QUIRKY VOICES SHOWCASE - Justin Price - SPINNING - A space based horror - PG 13

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I have some exciting new content to share with you! Yes! Today we introduce you to...

QUIRKY VOICES SHOWCASE - VOICE ACTING STUDENTS OF AUDIO JOY  -
INTRODUCING
JUSTIN PRICE! IN.....SPINNING.

Here launcheth the first of 8 groovy pieces as a showcase vehicle for some of my brilliant last cohort of voice actors from the latest Quirky Voices Voice Acting Course of Audio Joy!

Today I release 6 of these wonderous students out into the world to be cast in allll of the things! Every one of them has been a pleasure to work with, and would be very much at home in any genre of audio drama!

This piece features the fantastic talents of Justin Price - enjoy the warm, assuring tones of a versatile VA here as Adam, an astronaut adrift in space just...spinning.....spinning....alone...

CAST
ADAM - Justin Price
SUIT / ASTRONAUT - Sarah Golding

Please be warned this audio horror deals with facing death, isolation, panic, and suffocating spaces.

Is SUIT even real?

Please find links to finding and contacting Justin below, and....employ him doo!

Massive thanks also to John Bartmann for his wonderful music for all of these pieces - you can find his works here, and also become a Patreon for his works here, And here is a link to his fabulous podcast with interviews with other amazing musicians working in audio drama - How I Make Music!

All sounds were either made by Sarah, from her growing libraries or found from freesound.org on Creative Commons 0 licenses.

Enjoy!

I wrote these pieces bespoke for the students to showcase their wares. I truly hope you enjoy dipping in, and, feel free to tweet out your fave performances or let me know on @quirkyvoices or email me on quirkyvoices@gmail.com. I would LOVE to hear from you - and if you feel so inclined - leave a review for these Groovy AF students!

I would love your support to help make more of these groovy workshops - and Quirky Voices VA courses. If you are an audio creative and would like to sponsor a space on a future course for a budding VA of colour, or from a marginalised community, please email and let me know - and thank you! I also try to help by varying the price structure for certain students depending on circumstance, and also offer a sponsored Quirky place FOR FREEEE!

New courses start in NOVEMBER! Keep an eye on QUIRKYVOICES@WEEBLY. COM for more information! Or, click here for more information!

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING

Casting directors, take note of the talent coming out of these shows doooo!
EMPLOY THEM ALL.....!


Sarahxx

LINKS TO JUSTIN'S SOCIAL MEDIA
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Transcript

SPINNING

By

©Sarah Golding  2021

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CAST
Adam - Justin Price
SUIT / Other Astronaut - Sarah Golding

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ADAM

(Wakes up with a snork. Breathes in helmet) Oh. Oh….where am I? What the? Where? Oh…oh yeah. Just. Still. Just. Spinning. Just. Here. In…open space. In space. Cold, cold space. Just. Spinning. Deep breath, Adam. (Deep breath) Count to ten. 1,2,3…. (Sigh). Rendezvous should have been half an hour ago. But. Not here Adam. You’re in entirely the wrong place huh? You …captain….you….should be…in your ship…over there but no. No no no no no. You’re in…space. Having a space swim. A twirl. Here. 

Here.

ANGRY

Maaaan, You just had to slip didn’t you? Had to lose track? Just for a second. Had to…to….slip, and….the tether…the tether….it….it….(makes snaps sound) and ya bang your head against goodness knows what….

Yeah

Yeah

..s’….’s blood….blood in the space suit. Blood isn’t good. Not in a space suit. No. Not good good gooooooodddd. 

Boy. The agency is gonna be mad about that laundry bill, right? Wow. Woah woah woah. Woah now, wow! Yes ladies and gentlemen and our friends beyond the binary, These …these sounds …these…words….are the last…..the last thoughts of Adam Eve. Yes. Parents had a weird sense of human….humour….to name their first born….Adam…Eve huh?

Huh.

Hi mom. Hi dad, never see you ag-….

No

No don’t do that

Uh…last….I’m on lasts now….last….things I’ll ever see, last…things. I’ll ever touch,…taste…hear….here…..last….(gulps) 

It’s ok man. It ok. Just say it, last …words…. the last you’ll ever say out loud huh? (Sighs ) That feels strange. Strangest of strange man. But. Theres just nothing you can do. All this training. All this…life. And pursuit. And challenge. And ….adventure. And…and now….Your suit will outlive you. Your brilliant white suit. Just….spinning. The man in the spinning whote suit. (Swallows, let’s out air) Spinning. Spinning. You’ll be found….a….a skeleton in a suit. 

