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| THE LAST HARBINGER is a satiric vision
of an obscenely grotesque world.
The story begins as a strange Harbinger is sent on a mission to a place called Moloch. Moloch is an absurdly brutal world where
the vanity of the elite compels them to spend more on unnecessary
cosmetic surgery than on medicines for children in poverty. A world
wherein a twisted religious ideology applauds the materially well-off
while condemning the homeless. A world rapidly destroying its environment.
A world with precious little compassion. In short: Moloch is a civilisation
destroying itself. |
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| The Harbinger has the truth. But can truth alone save a world ? Be warned: The Last Harbinger is disturbing. It is shocking. The Last Harbinger is a parable for our times. |
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The Last Harbinger is a riveting audio movie with lush cinematic sound design and the very best of Irish and international voice talent. It is crafted to maximize the limitless imaginative potential of the audio medium. The series is in 5, half-hour episodes. The Last Harbinger was commissioned by Radio Telefis Eireann, the national broadcasting company of Ireland and was first broadcast by RTE Radio 1 in May 2005.
The series was recorded multi-track to Pro-Tools inside the radio drama studios and on the grounds of the RTE Radio Centre. Outdoor recordings used the RTE Radio 1 mobile recording and outside broadcast studio bus. Recording engineering by Mark McGrath, winner of the Prix Italia. Post production by Roger Gregg on Pro Tools in the Crazy Dog studios. |
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Music and lyrics for the songs in the series: ‘Beng’s Train Song’ and ‘The Twilight Song’ by Roger Gregg. The sound score music constructed by Roger Gregg using sampler and orchestral samples and other acoustic and electronic instruments. A special thanks to our very special guest stars, 3 time Grammy nominee Phil Proctor, and to Melinda Peterson for travelling from Hollywood to Dublin in order to appear in the series. |
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The Last Harbinger is inspired by poets; Allan Ginsberg, Thomas Merton and William Blake, social philosophers Herbert Marcuse and E.F. Schumacher, novelists John Steinbeck, Charles Dickens and most especially indebted to Fyodor Dostoevsky’s ‘Grand Inquisitor’ chapter in The Brothers Karamazov, and the films; Duck Soup and Doctor Strangelove. ‘Moloch whose blood is running money! Moloch whose fingers are ten armies! Moloch whose breast is a cannibal dynamo!’ ….from ‘Howl’ by Allen Ginsberg.
The Last Harbinger: Written, Directed and Produced by Roger Gregg Script Editor: Simon O’Gorman. The Cast & Crew: Simon O’Gorman: The Harbinger, Araziel the war hero. News journalist. Mob voice. Wratchet in Beng’s band. Morgan Jones: Dr. Malphas, Father in the sewer., voice in mob, bass in Beng’s band. Deirdre Molloy: Professor Abigor. Mother of Araziel the war hero., mob voice. Toy accordion in Beng’s band. Karen Ardiff: Durissa Nergal, Mother in the sewer, missile launch voice. mob voice. Schlitztrammel in Beng’s band. Georgina Miller: Astoreth the servant girl. Roger Gregg: the Narrator, Father of Araziel the war hero, TV announcer. Mob voice. Lap slide guitar in Beng’s band. David Murray: Chax Sybacco – the ‘lovely’ news journalist, mob voice. Cabasa in Beng’s band. Dermot Magennis: Beng Dagan, technician, Cresil body guard. Mob voice. Louis Gregg: Muto the beggar. Voice in mob., Kiriko in Beng’s band. Fiadh Gregg: sick child in sewer. Melinda Peterson: Gadreel Cresil. Phil Proctor: Andras Cresil. Peter O’Kennedy – drums in Beng’s band. Mark McGrath: Sound engineer. Siobhan Mannion – floor manager, production assistant. Tadhg Conway – camera for documentary film on the making of the series. James Brophy – photographic evidence. For more information contact us here at info@crazydogaudiotheatre.com |
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