SPECIAL: Riot Act - Conversation with Mark Humphries, Evan Williams, & Anjali Rao

WE MADE AN AUDIO SITCOM! — It’s called Riot Act and is out today on Audible.

Over the last couple of years

Mark Humphries, Evan Williams and I have been writing a sitcom set in the world of conservative talkback radio. It’s not so much a workplace comedy but a story about ambition, and politics at the extremes.

With the support of Audible we made it into an 8-part sitcom for your ears (we only did the sound, the images are created by your own mind – it’s cheaper that way), beating all the odds for making long-form narrative comedy in Australia.

And check out this list of incredible performers:

Liv Hewson

Tony Martin

Anjali Rao

Gretel Killeen

Rupert Degas

Heather Mitchell

Marc Fennell

Bridie Connel

Robbie McGregor

Veronica Milsom

Rosie Waterland

Wendy Harmer

Jordan Raskopoulos

Clarke Richards

Ash Williams

Sandra Sully

Hugh Rimminton

Hamish Macdonald

Penny Greenhalgh

Anthony Salame

Indira Naidoo

Ben Fordham

Angela Lavoirpierre

.. plus a gazillion more including Mark Humphries and Dan Ilic (Me)

We had a wonderful script editor in David K. Barnes (Wooden Overcoats) and an epic restructure and rewrite from Kacie Anning (The Other Guy). We made it with the incredible audio studio Uncanny Valley under the diligent supervision of Matt Perrot who built out the complex soundscape.

So this podcast, Mark Humphries, Evan Williams and I had a chat about how and why we made Riot Act – with a call to Anjali Rao and Matt Perrot for some behind the scenes context.

It was a real thrill for us to make it, and a privilege to work with our heroes and friends to create something we’re very proud of.

It’s free if you’re an Audible subscriber — you can get a 30day free trial if you’re not — Riot Act is only 186 minutes so, you know, plenty of time to listen to it a few times, and leave a scathing review: https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Riot-Act-Audiobook/B081VGWJLG?qid=1575317103&sr=1-1&pf_rd_p=771c6463-05d7-4981-9b47-920dc34a70f1&pf_rd_r=H1WJX9FR94HJ36GAQR9H&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1You can listen to Riot Act here —