Helen finds herself on the receiving end of some rather disturbing news, and some sad, but not unexpected news. This episodes includes discussions of missing persons, and grief. 

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Episode 6 finds Helen at her favourite cafe, chatting with Ilse about playing card games on her iPad. But before we go there, I thought you might like to know why we call ourselves Thunder’s Mouth Theatre. Back in the day, I played Queen Eleanor in a production of Shakespeare’s play “The Life and Death of King John”. It was produced by John Warner’s production company in Brisbane, and performed at the then abandoned Boggo Road Jail. Our lovely mate Allana Noyes played Constance, Eleanor’s daughter-in-law, and Constance has the most wonderful line that Shakespeare ever wrote: “Oh, that my tongue were in the Thunder’s mouth / then with a passion would I shake the world!” That is how I feel about live theatre, so that is what I named my own company. And now, I use it to do a teeny tiny bit of shaking of the world, in my own small way, with the help of some very good mates. In this episode, John Warner introduces the character of William Askew, OAM.

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Helen attended the 'gathering' Susie invited her to, where she met up with the mother of Kiara, the charismatic climate change evangelist. They've taken Susie off to the nearest cafe to enjoy something to drink and a heart to heart. With special guest voice actor Lushika Preetrajh as Preshanni and Mrs Patel.

Now, you may have noticed that these episodes are arriving at roughly fortnightly intervals these days. That’s because I’m also busy editing the new podcast, Baked Off! Which is a much bigger production than Am I Old Yet? I’ve been trying to raise some funds to pay for a dialogue editor to help me with it, but we still have some way to go. If you’d like to help out, there are a range of perks to be enjoyed, from early access to the episodes to mugs, stickers and aprons, and even a brand new cookbook. The website is crowdfundr.com/bakedoffthepodcast. I’m halfway through editing Episode 4, with only another 4 to go. And it will happen a whole lot faster if I don’t have to do it all myself!

Thanks to those of you who have joined the Patreon community. The latest newsletter is on its way to you already. Also thanks to Fable and Folly and the F&F community, who are so lovely and supportive, as well as being just the best audio fiction producers out there. Thanks for listening. Stay safe. 

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