Episode 3: Backstage

Show Notes

Episode 3 of Dark Traveller is a real dive behind the scenes of creating this radio play, including BLOOPERS!  You hear about Blueberry Point, a refuge in reality and in our minds, about how improvising can feel scary, and what it was like performing in past WHoS prison plays. You'll also hear interviews with the cast of artists incarcerated inside of William Head Institution. Dark Traveller is a salute to the mysterious, the mystical, the darkness in the night sky.  Travel well, one and all.

Radio play 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 written by Wyllis Cooper.

Creative writing, commercials, and commentary created by incarcerated artists Midnight, Paul Dark, Dr. Percy, and The Captain.

Edited by Kathleen Greenfield.

Workshop facilitation and additional voices by Anne Cirillo, Kathleen Greenfield, Ingrid Hansen, Jeni Luther, and Kate Rubin.

Dark Traveller cover art by Carolyn Moon as part of our pen-pal art exchange between ‘outside’ and incarcerated artists.

What is Dark Traveller?

𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓 is the first-ever podcast created by incarcerated artists in Canada. Voice acting, audio commentary, and homemade sound effects are performed by the team of actors who are incarcerated at William Head Prison in Victoria, BC. William Head on Stage Prison Theatre Company (WHoS) has staged a play for the public every fall for the last 40 years. This is their first-ever radio play, recorded inside the institution during the pandemic lockdown. The podcast features the team performing the radio play 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴, along with commentary, creative writing, mock commercials, and an original sequel written and recorded by the artists.