Lance Dann

Lance Dann (born circa 1969) is an English sound artist, radio producer 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 Associate Member of The Wooster Group (1998 to present). He studied Radio at Goldsmiths' College and produced a number of experimental radio programmes for Festival Radio Productions' Brighton based RSL radio stations during the early 1990s.

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"). Between 1996 and 2000 he worked with The Wooster Group as producer of a sequence of plays for BBC Radio 3 ("The Emperor Jones", "Phaedra" 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. His work in radio and theatre has earned a number of awards including two Sony Awards and a Prix Marulic.

In recent years he has been writing for BBC Radio, carrying out doctoral research in the development of radio drama commissioning at the BBC on behalf of the Society of Authors and presenting the cult comedy gabber radio show "The Rottingdean Demolition Squad".