PLAY WITH SLINNIIINNNNGGGG WEWHHEEEER

Well that’s a disconcerting image, isn’t it Adam?

Isn’t it just.

You talkin to yourself now?

I’m the only friend I’ve got.

Com link down?

Check

Oxygen level?

3%

So you’re going to go hypoxic now huh?

Could be. Could be. 

Shall we sing a song about that?

Uh. Maybe later

Oh man, go on, you know you love to sing. If they have a funeral they’ll be like, wow, ya know, ADAM….at every opportunity…he’d sing. And they record this you know, these suits. They keep a record inside a tiny little chip. So. When they find you. They can play these last words man. So. Make em good. Make em…make em count.(SINGS) Make em count man, make em goood, make em memorable, make em…..hood…..could….uh…make em like wooooooood. 

Ah man your rhyming sucks

I know. I know. 

SUIT

OXYGEN. 2%

ADAM

Wow, that went ….what’s the word for quick? 

Uhh…..fast? 

No. No. Quick is the word for quick ya idiot. 

Of course it is. Of course it is. Thank you. Thank you. 

So

So

Yeah

Yeah

Last words, 

Aha

what should they be. 

Uhhhhh

Uhmmmm

Errrrr

(Breathing)

Oh man I didn’t plan for this. Uh. (Breathes a bit) this is… this is. My. End.

This is my end? That’s what you got?

I’m not good with words.

Nope. No you’re not. But . I feel your rising panic. I feel you. Worrying. You’re worried. You’re dying man, and there’s nothing you can-

SUIT

OXYGEN 1%

ADAM

(Shouts) I’m not ready to go! This wasn’t meant to happen! I’m not meant to go like this? Like this…..spinning! (ANXIETY NOISE) It’s getting hot in here. So take off all your clothes….i am…I am

SUIT

OXYGEN 1% warning. Please dock. Please dock

ADAM

OH SUIT SUIT SUIT SUIT! I would dock if I could. Hey, what’s up doc? I would if I….I would if I (breaking) (whispers)….I’m just….I’m just….(laughs ) I’m just spinning. (Louder) sppppiiiinnNNNNNNN! I’m just a spinning here,…Like in the waltzers, like in the teacups like with a broom to my head and circlin and circling and circling and….you spin me right round baby right round….like a….like a …..whats the words. I. I’m forgetting how to words. I. I’m sick. This is the sickest sick I’ve been. Why, I’m in the wrong place Alice, this isn’t my rabbit hole. I do believe I’m late for tea. Find me a rabbit to follow someone find me a….find me a find…catch me a catch…..

(Breathing) 

SFX APPARATUS STOPPING, CLOSING DOWN

SUIT

OXYGEN. ZERO PERCENT. HIBERNATION MODE. ACTIVE ON COMMAND.

ADAM

Hibernation mode? What is that. Suit? What is ….hibernation mode?

SUIT

HIBERNATION MODE . INJECTION OF MUMMIFYING NANOBOTS WILL STABILISE HUMAN TISSUE FOR UP TO ….365 DAYS. OR. IT COULD BE 100% LETHAL IF DONE INCORRECTLY. THE RISK LIES WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL. CHECK LEVEL OF PERIL BEFORE AUTHORISING

ADAM

Level of….level of…of peril? What? What? Well….How would I do that? Suit! How would I do it incorrectly? How can I-

SUIT

Insufficient information. Shutting down.

ADAM

NO, no wait. Suit! No shut down. Sleepy weepy. No. . So. So….There is a chance I can ….I can live….be found…within the year and…and survive? You can …you can do that…..just…I guess I can’t be conscious and…I’ll wither away but my mind will still… my mind will….will still…..mind…? Will it?

SUIT

Insufficient information. 

ADAM

WOAH you’re so unhelpful here suit. So. Un.Helpful!

All spinning and no suit makes Adam a dead boy

But. Hmm. Well. I guess. I’m. Out of options anyways. So. Ok. (Breathing) Ok. Ok. O.k. Ok. Okokokkkkkokokokokok. Don’t lose it Adam.

You lost it a long time ago

It’s where all the odd socks are

You’re an odd sock

Ok you’re going cranky again. Suit.

Suit

Suit.

I want to get the

I. 

SUIT 

CO2 levels 48%

ADAM

I want to get. I want. 

Living.

SUIT

CO2 levels 86%

ADAM

I want. Live.. 

Suit.

Suit.

Living.

I

I want.

I

I

I

I live

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