Grey Areas

Published: April 7, 2012, 8:20 p.m.

b'This is my submission to the Third Coast International Audio Festival ShortDocs Challenge 2012\\n\\nhttp://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/competitions/shortdocs/2012\\n\\nThe challenge was to:\\n\\n "Produce a short audio story (2 -3 minutes) that features at least two of your neighbors, includes a color in the title, and contains three consecutive seconds of narrative silence. Stories of all styles are welcome \\u2013 from documentary to drama - and everything in between."\\n\\nOne sentence summary:\\n\\nThis piece is called Grey Areas and it\'s about how close I am to my dad, in a literal sense, it\'s also a tribute to the the neighbour we buried in his back garden.\\n\\n\\n85 word Bio:\\n\\n\\nDave Pickering is 30 years old and lives in East London. \\n\\nHe wrote both series of a podcast drama called Numbers which was nominated for The Internet Programme Award at The Sony Radio Academy Awards 2009.\\n\\nHe\\u2019s produced podcasts for the London true story telling night Spark London. Spark London was voted Best of Mixcloud 2010.\\n\\nHe runs a variety style night called Stand Up Tragedy at the Leicester Square Theatre and produces a weekly conversation/interview show called Getting Better Acquainted.'