SLCene Suggests: Radio Hour Episode 7: Sherlock Holmes and The Blue Carbuncle at Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center

RADIO HOUR EPISODE 7: SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE BLUE CARBUNCLE, ROSE WAGNER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 7 & 8:30 p.m., $20

The Radio Hour radio plays done each Halloween via a partnership between Plan-B Theatre Company and KUER’s RadioWest have been some of my favorite theater experiences in Salt Lake City. For six years, the radio plays performed during the Halloween season offered the chance to watch voice artists express themselves vocally into their microphones for the benefit of radio listeners, and physically in their chairs for the benefit of the live audience. And as impressive as those performances have consistently been, as well as the stories like Alice in Wonderland and Frankenstein, my favorite aspect is watching the sound effects team scurrying behind the voice actors, bringing the radio plays to vivid life through their aural efforts. After a year off, the Radio Hour is back with a Christmas-themed Sherlock Holmes mystery adapted by local playwright Matthew Ivan Bennett–an experienced hand at the task after penning a couple of the Halloween radio plays. The 7 p.m. show Tuesday is sold out, but there were still a few tickets available for the 8:30 p.m. as of Monday morning. It will likely sell out, so hit that link above and grab tickets if you can.

And you can listen to a clip from the show by clicking right here.