AUDIO DRAMA | PODCAST DRAMA
AS WRITER...
After writing his debut play, FROZEN, Jack was approached by Mariele Runacre Temple to adapt the piece as an audio production. It became the first production commissioned by the fledgling Wireless Theatre Company, and remained its most popular download for six months. Afterwards, he was commissioned to write SEASONS specifically for Prunella Scales and Timothy West. Around this time, additional commissions began for 3DHorrorFi and the London Festival Fringe. Around 2007, Robert Valentine and Jack began developing a new audio series for Wireless Theatre. The concept was simple - a Victorian Detective hunting a notorious monster through the streets of London, which became the multi-award-winning THE SPRINGHEEL SAGA...
Since then they have co-authored the complete SPRINGHEEL SAGA series, PHONOPHOBIA and the award-winning HG Well's-inspired DEAD LONDON and co-created the acclaimed RED MOON.
Since then, Jack co-scripted EXPEDITIONARY FORCE: HOMEFRONT, with NY Times Best Seller author CRAIG ALANSON, and the pilot of ULTIMATE SOLUTION, entitled WHOLESALE SOLUTION, for Dagaz Media LLC.
AUDIO WRITING CREDITS:
FROZEN (adaptation), The Wireless Theatre Company, 2007.
SEASONS, The Wireless Theatre Company, 2008.
THE SPRINGHEEL SAGA - Series One: The Strange Case of Springheel’d Jack*, The Wireless Theatre Company, 2010-2011.
THE INTRUDER (3D), 3DHorrorFi, 2010.
PHONOPHOBIA*, The Wireless Theatre Company, 2010.
AUTOPSY (3D), 3D HorrorFi, 2011.
STAGE FRIGHT (adaptation), Wireless Theatre Company, 2011.
BEAR WITH ME, The London Festival Fringe, 2011.
THE SPRINGHEEL SAGA - Series Two: The Legend of Springheel'd Jack*, The Wireless Theatre Company, 2013.
DEAD LONDON*, The Wireless Theatre Company, 2013.
THE SPRINGHEEL SAGA - Series Three: The Secret of Springheel'd Jack*, The Wireless Theatre Company, 2015-2016
RED MOON* - (Story, Co-Creator) The Wireless Theatre Company, 2017
EXPEDITIONARY FORCE: HOMEFRONT** - Dagaz Media LLC/Podium Publishing/Odd Origin, 2019
ULTIMATE SOLUTION: WHOLESALE SOLUTION*** - Dagaz Media LLC/Drabblecast, 2019
*Co-Written with Robert Valentine
**Co-Scripted with Craig Alanson
***Co-Written with Fred Greenhalgh
AS DIRECTOR...
Eighteen months after writing and performing in audio productions for Wireless Theatre, Jack was offered the opportunity to direct his first audio piece, SPOOK SQUAD, which featured DAVID BENSON (Boris: World King, Think No Evil Of Us). After that, he directed several pieces for Wireless Theatre Kids, and was engaged to direct WE ARE NOT THE BBC with CHRISTOPHER TIMOTHY (All Creatures Great and Small, Doctors). The sequel, WE ARE THE BBC, featured STEPHEN FRY and NICHOLAS PARSONS (Just A Minute). He also directed BRIAN BLESSED and JO BRAND in two LIFE AT DEATH'S DOOR documentaries, and JULIET STEVENSON in THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD.
In 2017 he directed A CHRISTMAS CAROL for Wireless Theatre Ltd., and 2018 saw him undertake SPID Theatre’s PIG AND WHISTLE: A GRENFELL STORY, written and performed by young people directly affected by the 2017 tragedy.
SELECTED AUDIO DIRECTING CREDITS
SPOOK SQUAD, The Wireless Theatre Company, 2009.
WE ARE NOT THE BBC, The WirelessTheatre Company, 2011.
WE ARE THE BBC, The Wireless Theatre Company, 2013.
LIFE AT DEATH'S DOOR, The Wireless Theatre Company, 2013.
THE SPRINGHEEL FILES, The Wireless Theatre Company, 2013, 2014.
LIFE AT DEATH'S DOOR II, The Wireless Theatre Company, 2014.
SWEATBOX, Wireless Theatre Ltd, 2015.
PLUS ONE, Wireless Theatre Ltd. / Actor's Guild of Great Britain, 2015.
THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD, Wireless Theatre Ltd., 2015.
THE PIG AND WHISTLE: A GRENFELL STORY, SPID Theatre, 2018.
AS PRODUCER...
After the commissioning of the first series of THE SPRINGHEEL SAGA, Jack became a Co-Producer of the property alongside Robert Valentine and Mariele Runacre Temple. At the Wireless Theatre Company, from 2011, he was In-House Producer of Wireless Theatre Kids productions. During the post-production hiatus of Series 1 and 2, Jack served as producer of Moving Theatre's CARMEN, featuring cast members from the West End's SHOWSTOPPERS! Between Series 2 and 3, both Robert and Jack produced DEAD LONDON and its associated transmedia footage, all directed by GEORGE MADDOCKS. When the company transformed into Wireless Theatre Ltd in 2014, he became a Senior Producer.
In 2017, he joined the Wireless Theatre’s Audible production team, where he assisted with the production of TREASURE ISLAND (starring Philip Glenister, Daniel Mays, Catherine Tate and Owen Teale) before producing Murder On The Orient Express with Tom Conti, Sophie Okonedo, Art Malik, Jane Asher, Rula Lenska, Paterson Joseph, Ruta Gerdmintas and Eddie Marsan. Both were directed by David Beck.
For Wireless Theatre, he oversaw in-house productions including the 2017 Christmas release I HEART AMY and THE NIGHT OF THE ORCHID and BLUE SKY for Autumn 2018.
For Audible in 2018, he further produced ARABIAN NIGHTS Volume 1, THE SOUL-BREAKER and THE DARKWATER BRIDE.
With DAGAZ MEDIA LLC, he produced WHOLESALE SOLUTION, the pilot of ULTIMATE SOLUTION.
2019 also saw him announce the AUDIOMARVELS brand… more soon.
AUDIO PRODUCING CREDITS:
THE SPRINGHEEL SAGA - Series One: The Strange Case of Springheel’d Jack*, The Wireless Theatre Company, 2010-2011.
SHARED, Wireless Theatre Company, 2011.
THE DIARY OF A MADMAN, Wireless Theatre Company, 2011.
CARMEN, Moving Theatre / The Wireless Theatre Company, 2012.
THE SPRINGHEEL SAGA - Series Two: The Legend of Springheel'd Jack*, The Wireless Theatre Company, 2013.
DEAD LONDON, The Wireless Theatre Company, 2013.
THE SPRINGHEEL SAGA - Series Three: The Secret of Springheel'd Jack*, The Wireless Theatre Company, 2015-2016.
MURDER, REVOLUTION AND TRAFFIC WARDENS, Funny Women / Wireless Theatre Company, 2016.
LONG NIGHT IN EGYPT, Violet Hour Media/Realm Media, 2022
LITTLE BABY BUM, Moonbug Entertainment/Audible, 2022