Lance Dann

{{Short description|British sound artist, audio drama producer, presenter and writer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}} {{EngvarB|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox artist | name = Lance Dann | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date =  | birth_place = | death_date =  | death_place = | spouse = | field = podcasting; audio drama | training = Goldsmiths' College, Bath Spa University | movement = | works = | patrons = | influenced by = | influenced = | awards = Two Sony Radio Academy Awards, Three Audio Production Awards, Two British Podcast Awards, Signal Award, a Lovie and an ARIAS award. | elected = | website =  | bgcolour = }} '''Lance Dann''' is a British sound artist, audio drama producer, presenter and writer working for international theatre and radio since 1994.

==Life and work== Dann is the founder of Radio Art group Noiseless Blackboard Eraser (1994–2007) and former Associate Member of The Wooster Group. He studied Radio at Goldsmiths' College and gained his doctorate at Bath Spa University.

As a radio artist he has worked extensively with composer Rohan Kriwaczek on a series of works for BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4 and independent stations internationally. Their collaborations included a long-running series of live radio performances and a trilogy of experimental plays for radio (''If on a Summer Night a Listener''..., ''Ho! Ho! The Clown is Dead'' and ''Glowboys'').<ref>{{cite news|last=Gaisford|first=Sue|title=They are poets, and they know it|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/they-are-poets-and-they-know-it-1266874.html|work=The Independent website|accessdate=23 April 2013|location=London|date=13 April 1997}}</ref> Between 1996 and 2000 he worked with The Wooster Group as producer of a sequence of plays for BBC Radio 3 (''The Emperor Jones, Phèdre''<ref>{{cite journal|last=Cazeaux|first=Clive|title=Phenomenology and Radio Drama|journal=British Journal of Aesthetics|date=April 2005|volume=45|issue=2|pages=157–174|doi=10.1093/aesthj/ayi018}}</ref> and ''The Peggy Carstairs Report''). He worked as sound designer for the company during the development of ''To You the Birdie'' and through performances of ''House/Lights''. In 1999 he recorded two documentaries with Yoko Ono for BBC Radio 3, the first time she'd spoken at length to the British media for over 20 years.<ref>{{cite news|last=Karpf|first=Anne|title=Give peace a chance: stop cutting your hair|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/1999/apr/03/books.guardianreview6|work=The Guardian website|accessdate=23 April 2013|location=London|date=12 January 2000}}</ref> In 2001 he wrote a serialisation of John Wyndham's ''The Day of the Triffids'' for the BBC WorldService.<ref>{{cite news|last=Holmwood|first=Leigh|title=Eddie Izzard and Vanessa Redgrave line up for BBC Day of the Triffids remake|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/feb/11/day-of-the-triffids-eddie-izzard-vanessa-redgrave|work=The Guardian website|accessdate=23 April 2013|location=London|date=11 February 2009}}</ref> His 2009 transmedia audio series ''The Flickerman''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/apr/22/radio-head-zoe-williams|title=Radio head: Flickerman|last=Williams|first=Zoe|date=22 April 2009|work=The Guardian website|location=London|accessdate=23 April 2013}}</ref> was serialised on ABC National Radio (Australia), VPRO (Holland) and WFMU (New York). His work in radio and theatre has earned a number of awards including two Sony Radio Academy Awards, a Prix Marulić and in 2014 his independently produced drama ''The Hungry Earth'' was nominated for a Radio Academy Production Award.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2014/11/nominations-out-for-radio-production-awards/|title=Nominations out for Radio Production Awards|work=RadioToday|access-date=27 May 2017}}</ref>

In 2017 he created the multi-part audio drama series ''Blood Culture''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bn1magazine.co.uk/blood-culture/|title=Blood Culture – reinvigorating British narrative audio drama {{!}} BN1|date=29 March 2017|access-date=27 May 2017}}</ref> which won the Gold Award for Best Drama Producer and the Bronze Award for Best Sound Designer<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.audioproductionawards.co.uk/index.php/entering|title=Nominations|website=audioproductionawards.co.uk|access-date=5 November 2017}}</ref> at the 2018 Audio Production Awards, the Silver Award for Fiction at the 2018 British Podcast Awards,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/winners-2018/|title=Winners 2018|access-date=20 May 2018|archive-date=13 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713151633/https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/winners-2018/|url-status=dead}}</ref> was nominated for a Radio Academy ARIAS award,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.radioacademy.org/pages/arias-2017-nominations/|title=ARIAS 2017: Nominations {{!}} The Radio Academy|website=The Radio Academy|access-date=5 November 2017}}</ref> and was for nominated for a BBC Audio Drama Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/54jB2rzfDC6ztsCk5ySqPZ5/the-2018-shortlist|title=BBC Audio Drama Awards – The 2018 Shortlist – BBC Radio 4|publisher=BBC|access-date=21 November 2017}}</ref> Between 2021 and 2023 he series produced three series of ''The Rez''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-05-22 |title=Comic book focusing on teenage mental health and the need for kindness |url=https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2020-05-22/comic-book-focusing-on-teenage-mental-health-and-the-need-for-kindness |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=ITV News |language=en}}</ref>'','' a children’s audio and multimedia project, the podcast parts of which were distributed by Gen Z-Media and Wondery.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iowa Chapman and The Last Dog |url=http://wondery.com/shows/the-rez/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Wondery {{!}} Premium Podcasts |language=en-US}}</ref> The series won him the Gold Award for Best Entertainment Producer and the Silver Award for Best Comedy Producer at the 2021 Audio Production Awards,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Winners announced for 2021 Audio Production Awards {{!}} Audio UK |url=https://www.audiouk.org.uk/winners-announced-for-2021-audio-production-awards/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |language=en-US}}</ref> a Bronze British Podcast Award, a Bronze ARIAS award for drama, a Bronze Signal Award, and a Bronze Lovie (it was also nominated at the Webby Awards,<ref>{{Cite web |title=NEW Webby Gallery + Index |url=http://winners.webbyawards.com/2022/podcasts/general-series/family-kids/204758/the-rez |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=NEW Webby Gallery + Index |language=en}}</ref> and the British Podcast Awards).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nominations 2022 |url=https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/2022/nominations |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=British Podcast Awards |language=en-GB |archive-date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620193016/https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/2022/nominations |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2022 he created and produced ''The Day the Earth Didn't Die,'' a comedy drama series distributed by Audible.

He has also presented documentaries and podcasts for the BBC and other audio networks, these include the 2017 Radio 4 documentary ''Art in Miniature''<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - Art in Miniature |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0952zlc |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> and the 2020 Radio 3 documentary ''Diorama Drama''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 3 - Between the Ears, Diorama Drama |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000drdq |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref> With Martin Spinelli he co-authored Podcasting: The Audio Media Revolution, the first critical analysis of the emergent form of podcasting. It was published by Bloomsbury Academic in 2019, and was a finalist of the American Association of Publishers Prose Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-14 |title=2020 PROSE Awards Name 157 Finalists in Five Far-Flung Categories |url=https://publishingperspectives.com/2020/02/2020-prose-awards-announce-157-finalists-in-five-scholarly-categories/ |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Publishing Perspectives |language=en-US}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.blood-culture.com/ Blood Culture] *[https://www.jointherez.com/crumblies/ The Rez]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dann, Lance}} Category:British sound artists Category:Living people Category:1960s births Category:Year of birth uncertain Category:People educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe Category:Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London Category:Alumni of Bath Spa University