Unwritten Tales with James and I

James and I

Surreal slow burn comedy, where all the rules stop making sense.

  • 14 minutes 29 seconds
    The Magic

    Two brothers catch up over the phone. One of them reflects on his career in magic and has to admit that things aren’t going particularly well.

    This audio play was improvised by James Irving and James Haskin.

    Recorded and mixed by James Haskin.

    Music improvised by A Ninja Slob Drew Me, who has music available for free at Bandcamp. You can also follow him on Facebook or Twitter.

    “Hotel room ventilator” sound by morosopher on freesound https://freesound.org/people/morosopher
    “room-tone talking next room LONG 130104_01” by klankbeeld on freesound https://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld
    “WALL LIGHT SWITCH” by StevenBrown on freesound https://freesound.org/people/StevenBrown
    “Bird Cage Sounds” sound by 15050_Francois on freesound https://freesound.org/people/15050_Francois
    “carpet_footsteps” by jskrundz on freesound https://freesound.org/people/jskrundz
    “rabbit eating grass” sound by BeeProductive on freesound https://freesound.org/people/BeeProductive

    15 September 2019, 5:53 pm
  • 15 minutes 15 seconds
    Party

    Two friends are on holiday together, but one of them is struggling to keep up. He sits down on a bench for a moment, but soon dozes off.

    This audio play was improvised by James Irving and James Haskin.

    Recorded and mixed by James Haskin.

    Music improvised by A Ninja Slob Drew Me, who has music available for free at Bandcamp. You can also follow him on Facebook or Twitter.

    “calm city-park ambience Singelwal Zaltbommel 190423_1377” sound by klankbeeld on freesound https://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld
    “Spooky Wind #2” by kangaroovindaloo on freesound https://freesound.org/people/kangaroovindaloo

    11 August 2019, 9:58 am
  • 23 minutes 19 seconds
    Home feat. James Witt

    Sophie and her husband Graham regret letting Sophie’s cousin Claire stay with them when she gets a bit too comfortable and starts to take over the house.

    This audio play was improvised by James Irving, James Haskin and James Witt.

     

    James Witt is part of the musical comedy collective Dreamweaver Quartet (alongside James and I’s James Irving). The first series of their musical dream analysis podcast : Dreamweaver Quartet is available on iTunes, Soundcloud and Podcast Pioneers now and the second series is due out in autumn 2019.
    www.facebook.com/DreamweaverQRT
    Twitter @dreamweaverQRT
    Instagram @dreamweaverQRT

    Other comedy projects include Newsical @NewsicalUK, This Is Soap, Theatresports UK, Comedysportz Berlin and Flashbulb.

    Theatre credits include the U.K. tour of Unmythable, Newsrevue, Shakespeare for Breakfast and Boris Johnson in Brexit the Musical. TV and film credits include Secret Diary of a Call Girl, The Infidel, White Teeth ‪and Plant Fashion‬.

    James regularly teaches courses on comedy, performs and writes satirical short films with Hoopla Impro  @hooplaimpro

    You can find him on Twitter @WittyLeaks / Instagram @Witty_Leaks

     

    Recorded and mixed by James Haskin.

    Music improvised by A Ninja Slob Drew Me, who has music available for free at Bandcamp. You can also follow him on Facebook or Twitter.

    “Surround Room Tone (soft)” by blouhond on freesound https://freesound.org/people/blouhond
    “Footsteps, Solid Wood Rug, Male Boots, Medium Pace and Scuffs” sound by SpliceSound on freesound https://freesound.org/people/SpliceSound
    “Front Door Open Close Interior” sound by loljames on freesound https://freesound.org/people/loljames
    “Wooden Stair.” sound by PappaBert on freesound https://freesound.org/people/PappaBert
    “Quick_female_steps_on_stage_with_reverb” sound by Ferguido on freesound https://freesound.org/people/Ferguido
    “dry_sponges” sound by qubodup on freesound https://freesound.org/people/qubodup
    “Moving Boxes and Bags” sound by kemitix on freesound https://freesound.org/people/kemitix
    “Brick Falling” sound by LittleRainySeasons on freesound https://freesound.org/people/LittleRainySeasons
    “Brick Debris Fall 06” by debsound on freesound https://freesound.org/people/debsound
    “two_builders” by Pooleside on freesound https://freesound.org/people/Pooleside
    “Hungarian Centre Demolition” 2, 3 and 4 sounds by jakobthiesen on freesound https://freesound.org/people/jakobthiesen
    Slime sounds by jtap97 on freesound https://freesound.org/people/jtap97
    “Chicken Meat Slime” sound by qubodup on freesound https://freesound.org/people/qubodup
    “struggle [TheLastDay_Sound]” sound by deleted_user_3330286 on freesound https://freesound.org/people/deleted_user_3330286
    “city night ambience” sound by klankbeeld on freesound http://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/
    “Seaguls Gammel Løgten Strand” sound by janrou on freesound https://freesound.org/people/janrou
    “Breaking bones” sound by apolloaiello on freesound https://freesound.org/people/apolloaiello

