New Reviews: Audio Theater

Colleen Delaney has mastered leading a cast narrating nonstop sci-fi thrillers. The Generations Trilogy features groups of teens who awaken after centuries of sleep to an unknown world filled with dangerous creatures. Delaney delivers the narrative and portrays Em Savage as she becomes the leader of a ragtag gang of survivors. Bradley Smith portrays Bishop, a chest-thumping... Read More

Through a wonderful twist on time travel, energetic, charming Jeremiah Bourne finds himself arguing with his teenage sister one moment and then waking up in 1910 London the next. Can he figure out how to save himself and save the day at the same time? With sly, self-effacing humor, BBC character actor Sebastian Armesto leads a stellar cast, including Phyllis Stokes as the... Read More

GraphicAudio has done the nearly impossible: They've compressed a year-long series of comic books into one long audiobook. With a full cast and an outrageous number of sound effects including explosions, sirens, and screams (which can be disconcerting when the listener is driving), the Avengers battle the X-Men because each has a different idea what the arrival of the godlike... Read More

This audiobook is a live performance of David Ossman, formerly of The Firesign Theatre, telling the story of the old guy who made it his life's work to collect stray shopping carts and bring them home. The humor comes from the zeal Ossman's character has for his job, which he equates with the cowboys of centuries passed who wrangled stray cows. The three-part monologue is... Read More

In a steady voice, Colleen Delany helps narrate this space opera set in 2205. The Earth Mercenary Corps Ship PUFFERFISH is in trouble when a virus kills the Krakau and turns humans into mindless cannibals. Narrator Jessica Ball imbues Lt. Marion "Mops" Adamopoulos with effervescence as she leads her intrepid janitors who make up the shipboard hygiene and sanitation team. A full... Read More

This rambunctious ensemble production is an adaptation of Terry Pratchett's 37th Discworld novel. An oddly polite stranger, portrayed by Keith Wickham, arrives in the grimy capital city of Ankh-Morpork. He's just in time to help rewrite the rules of soccer, introduce a gorgeous young woman to the world of dwarfian fashion modeling, eat a few pies, and, of course, skewer the... Read More