“This is a story about my Dunedin. Ōtepoti, the place of the steep points at the bottom of the world.”
Dark Dunedin Podcast
When a young woman’s body is discovered in the Town Belt, Louise Hepburn finds herself haunted by both the case and her past. A single woman of middle age, she likes to believe that she is an invisible woman in the Edinburgh of the south.
Dark Dunedin is a thriller podcast with a Gothic Dunedin at its beating heart. As you accompany the protagonist, you’ll discover – or re-discover – nostalgic, historic, and supernatural features of and in the city.
All three seasons available to download now on OAR FM, iTunes, Spotify and YouTube.
With an all-star, 100% local Dunedin cast and crew, featuring: Julie Edwards, Dougal Stevenson, Phil Vaughan, Mārama Grant, Robert Shand, Brian Kilkelly, Terry MacTavish, Matt Wilson, Margo Latton, Dmitri Latton, Cheryl Amos, Mark Neilson, Phoebe Smith, Lani Swann, Simon Anderson, Beth Waite, Harriet Moir, Kelly Hocking, Kate Schrader, Peter Hayden, Allison Horsley, Rhys Latton and Jessica Latton.
Featuring original music by Mārama Grant and Eliza Pickard and artwork by Jess Newton design + illustration.
Technical support and production by Otago Access Radio.
Season One Awards
Winner: City of Literature Beyond Words Award in Association with UNESCO City of Literature, Dunedin Fringe 2018
Category Winner: Arts and Literature Category, Air Awards 2018
Commendable Achievement: Dunedin Theatre Awards 2018
Episode One - The City
Episode Two - The Victim
Episode Three - The Nest
“Dark Dunedin: Heaven Looks On interlaces geography, history, stories, hearsay, and fiction through multiple narratives in Duncan’s poetic, perceptive writing, and has at its physical and emotional epicenter Dunedin’s Town Belt.”
— The Theatre Times