    6 July 2019, 5:03 pm
  • 16 minutes 19 seconds
    Field Trip feat. James Witt

    Malcolm, Justin and and Francis head out into a field, hoping to put all the stresses of the city behind them. Can they ever truly clear their minds and focus on nothing?

    This audio play was improvised by James Irving, James Haskin and James Witt.

     

    James Witt is part of the musical comedy collective Dreamweaver Quartet (alongside James and I’s James Irving). The first series of their musical dream analysis podcast : Dreamweaver Quartet is available on iTunes, Soundcloud and Podcast Pioneers now and the second series is due out in autumn 2019.
    www.facebook.com/DreamweaverQRT
    Twitter @dreamweaverQRT
    Instagram @dreamweaverQRT

    Other comedy projects include Newsical @NewsicalUK, This Is Soap, Theatresports UK, Comedysportz Berlin and Flashbulb.

    Theatre credits include the U.K. tour of Unmythable, Newsrevue, Shakespeare for Breakfast and Boris Johnson in Brexit the Musical. TV and film credits include Secret Diary of a Call Girl, The Infidel, White Teeth ‪and Plant Fashion‬.

    James regularly teaches courses on comedy, performs and writes satirical short films with Hoopla Impro  @hooplaimpro

    You can find him on Twitter @WittyLeaks / Instagram @Witty_Leaks

     

    Recorded and mixed by James Haskin.

    Music improvised by A Ninja Slob Drew Me, who has music available for free at Bandcamp. You can also follow him on Facebook or Twitter.

    “Wind blowing in a field in Texas, USA” sound by felix.blume on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/felix.blume
    “traffic” sound by inchadney on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/inchadney
    “house demolition” sound by Jedo on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/Jedo
    “Stream River Water Up Close” sound by jackmurrayofficial on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/jackmurrayofficial
    “steam train horn 01” sound by eliasheuninck https://freesound.org/people/eliasheuninck
    “HawkMP3VersionWinterJan22nd2017” by kvgarlic on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/kvgarlic
    “Airplane, Boeing, Flyby, Right to Left, A” sound by InspectorJ on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ
    “Cows Birds Spring” sound by 4barrelcarb on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/4barrelcarb
    “Cattle in Pasture NL 130720-_00” by klankbeeld on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld
    “Car door opening and closing” sound by rodrigocswm on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/rodrigocswm
    “peugot 206 car interior driving steadily medium speed and slowing down stationary” and “peugot 206 car interior accelerate acceleration aggressively” sound by jorickhoofd on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/jorickhoofd
    “Elephant-Rugissement” and “Elephant-Crachat2” sound by roubignolle on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/roubignolle
    “protest02” sound by superliminal on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/superliminal
    “steps_dry_grass”, “steps_grass” and “steps_dry_grass2” sounds by Mystikuum on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/Mystikuum

    3 May 2019, 10:11 pm
  • 17 minutes 12 seconds
    Construction

    John is in the studio recording an audio book and everything seems to be going well so far, if only he can stay professional and stop getting distracted by the construction site across the road.

    This audio play was improvised by James Irving and James Haskin.

    Recorded and mixed by James Haskin.

    Music improvised by A Ninja Slob Drew Me, who has music available for free at Bandcamp. You can also follow him on Facebook or Twitter.

    “Breaking Glass 13” sound by FunWithSound on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/FunWithSound
    “Glass break” sound by Samgd14 on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/Samgd14
    “Foot Steps on Glass FF193” sound by martinimeniscus on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/martinimeniscus
    “Construction_Site_Pickhammer” sound by ivolipa on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/ivolipa
    “Book put down” sound by redjim on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/redjim
    “Page_Fumble_02” sound by Koops on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/Koops
    “Chair on Tiles – Fast” sound by PsychoPancake on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/PsychoPancake

    31 March 2019, 9:04 pm
  • 16 minutes 24 seconds
    Keeping Pace

    A couple are chatting as they walk out in the countryside. The walk seems to go on for ages. One of them tries to enjoy it. The other wishes they could speed up.

