Dr Andrea Smith
@audioandrea.bsky.social
Shakespeare, drama, radio. Often all at the same time. Lecturer in English and Creative Writing at University of Suffolk. Formerly BBC producer. My views.
https://linktr.ee/audioandrea
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Forget #BlackFriday
The @edinburghup.bsky.social #StAndrewsDay sale means you can now pick up #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 for just £7.50.
Gotta be worth putting in someone's #Christmas stocking 🎄🎁
#Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama
The @edinburghup.bsky.social #StAndrewsDay sale means you can now pick up #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 for just £7.50.
Gotta be worth putting in someone's #Christmas stocking 🎄🎁
#Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama
November 28, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Forget #BlackFriday
The @edinburghup.bsky.social #StAndrewsDay sale means you can now pick up #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 for just £7.50.
Gotta be worth putting in someone's #Christmas stocking 🎄🎁
#Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama
The @edinburghup.bsky.social #StAndrewsDay sale means you can now pick up #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 for just £7.50.
Gotta be worth putting in someone's #Christmas stocking 🎄🎁
#Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama
Great launch of the Suffolk Centre for Culture & Heritage this afternoon at the University of Suffolk.
So much #arts, #culture & #heritage going on in #Suffolk - and lovely to see conversations and connections growing.
Also fab to hear the new chancellor @zebsoanes.com championing the field 💛🎭📚🖼️📷🎬
So much #arts, #culture & #heritage going on in #Suffolk - and lovely to see conversations and connections growing.
Also fab to hear the new chancellor @zebsoanes.com championing the field 💛🎭📚🖼️📷🎬
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Great launch of the Suffolk Centre for Culture & Heritage this afternoon at the University of Suffolk.
So much #arts, #culture & #heritage going on in #Suffolk - and lovely to see conversations and connections growing.
Also fab to hear the new chancellor @zebsoanes.com championing the field 💛🎭📚🖼️📷🎬
So much #arts, #culture & #heritage going on in #Suffolk - and lovely to see conversations and connections growing.
Also fab to hear the new chancellor @zebsoanes.com championing the field 💛🎭📚🖼️📷🎬
Launch of first book by one of our #UniversityOfSuffolk #English PhD alumni last night.
Congratulations to Dr Andrew Worrall on the publication of The Inheritance of Peter Tye.
#CreativeWriting #NewNovel
Congratulations to Dr Andrew Worrall on the publication of The Inheritance of Peter Tye.
#CreativeWriting #NewNovel
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Launch of first book by one of our #UniversityOfSuffolk #English PhD alumni last night.
Congratulations to Dr Andrew Worrall on the publication of The Inheritance of Peter Tye.
#CreativeWriting #NewNovel
Congratulations to Dr Andrew Worrall on the publication of The Inheritance of Peter Tye.
#CreativeWriting #NewNovel
Some lovely tributes to Prunella Scales, including this in @radiotimes.bsky.social
But the best has been the extended interview with her son Samuel West for #BBCRadio4's #TheLastWord
Essential listening not only for fans of Prunella but for anyone interested in acting
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
But the best has been the extended interview with her son Samuel West for #BBCRadio4's #TheLastWord
Essential listening not only for fans of Prunella but for anyone interested in acting
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
November 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Some lovely tributes to Prunella Scales, including this in @radiotimes.bsky.social
But the best has been the extended interview with her son Samuel West for #BBCRadio4's #TheLastWord
Essential listening not only for fans of Prunella but for anyone interested in acting
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
But the best has been the extended interview with her son Samuel West for #BBCRadio4's #TheLastWord
Essential listening not only for fans of Prunella but for anyone interested in acting
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Great day at #AHTV
Lots of useful conversations (and now a notebook full of tips and ideas) about working with the media.
Lovely opportunity to see old friends and make new acquaintances.
Many thanks to the #AHRC & the #TVFoundation for organising.
Lots of useful conversations (and now a notebook full of tips and ideas) about working with the media.
Lovely opportunity to see old friends and make new acquaintances.
Many thanks to the #AHRC & the #TVFoundation for organising.
November 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Great day at #AHTV
Lots of useful conversations (and now a notebook full of tips and ideas) about working with the media.
Lovely opportunity to see old friends and make new acquaintances.
Many thanks to the #AHRC & the #TVFoundation for organising.
Lots of useful conversations (and now a notebook full of tips and ideas) about working with the media.
Lovely opportunity to see old friends and make new acquaintances.
Many thanks to the #AHRC & the #TVFoundation for organising.
As it's the first of the month, time for another #Shakespeare recommendation. Tomorrow is All Souls Day, so...
