Gareth Stack

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Selection of articles written between 2005 and today.

  • Behind the Wall – 4 – Location Scouting

    Download: Behind the Wall – 4 – Location Scouting In episode 4 of our making-of series ‘Behind the Wall‘, we travel down to Martinstown House in the Curragh of County Kildare, to location scout for the drama series, in the company of Andrew Booth. Why would you record a radio series on location? How do different places Read more

  • Behind the Wall – 3 – The Auditions

    Download: Behind the Wall 3 – Auditions with James O’Connor Episode 2 of ‘Behind the Wall’, visits the audition process as myself and Dublin based James O’Connor struggle with the task of finding the perfect cast for ‘The Wall in the Mind’. Whats This? Behind The Wall is a series of special feature podcasts accompanying Read more

  • Behind the Wall 2 – Ewan Hennelly – Berlin Military Base Story

    Download: Behind the Wall 2 – Ewan Hennelly – Berlin Military Base Story In episode 2 of ‘Behind the Wall’, I join Ewan Hennelly on the South Downs, to hear about his narrow escape from the forces of law and order exploring Berlin’s mysterious Teufelsberg. Teufelsberg is an abandoned cold war spy facility nested in Read more

  • Behind The Wall – 1 – One Good Thing

    Download: Behind The Wall – Episode 1 – One Good Thing My next radio drama series hits Newstalk next month starting on Saturday the 16th of April. “The Wall in the Mind” looks at the impossibility of love and even friendship in a world where someone is always watching – the Stasi surveillance state of Read more

  • Improv Gig!

    My improv group ‘Tickled By Freaks’ have our second ever show this Monday, at the ever popular ‘Pop The Cherry’ comedy gig. Come along! Where: Whelans When: Monday March 28th from 8.45PM How Much: €5 (Tickets) Read more

  • ‘One Night Forever Ago’

    Really excited to announce my first stage play is coming to Dublin, courtesy of Little Shadow Theatre Company. The piece is a short (15 – 20 minutes), and it’s being staged along with a variety of other pieces by emerging playwrights as part of a show called ‘The New Irish Playbook’. It’d be an understatement Read more