    This audio play was improvised by James Irving and James Haskin.

    Recorded and mixed by James Haskin.

    Music improvised by A Ninja Slob Drew Me, who has music available for free at Bandcamp. You can also follow him on Facebook or Twitter.

    Nature sound by Klankbeeld on Freesound.org freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/
    “Footsteps, Muddy, E.wav” sound by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) on Freesound.org freesound.org/people/inspectorj/
    “Footsteps on muddy road” sound by CaganCelik on Freesound.org freesound.org/people/CaganCelik/
    “Coat Foley Coat Hits” sound by TRNGLE on Freesound.org freesound.org/people/TRNGLE/
    “backpack” sound by j1987 on Freesoung.org freesound.org/people/j1987/
    “Knock on the door” sound by HunteR4708 on Freesound.org freesound.org/people/HunteR4708/
    “Rattling at an iron gate” sound by launemax on Freesound.org freesound.org/people/launemax/
    “Squeaky Metal Fence” sound by meggiepie on Freesound.org freesound.org/people/meggiepie/

    24 February 2019, 2:57 pm
  • 16 minutes 49 seconds
    The Money

    Two pensioners stand outside a house, trying to work out how to get a new sofa inside. Daphne is wondering why she offered to help with this latest impulse buy and whether they can get through it without argument or someone putting their back out.

    This audio play was improvised by James Irving and James Haskin.

    Recorded and mixed by James Haskin.

    Music improvised by A Ninja Slob Drew Me, who has music available for free at Bandcamp. You can also follow him on Facebook or Twitter.

    Icy suburb ambient sound by Klankbeeld on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/
    Stepladder sound by Eelke on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/Eelke/
    Shoveling snow sound by lorenzosu on freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/lorenzosu/

    1 January 2019, 10:54 pm
  • 20 minutes 56 seconds
    Hair feat. Trilly Chatterjee

    A woman visits a quiet hairdressers, just hoping for a haircut. She encounters a passive aggressive hairdresser and his stressed, balding manager and ends up losing more than she had planned.

    An audio play for Halloween by James and I, featuring Trilly Chatterjee.

    Improvised by Trilly Chatterjee, James Irving and James Haskin.

    Trilly Chatterjee is an obsessive audiophile and serial hobbyist. He directs and hosts Soundcheck – the improv show of amusing musical musings. He also improvises with Somewhat Theatre and All The Normal People, and has previously improvised with T-Minus, Ripcord & MissImp Nottingham.

    Recorded and mixed by James Haskin.

    Music improvised by A Ninja Slob Drew Me, who has music available for free at Bandcamp. You can also follow him on Facebook or Twitter.

    29 October 2018, 5:00 pm
  • 13 minutes 58 seconds
    Upkeep

    Outside a small house with ivy growing up the walls, two women chat about pens, bingo and online shopping.

    This audio play was improvised by James Irving and James Haskin.

    Recorded and mixed by James Haskin.

    Music improvised by A Ninja Slob Drew Me, who has music available for free at Bandcamp. You can also follow him on Facebook or Twitter.

    5 October 2018, 6:29 pm
  • 14 minutes 56 seconds
    Onward

    Two explorers pace out into a vast snow covered landscape. One is inexperienced and feeling nervous. One is a seasoned expert. Neither know if they will ever return.

    This audio play was improvised by James Irving and James Haskin.

    Recorded and mixed by James Haskin.

    Music improvised by A Ninja Slob Drew Me, who has music available for free at Bandcamp. You can also follow him on Facebook or Twitter.

    26 August 2018, 12:05 pm
  • 15 minutes 1 second
    No Pressure feat. Rhiannon Vivian
    David is nervous about his GCSE exams and the level of support offered by his parents doesn't seem to be helping. This audio play was improvised by Rhiannon Vivian, James Irving and James Haskin. Rhiannon is an actor, writer and comedian living in London. She regularly performs improvised comedy with her award winning, five star improv team The Maydays (creators of acclaimed improvised gothic tale Happily Never After). She also performs with The Bumper Blyton Improvised Adventure, sings with improvised musical teams Newsical and Dreamweaver Quartet and performs space themed two-person improvised theatre with Sitting In A Tin Can.  Rhiannon also appears regularly as part of the core cast on improvised podcast, Destination. You can find out more about Rhiannon at rhiannonvivian.com Recorded and mixed by James Haskin. Music improvised by A Ninja Slob Drew Me, who has music available for free at Bandcamp. You can also follow him on Facebook or Twitter.
    2 August 2018, 11:37 am
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