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Fiction

PlayME

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About the show

Welcome to your digital stage, where bold theatre meets cutting-edge audio drama. Each episode draws you into captivating stories brought to life by top actors, acclaimed writers, and cinematic sound design that places you at the center of the action.   Winner of the 2020 New York Festival Gold Medal winner for Audio Drama, PlayME has dozens of productions, from daring, original audio dramas to groundbreaking plays. We offer an experience for people who love theatre and audio fiction. Whether you like dark, atmospheric thrillers, raw emotional drama, irreverent comedies, or theatre that push boundaries, our carefully curated collection has something to captivate every adventurous listener. Plus, enjoy in-depth interviews with playwrights, offering unique insights into their creative processes and the stories behind the plays.

Latest episodes

  • PlayME Introduces: Discount Dave (and the Fix)

    June 16, 2026 · 21 min

    Everyone has a party story. Host and creator of Personally: Discount Dave (and the Fix) Rebecca Auerbach’s involved in a run-in with rock icon David Lee Roth (you know, from Van Halen). At least, that's who he said he was. It’s Vancouver…

  • Nicolas Billon: Hitchcock, Fatherhood, and the Art of the Thriller

    May 20, 2026 · 44 min

    Governor General's Award-winning playwright Nicolas Billon joins Laura Mullin to talk about his play The Neighbours and why the thriller form is the best tool he has for asking the questions that haunt him. Billon traces his love of…

  • The Neighbours by Nicolas Billon (Part One)

    May 13, 2026 · 47 min

    Denise and Simon have lived on Stanley Court for thirty-one years. They know their neighbours, they wave hello, and they throw a barbecue every May. But seven months ago, their next-door neighbour was exposed as the man who kidnapped…

  • The Neighbours by Nicolas Billon (Part Two)

    May 13, 2026 · 51 min

    When Denise and Simon are called to the police station, what they find there will connect their family to Kayla's story in ways they never could have imagined and force them to reckon with a question with no comfortable answer: how much…

  • Special Episode: Interview with Artistic Director Brian Quirt

    May 6, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min

    In this special PlayME episode, host Chris Tolley sits down with Brian Quirt of Night Swimming as the company celebrates its 30th anniversary. Brian shares insights into the long, collaborative process of developing new plays, Night…

  • NEW (Interview with Pamela Mala Sinha)

    April 22, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

    Playwright and actor Pamela Mala Sinha joins Chris Tolley to talk about NEW, her play about a generation of South Asian immigrants who came of age in 1970s Winnipeg. Sinha shares how a box of old photographs and her mother's stories…

  • NEW by Pamela Mala Sinha (Part Two)

    April 20, 2026 · 60 min

    Two months after her arrival, Nuzha is beginning to understand that something is deeply wrong in her marriage. Qasim comes home late every night, and has never once reached for her. She arrived ready to build a life and instead finds…

  • NEW by Pamela Mala Sinha (Part One)

    April 20, 2026 · 54 min

    It's 1970 in Winnipeg, and a young Bengali bride has just arrived in Canada to marry a man she's never met. But the husband waiting for her is hiding a secret, and the tight-knit immigrant community she's stepping into is holding more than…