Ubu Hour

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The Ubu Hour, inspired by Alfred Jarry's absurdist Ubu plays, airs experimental radio theater with dada/Surreal elements

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A Plague of Words

Airs at: Mon, 10/05/2015 at 12:00am
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A PLAGUE OF WORDS - A bizarre disease is transmitted through language in this futuristic surreal radio play.  A doctor, a general, a scientist and a priest vie for public support for their own solutions.. meanwhile an Oracle utters cryptic messages that might be a clue or m... Read more

All Trump All the Time

Airs at: Mon, 10/05/2015 at 12:00am
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Turn on Cable News for Presidential election coverage and what do you get: ALL TRUMP ALL THE TIME. Here's a short funny radio peice that makes fun of politicians and the media that so inadaquately covers them. Read more

Big Man Little World: The Heroic Adventures of Christopher Columbus

Airs at: Mon, 10/05/2015 at 12:00am
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Celebrate Columbus Day with the UBU HOUR's loving tribute of this great explorer, the radio drama BIG MAN LITTLE WORLD. This stirring historical radio drama recounts Christopher Columbus's "discovery" of some islands off of Asia, which he knew could become the fabled Wester... Read more

Hitch-Hike Hussy

Airs at: Wed, 09/09/2015 at 12:00am
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The Ubu Hour production of HITCH-HIKE HUSSY..   from the Sept 2015 Ubu Hour.. A lurid tale full of sex and violence, based on the 1959 pulp novel of the same name, as well as inspired by the 1950s film noir classic "Kiss Me Deadly."  Here's a chance to hear this radio noir ... Read more

Hitch-Hike Hussy/I Have Something to Show You

Airs at: Mon, 09/07/2015 at 11:00pm - Tue, 09/08/2015 at 12:00am
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Tonight on the Ubu Hour: A radio adaptation based loosely on the 1959 pulp novel HITCH-HIKE HUSSY... A lurid tale of sex, violence, drugs and hitch hiking... Also.. the Cinema Plunderphonics peice I HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU... another crazy trip into movie mash-ups as ch... Read more

Ubu Hour Aug 2015

Airs at: Mon, 08/03/2015 at 11:00pm - Tue, 08/04/2015 at 12:00am
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Tonight on the Ubu Hour: MONSANTO DREAMS:  It seems there’s been nothing but bad news in America lately. The death of Sandra Bland in a Texas jail, the House passing a bill that prohibits the labeling of GMO foods. And that’s just a start. However, on tonight’s Ubu Hour, w... Read more

The Return of Mr. Grey

Airs at: Mon, 08/03/2015 at 12:00am
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Mr. Grey has returned to town after 15 years and no one knows why. Competeing gangsters second guess each others motives. In an old hotel, events rapidly spiral out of control in this violent and surreal audio drama.       Inspired by Shakespeare, film noir, David Lynch, Pa... Read more

Elephant

Airs at: Mon, 07/06/2015 at 11:00pm - Tue, 07/07/2015 at 12:00am
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Tonight, on Ubu Masterpiece Radio Theater, the audio play ELEPHANT, based on Eugene Ionesco's RHINOCEROS, a classic of the French Theater of the Absurd.   Instead of rhinos, people start turning into elephants in this surreal story that critiques conformity and mass movemen... Read more

untitled Ubu Hour show...

Airs at: Mon, 06/01/2015 at 11:00pm - Tue, 06/02/2015 at 12:00am
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Oh, no... tonight promises to be another train-wreck of a show, when no one shows up with a script for the radio theater...How much can things devolve into complete chaos in an hour?  All participants in tonight's episode deny the existance of thier participation... Perhaps... Read more

Ubu Hour May 2015

Airs at: Mon, 05/04/2015 at 11:00pm - Tue, 05/05/2015 at 12:00am
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UBU HOUR - Radio Theater.. Tonight we adapt the 1973 motion picture F FOR FAKE to an audio drama.. starring Orson Welles and Lush Rimbaugh..  and we also have yet another plunderphonic audio drama peice FOOTSTEPS AND DOORS. . Read more