The Devious Theatre Company are very proud to announce that; we will be broadcasting a brand new hour long radio version of HG Wells’ sci-fi classic The War Of The Worlds, in conjunction with KCLR 96FM, 70 years to the date of the famous Orson Welles broadcast on C.B.S., October 30th 1938.

The Welles version was performed live on CBS with a fictional radio show being interrupted by news of a Martian invasion of earth. Convinced that what they were hearing was real, listeners fled their homes, frantically called loved ones and prepared themselves for the Martian attacks. The countrywide case of mass hysteria caused by the broadcast gave a chilling insight into how America would react if subjected to such an attack. A subsequent Mexican version of Welles radio adaptation led to 6 deaths and caused the radio station to be burnt down by outraged listeners.

Tune in on October 30th to hear our Kilkenny and Carlow located version of the classic tale. With a variety of different narrative devices and accounts of the invasion, we are able to piece together a chilling perspective on the attacks by the fearsome Martian tripods and their destruction of earth’s populace over the course of a 3 week period.

We are delighted to be working on this project with KCLR and we’re hoping that the audiences in Carlow and Kilkenny won’t take this one too seriously.

Check out the newly relaunched www.devioustheatre.com for more details on the project along with a whole host of goodies from all our previous productions.

The Devious Theatre Company’s performance of The War of the Worlds will be broadcast exclusively on KCLR on Thursday, October 30th at 9pm. It can also be listened to live on KCLR96FM.com.