November: Hamlet
You can find a production starring Ronald Pickup on #BBCSounds with an introduction from me.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧
#RadioDrama #AudioDrama
November: Hamlet
You can find a production starring Ronald Pickup on #BBCSounds with an introduction from me.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧
#RadioDrama #AudioDrama
November 1, 2025 at 7:21 AM
As it's the first of the month, time for another #Shakespeare recommendation. Tomorrow is All Souls Day, so...
November: Hamlet
You can find a production starring Ronald Pickup on #BBCSounds with an introduction from me.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧
#RadioDrama #AudioDrama
November: Hamlet
You can find a production starring Ronald Pickup on #BBCSounds with an introduction from me.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
#ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧
#RadioDrama #AudioDrama
#ShakespeareSurvey 78 has arrived 📕
Really looking forward to reading the #Audio #Shakespeare section (where you'll find my contribution), plus @benbroadribb.bsky.social's article on the Henry VI plays - personal faves of mine (and the subject of my MA dissertation)
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
Really looking forward to reading the #Audio #Shakespeare section (where you'll find my contribution), plus @benbroadribb.bsky.social's article on the Henry VI plays - personal faves of mine (and the subject of my MA dissertation)
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
October 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
#ShakespeareSurvey 78 has arrived 📕
Really looking forward to reading the #Audio #Shakespeare section (where you'll find my contribution), plus @benbroadribb.bsky.social's article on the Henry VI plays - personal faves of mine (and the subject of my MA dissertation)
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
Really looking forward to reading the #Audio #Shakespeare section (where you'll find my contribution), plus @benbroadribb.bsky.social's article on the Henry VI plays - personal faves of mine (and the subject of my MA dissertation)
www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
Wonderful event at Suffolk Archives to celebrate the 50th anniversary of #RadioOrwell
For those too young to remember, Radio Orwell was our news, our social media and our friend - predating BBC Radio Suffolk by 15 years.
#RadioMemories #Suffolk #Ipswich #Radio #LocalRadio
For those too young to remember, Radio Orwell was our news, our social media and our friend - predating BBC Radio Suffolk by 15 years.
#RadioMemories #Suffolk #Ipswich #Radio #LocalRadio
October 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Wonderful event at Suffolk Archives to celebrate the 50th anniversary of #RadioOrwell
For those too young to remember, Radio Orwell was our news, our social media and our friend - predating BBC Radio Suffolk by 15 years.
#RadioMemories #Suffolk #Ipswich #Radio #LocalRadio
For those too young to remember, Radio Orwell was our news, our social media and our friend - predating BBC Radio Suffolk by 15 years.
#RadioMemories #Suffolk #Ipswich #Radio #LocalRadio
Translating #Shakespeare: Access and Mediation is out now!
I'm delighted to be part of this excellent group of scholars. Looking forward to reading this.
More info available here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
And you can get 20% off with the code: PALAUT
Congratulations to everyone involved 🎉📕
I'm delighted to be part of this excellent group of scholars. Looking forward to reading this.
More info available here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
And you can get 20% off with the code: PALAUT
Congratulations to everyone involved 🎉📕
October 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Translating #Shakespeare: Access and Mediation is out now!
I'm delighted to be part of this excellent group of scholars. Looking forward to reading this.
More info available here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
And you can get 20% off with the code: PALAUT
Congratulations to everyone involved 🎉📕
I'm delighted to be part of this excellent group of scholars. Looking forward to reading this.
More info available here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
And you can get 20% off with the code: PALAUT
Congratulations to everyone involved 🎉📕
It's been #graduation week at #UniversityOfSuffolk. Unfortunately my teaching commitments meant I couldn't attend the ceremony for my former students but a couple of my #English department colleagues were there and put together this lovely little video. Congratulations to everyone graduating 🎉
October 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
It's been #graduation week at #UniversityOfSuffolk. Unfortunately my teaching commitments meant I couldn't attend the ceremony for my former students but a couple of my #English department colleagues were there and put together this lovely little video. Congratulations to everyone graduating 🎉
My chapter 'Shakespeare for Free: The Accessibility and Politics of Audio Shakespeare in Anglo-American Contexts' is out now in the book Translating Shakespeare Access and Mediation, edited by the brilliant pairing of Duncan Lees & @earlymodlancs.bsky.social
Here's the link: doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Here's the link: doi.org/10.1007/978-...
October 20, 2025 at 7:37 AM
My chapter 'Shakespeare for Free: The Accessibility and Politics of Audio Shakespeare in Anglo-American Contexts' is out now in the book Translating Shakespeare Access and Mediation, edited by the brilliant pairing of Duncan Lees & @earlymodlancs.bsky.social
Here's the link: doi.org/10.1007/978-...
