Widsith and Deor currently front two show on the Exeter community station, Phonic FM

Widsith and Deor Presents

(every other Wednesday 9-10)

Widsith and Deor’s discussion show. Every fornight they take a topiv that either informs their storytelling poetry or performance, some well known other less so, and both discuss why it matters, but also present a sequence of performances based upon the work:

Recent shows have included shows on the Battle of Hastings

SVW’s Political poetry

Geoffrey Hill’s Mercian Hymns

Greek Philosophy as Performance art

The Abstract as Art

Dark age Viking Poetry

The Exeter Book

The Epic of Gilgamesh

Festivals - a survival guide

Political Performances

How to Storytell.

To find out when the next show is go here:

http://www.phonic.fm/phonic-fm-schedule/wednesday/

The Phonic Drama Show

(every Thursday 9-10)

Deor’s solo drama show. A space where he hosts an hour of performance either specially commissioned radio plays ( mostly be the very talent Play-write Simon Jackson), or alternatively hour long special story telling performances, where music be beats or classical is built in to the telling. The Philosophy of the latter feature is to explore the links between storytelling and not just drama, but also opera, peotry, Hip Hop, folk song, pop songs and myriad music based storytelling.

Recent stories have include

Bubba Yagga and the Doll

An MR James Special

The story of Saint Simon

The Complete Kalevala (other a number of shows)

My Godfather Death

Dickens at Christmas

The Ghost of Egil Skaggalgrimson

The Founding as Asgard, and the Skaldic Mead

To find out when the next show is:

http://www.phonic.fm/phonic-fm-schedule/thursday/

Both shows can be listen to online at: Phonic- http://phonicfm.com/?cat=79