The Centre for the Less Good Idea is currently hosting the first iteration of Collations, inviting a gathering of writers and performers in the realms of theatre to explore and expand upon the medium of the radio play by staging a series of Visual Radio Plays for a live audience. Following The Centre’s key methodologies of collaborative making, free-spirited engagement with materials, and allowing oneself to be led by image, sound and impulse, this series of original short-form radio plays will be mounted for the stage, using live foley and performance. Conceptualised and led by Neo Muyanga, On Air: Visual Radio Plays form part of the first iteration of Collations – a short, focused series of performance-based events around a central theme, method or point of interest. A second iteration of Collations is planned to take place in October 2024, inviting new filmmakers into the process and extending the exploration to the medium of silent films. Among the artists and writers who’ve been invited into the Visual Radio Plays project are award-winning poet and performer Koleka Putuma, acclaimed theatremaker Andrew Buckland, theatre-maker and performance artist Qondiswa James, and writer and researcher Stacy Hardy. Composer, Installation Artist and Curator at Visual Radio Plays.