The Chemistry Lesson
Immersive 3D binaural comedy drama.
A young gangster enrages his transphobic Gangland Boss when he comes out as non-binary
Nominated for Best Outstanding Drama Scripted Audio Fiction New Jersey WebFest 2025
Nominated for Best Ensemble Cast of a Scripted Audio Fiction New Jersey WebFest 2025
Please take note of the following before listening:
- Please wear headphones or earbuds to appreciate the immersive binaural experience (otherwise it’s like trying to appreciate a painting whilst wearing dark sunglasses)
A young gangster enrages his transphobic Gangland Boss when he ‘comes out’ as non-binary.
A binaural immersive audio – it’s like you are ‘inside’ the drama! Make sure you wear earpods/headphones to listen.
Nb. This audio drama discusses suicide and gender-based violence, which some people might find distressing.
- Be aware: This audio drama discusses suicide and gender-based violence, which some people might find distressing.
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Support us so we can make more immersive and important comedy dramas:
“Coming from the world of film and TV, I’m a recent convert to ‘sonic cinema’ (as I call it) working specifically on location recorded binaural audio (yep, I know sane people just record stereo and ‘do it all in post’ – but it just doesn’t FEEL the same!)
Now I want to write and produce a full series based on my horror screenplay Wild Camping. (Suzy Miller, Writer/Producer)
TEAM:
Writer: Suzy Miller
Director: Anna Scott
Producer: Suzy Miller
Associate Producer: Kelly Cochran-Yzquierdo
Cast:
Johnson: Stuart Goodwin
Teddy: Brandon Ashford
Shaggy: Josh Harvey
Plump Gangster: Jack Bostock
Skinny Gangster: Jamie Patterson
Danielle: Steven Finley
And Guest Starring Antonio Aakeel as The Narrator
Sound design by David Thomas
Music Composed by Monica Cosgrove Music
Live Foley Artist: Georgia Guilmard
Assistant Sound Recordist: Nicholas Hadwin-Guardiola
Videographer/Runner: Cydney Taylor
Special thanks to:
Emerson College
Liam Eshghi-Luck
Satsita Gavasheli
The Chemistry Lesson was a Starting Over Show Production
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Thank you for listening. Please share what you enjoyed or most surprised you when listening (with headphones/earpods only – please don’t comment otherwise.)
Suzy
Marvellous writing, direction and production. I’ve enjoyed a few ‘immersive’ audio dramas in recent years (some from the BBC), and this one is right up there. Clever use of binaural sound production only goes as far as the quality of the story, and this is all excellent.
Will be looking forward to your future works!
Thank you for your kind words Alex!
Loved hearing this come to life! Very exciting to recognise the different voices and put a mental picture together without help from our eyes 🙂
The depth and surrounding of the sound kept it sonically interesting as the story unfolded… I also loved the repeating motifs of the noose (though at first i mistook it for a tree frog haha) and the butterfly! Listened to it in both noise cancelling headphones and the more generic flimsier type and was able to stay attentive (though i had the luxury of a quiet environment)..
I can totally imagine people listening to binaural fictional content as deeply engaged as we watch films and to be honest, the intrigue of deciphering where the voices come from and move made me want to close my eyes and focus even more, so I feel like this could be a medium that cures our short attention spans rather than being a ‘background sound’ to daily task… sure am lucky I wasn’t driving a car :))
Very happy to have seen Suzy in her exploration stages of binaural and am so lucky to hear it be finished and sounding so good!!!
You were so important in those stages of testing and trying things out. Thank you so much for being part of this journey of exploration, and I’m so glad you like the end result!
Really impressive. A totally new experience for me. I felt if very strongly, as if the characters were here sharing space in the living room of my house.
Exactly our intention of using binaural to make the feeling of the drama more immersive – thank you for sharing your experience.