THE IMAGINARY REAL was launched in 2022 as an app-based project; twenty audio monologues hidden around the city. Each unique monologue was written, directed, and recorded by a team of local artists. These monologues worked in tandem with their locations to create an elevated storytelling experience for the listener. After two summers of immersive exploring, The Imaginary Real now has a new home; all twenty monologues can be found below, accompanied by lyric video visualizers created by Andrea Cooper. Now you can listen to The Imaginary Real any time, any place. 

Select a title below to jump to a piece, or scroll to see all twenty!  

Full Churchyard (Andy Jones) · Sanctuaries (Ayse Sule Akinturk) · The Happiest Place on Earth (Azal Dosanjh) · Any Good (Bridget Canning)

What a Sin to Drown in St. John’s Harbour (Darren Ivany) · Mainland Money (Daze Jefferies) ·  Holding Space (Deantha Edmunds) · By the Hush (Fionn Shea)

The Gateway (Gemma Hickey) · High Summer (Jodee Richardson) · Place of Your Own (Karen Monie) · 3am (Leah Lewis)

St. John’s is Burning (Lois Brown) · Carter’s Hill (Mary Walsh) · New Water Street (Michelle Porter) · Glow Bowl (Morgan Murray)

Dovy (Paul David Power) · Three Blankets (Shannon Webb-Campbell) · Release (Sobia Shaikh) · The Signs Outside (Vanessa Cardoso-Whelan)

Full Churchyard

Anglican Cathedral

Written by: Andy Jones
Directed by: Dave Sullivan
Performed by: Andy Jones

Sanctuaries

Kenny’s Pond

Written by: Ayse Sule Akinturk
Directed by: Sharon King-Campbell
Performed by: Ayse Sule Akinturk

The Happiest Place on Earth

Cuckhold’s Cove

Written by: Azal Dosanjh
Directed by: Sharon King-Campbell
Performed by: Behak Rueentan

Any Good

Confederation Building

Written by: Bridget Canning
Directed by: Courtney Brown
Performed by: Brad Hodder

What a Sin to Drown in St. John’s Harbour

Fort Amherst

Written by: Darren Ivany
Directed by: Courtney Brown
Performed by: Darren Ivany

Mainland Money

Pippy Park

Written by: Daze Jefferies
Directed by: Sharon King-Campbell
Performed by: Daze Jefferies

Holding Space

Virginia river Trail

Written by: Deantha Edmunds
Directed by: Santiago Guzmán
Performed by: Deantha Edmunds

By the Hush

O’Brien Farm

Written by: Fionn Shea
Directed by: Sharon King-Campbell
Performed by: Fionn Shea

The Gateway

Torbay Road

Written by: Gemma Hickey
Directed by: Bernardine Stapleton
Performed by: Paul Rowe

High Summer

Bannerman Park

Written by: Jodee Richardson
Directed by: Courtney brown
Performed by: Jodee Richardson

Place of Your Own

Quidi Vidi

Written by: Karen Monie
Directed by: Mallory Fisher
Performed by: Sarojini Lang

3am

CBC Visitor Parking

Written by: Leah Lewis
Directed by: Santiago Guzmán
Performed by: Jeremy Nolan

St. John’s is Burning

Southside Road

Written by: Lois Brown
Directed by: Courtney Brown
Performed by: Mikaela Dyke

Carter’s Hill

Casey Street

Written by: Mary Walsh
Directed by: Dave Sullivan
Performed by: Mary Walsh

New Water Street

Queen’s Road

Written by: Michelle Porter
Directed by: Mallory Fisher
Performed by: Anna Stassis

Glow Bowl

Pennywell Road

Written by: Morgan Murray
Directed by: Dave Sullivan
Performed by: Brian Marler

Dovy

Victoria Park

Written by: Paul David Power
Directed by: Sharon King-Campbell
Performed by: Paul David Power

Three Blankets

Pleasantville

Written by: Shannon Webb-Campbell
Directed by: Mallory Fisher
Performed by: Shannon Webb-Campbell

Release

Rennie’s Mill road

Written by: Sobia Shaikh
Directed by: Mallory Fisher
Performed by: Lonni Patey

The Signs Outside

Torbay Road

Written by: Vanessa Cardoso-Whelan
Directed by: Mallory Fisher
Performed by: Nabila Qureshi

The Imaginary Real was created as a collaboration between Artistic Fraud and Battery Radio. It is dedicated with gratitude to our friend Chris Brookes.