Here's the link: doi.org/10.1007/978-...
A couple of weeks ago, I had a great time at #IpswichBookFestival
This is me talking about Shakespeare's Henry V - the clip starts just after I mentioned Laurence Olivier's 1944 film.
Coincidentally Henry V was my #Shakespeare play choice for October
#ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧
#RadioDrama #AudioDrama
This is me talking about Shakespeare's Henry V - the clip starts just after I mentioned Laurence Olivier's 1944 film.
Coincidentally Henry V was my #Shakespeare play choice for October
#ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧
#RadioDrama #AudioDrama
October 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
A couple of weeks ago, I had a great time at #IpswichBookFestival
This is me talking about Shakespeare's Henry V - the clip starts just after I mentioned Laurence Olivier's 1944 film.
Coincidentally Henry V was my #Shakespeare play choice for October
#ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧
#RadioDrama #AudioDrama
This is me talking about Shakespeare's Henry V - the clip starts just after I mentioned Laurence Olivier's 1944 film.
Coincidentally Henry V was my #Shakespeare play choice for October
#ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧
#RadioDrama #AudioDrama
*New Publication!*
Lovely end to the week - 'John Gielgud on Air: 65 Years of Performing Shakespeare on Radio' out now in Shakespeare Survey. It shows that not only was he a leading stage actor, but he was an audio drama pioneer too.
If you have access, here's the link: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Lovely end to the week - 'John Gielgud on Air: 65 Years of Performing Shakespeare on Radio' out now in Shakespeare Survey. It shows that not only was he a leading stage actor, but he was an audio drama pioneer too.
If you have access, here's the link: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
October 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
*New Publication!*
Lovely end to the week - 'John Gielgud on Air: 65 Years of Performing Shakespeare on Radio' out now in Shakespeare Survey. It shows that not only was he a leading stage actor, but he was an audio drama pioneer too.
If you have access, here's the link: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Lovely end to the week - 'John Gielgud on Air: 65 Years of Performing Shakespeare on Radio' out now in Shakespeare Survey. It shows that not only was he a leading stage actor, but he was an audio drama pioneer too.
If you have access, here's the link: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Great article about my wonderful friend @katiewardwriter.bsky.social in the EADT on Saturday. Have highlighted a couple of my fave bits #Ipswich #Shakespeare
I can also warmly recommend Katie's novel #Pathways 📙 - and if you're interested in writing yourself, #WolseyWriters is a fab place to start
I can also warmly recommend Katie's novel #Pathways 📙 - and if you're interested in writing yourself, #WolseyWriters is a fab place to start
October 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Great article about my wonderful friend @katiewardwriter.bsky.social in the EADT on Saturday. Have highlighted a couple of my fave bits #Ipswich #Shakespeare
I can also warmly recommend Katie's novel #Pathways 📙 - and if you're interested in writing yourself, #WolseyWriters is a fab place to start
I can also warmly recommend Katie's novel #Pathways 📙 - and if you're interested in writing yourself, #WolseyWriters is a fab place to start
What a wonderful weekend for the first #IpswichBookFestival.
My session on #ShakepseareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 at the #Ipswich Institute was pretty much a full house.
And our University of Suffolk students were brilliant yesterday – prompting the busiest Q&A I saw at the event.
Roll on next year! 📚
My session on #ShakepseareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 at the #Ipswich Institute was pretty much a full house.
And our University of Suffolk students were brilliant yesterday – prompting the busiest Q&A I saw at the event.
Roll on next year! 📚
October 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
What a wonderful weekend for the first #IpswichBookFestival.
My session on #ShakepseareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 at the #Ipswich Institute was pretty much a full house.
And our University of Suffolk students were brilliant yesterday – prompting the busiest Q&A I saw at the event.
Roll on next year! 📚
My session on #ShakepseareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 at the #Ipswich Institute was pretty much a full house.
And our University of Suffolk students were brilliant yesterday – prompting the busiest Q&A I saw at the event.
Roll on next year! 📚
Had a great time at the #IpswichBookFestival earlier talking about my book #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧
Very flattered by the number of people who came. These pics give you an idea of me in action. Towards the end I'm ripping some celery to simulate breaking bones!
#Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama
Very flattered by the number of people who came. These pics give you an idea of me in action. Towards the end I'm ripping some celery to simulate breaking bones!
#Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama
October 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Had a great time at the #IpswichBookFestival earlier talking about my book #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧
Very flattered by the number of people who came. These pics give you an idea of me in action. Towards the end I'm ripping some celery to simulate breaking bones!
#Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama
Very flattered by the number of people who came. These pics give you an idea of me in action. Towards the end I'm ripping some celery to simulate breaking bones!
#Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama
You can see another monthly #Shakespeare recommendation on my Instagram - or below.
The 25th of Oct is St Crispin's Day so I chose Henry V (although I'm actually more interested in whether a diplomatic marriage can also be a love match).
#ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧
#Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama
The 25th of Oct is St Crispin's Day so I chose Henry V (although I'm actually more interested in whether a diplomatic marriage can also be a love match).
#ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧
#Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama
October 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
You can see another monthly #Shakespeare recommendation on my Instagram - or below.
The 25th of Oct is St Crispin's Day so I chose Henry V (although I'm actually more interested in whether a diplomatic marriage can also be a love match).
#ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧
#Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama
The 25th of Oct is St Crispin's Day so I chose Henry V (although I'm actually more interested in whether a diplomatic marriage can also be a love match).
#ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧
#Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama
I know most people read academic articles digitally, but I do still love to have a physical copy of my work. So it was lovely when the most recent copy of #Resonance plopped through my letterbox this morning.
doi.org/10.1525/res....
#AudioDrama #RadioDrama #Shakespeare
doi.org/10.1525/res....
#AudioDrama #RadioDrama #Shakespeare
September 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I know most people read academic articles digitally, but I do still love to have a physical copy of my work. So it was lovely when the most recent copy of #Resonance plopped through my letterbox this morning.
doi.org/10.1525/res....
#AudioDrama #RadioDrama #Shakespeare
doi.org/10.1525/res....
#AudioDrama #RadioDrama #Shakespeare
Another spotting of #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 in the wild - this time in @waterstones.bsky.social Gower Street, London.
Thank you to @staffordquips.bsky.social for the photos 📘📘📘
@edinburghup.bsky.social
#Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama
Thank you to @staffordquips.bsky.social for the photos 📘📘📘
@edinburghup.bsky.social
#Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama
September 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Another spotting of #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 in the wild - this time in @waterstones.bsky.social Gower Street, London.
Thank you to @staffordquips.bsky.social for the photos 📘📘📘
@edinburghup.bsky.social
#Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama
Thank you to @staffordquips.bsky.social for the photos 📘📘📘
@edinburghup.bsky.social
#Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama
Three weeks today I'll be talking about #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 at the #IpswichBookFestival with my friend and University of Suffolk colleague, Dr Jenny Amos.
Can't wait!
#Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama
#BookSky #BookCommunity
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/andre...
Can't wait!
#Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama
#BookSky #BookCommunity
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/andre...
September 13, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Three weeks today I'll be talking about #ShakespeareOnTheRadio 💀🎧 at the #IpswichBookFestival with my friend and University of Suffolk colleague, Dr Jenny Amos.
Can't wait!
#Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama
#BookSky #BookCommunity
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/andre...
Can't wait!
#Shakespeare #RadioDrama #AudioDrama
#BookSky #BookCommunity
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/events/andre...
It's often suggested that Kenneth Branagh has been heavily influenced by Laurence Olivier - but with his recent King Lear and now The Tempest, I'd say he's now in his John Gielgud phase...
@the-rsc.bsky.social
www.rsc.org.uk/the-tempest/
@the-rsc.bsky.social
www.rsc.org.uk/the-tempest/
September 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
It's often suggested that Kenneth Branagh has been heavily influenced by Laurence Olivier - but with his recent King Lear and now The Tempest, I'd say he's now in his John Gielgud phase...
@the-rsc.bsky.social
www.rsc.org.uk/the-tempest/
@the-rsc.bsky.social
www.rsc.org.uk/the-tempest/
Unfortunately the first two episodes have already dropped off #BBCSounds, but glad to hear the following series is coming next month...
#InTheRed #InTheBalance @radiotimes.bsky.social
#InTheRed #InTheBalance @radiotimes.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Unfortunately the first two episodes have already dropped off #BBCSounds, but glad to hear the following series is coming next month...
#InTheRed #InTheBalance @radiotimes.bsky.social
#InTheRed #InTheBalance @radiotimes.bsky.social
Age verification: I recorded radio programmes on open reel tape and edited it with a razor blade.
September 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Age verification: I recorded radio programmes on open reel tape and edited it with a razor blade.
And if you'd like to see more videos, you'll find me on Instagram here: www.instagram.com/audio.andrea...
September 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
And if you'd like to see more videos, you'll find me on Instagram here: www.instagram.com/audio.andrea...