Hi everyone!
During COVID, I worked with a number of writers to expand our audio drama library (and to have a little fun directing something new!)
Writing and directing audio drama is very different from working on a Tabletop RPG, novel, or comic. There’s a lot more live feedback: you collaborate directly with actors, see what they’re enjoying, and adjust as you go. It’s a rewarding experience and a very different kind of storytelling.
When I met with El, I was pitched a science fiction story with an unusual approach: a government auditor, assigned to a backwater colony to check the books and make sure the right people are paying the right taxes. No one cares about them. They’re invisible. That’s exactly what made them interesting.
But Auditor is also about something deeper: radicalisation. Not the loud, obvious kind but the slow, creeping shift in someone’s beliefs. It’s about how people become entrenched in their views, shaped by the people around them, the information they consume, and the narrative they tell themselves about the world.
By the end of Auditor, Robin – the titular character – isn’t the same person they were when the story began. And that is what makes the story so compelling.
With editing nearly complete and an incredible voice performance at the centre of it, Auditor is coming sooner than you think. I believe it’s a story that could shift the way you see the world—just a little.
Keep an eye out for Era: The Consortium – Auditor.
– Ed
