PlayMe

Podcast

PlayMe

Presentation
Hosted by	Chris Tolley Laura Mullin
Genre	Audio drama
Language	English
Production
Audio format	MP3
Publication
Original release	2016
Provider	CBC Podcasts

PlayMe is a Canadian original audio drama program and theatre podcast produced by the digital division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).^[1] It is hosted and produced by Chris Tolley and Laura Mullin, who are artistic directors of Expect Theatre.^[2]

The program produces audio adaptations of recent Canadian stage dramas.^[3] It is broadcast as a podcast on CBC Radio 1 and SiriusXM Satellite.^[4] The podcast has been downloaded in more than ninety countries.^[2]

History

It was started as an independent program in 2016 by Chris Tolley and Laura Mullin to extend theatre's reach.^[3]^[2]

In late 2018, it was licensed with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and later it has been distributed as a CBC Podcast, increasing its reach.^[4]^[5]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, when all the theaters were closed down, the popularity of the program increased.^[4]

The series was first broadcast in as a regular program in the fall of 2021 on CBC Radio 1 as part of its Sunday night lineup of narrative radio programs.^[6]

Awards

Webby Honoree by the International Academy of Arts and Sciences^[6]
Gold Medal for Audio Drama at the 2020 New York Festival's Radio Award^[7]

References

^ "The Quarantine Chronicles are like bedtime stories for bizarre times | CBC Radio".
^ ^a ^b ^c Fricker, Karen (April 3, 2018). "The play's the thing … you listen to on a podcast". Toronto Star.
^ ^a ^b Taylor, Kate (December 27, 2017). "PlayMe podcast brings Canadian theatre to your earbuds". The Globe and Mail.
^ ^a ^b ^c Nestruck, J. Kelly (March 17, 2020). "Canadian plays and productions you can watch or listen to while housebound this week". The Globe and Mail.
^ "Fiction podcasts are giving new form to the old art of the radio drama | CBC News".
^ ^a ^b "Laura Mullin & Chris Tolley - CBC Media Centre".
^ "New York Festivals".

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