Not necessarily, MB... Often a costume fitting, particularly early ones, can just be the process of trying on stock clothes at a costume house to get a feel for potential looks, not fitting actual final costumes.

The Dark Shadows News Page is running a competition to win an original production script from the dramatic reading Clothes of Sand, signed by Kathryn Leigh Scott and Alec Newman. To enter, visit http://darkshadowsnews.blogspot.com

I'm editing Craig's manuscript with his partner, Joe, and hopefully we'll get it published in the not-too-distant future.

I love that the folks who make these CD's have gone to tremendous efforts to bring together the actors from the original show, but the writing stinks. Please look at what the fans are writing. There's a lot out there that is quite nicely done and true to our characters.

We announced earlier this year that they were accepting Dark Shadows unsolicited story submissions, but despite a large number of requests for guidelines, we've actually received very few outlines that met our submission instructions. I'm still very interested in reading ideas from new writers, so perhaps it's worth repeating that posting.

Prospective writers: If you're interested in writing for the Dark Shadows audio dramas, we now have a set of writing guidelines for listeners with story ideas. For more information, email webmaster@collinwood.net

To date, we've produced over a dozen CDs with a variety of writers, and we do try to touch upon as many different facets of the show and its characters as possible. Inevitably, a varied range of stories means that not everything will appeal to all listeners, but rest assured that a great deal of time and attention is invested in our scripts, and maintaining the integrity of the show is always a paramount concern across the board.

Cheers

Stuart Manning
Series Producer, Dark Shadows

Kingdom of the Dead is the overall title for the new full-cast series; The Banished Creatures was a working title.

In other Big Finish news, Curse of the Pharaoh, the latest dramatic reading, is now available to order from the Big Finish website. The new story was previewed at the recent Dark Shadows Festival, and stars Nancy Barrett and Marie Wallace. To order, visit:

http://www.bigfinish.com/9-Dark-Shadows-Curse-of-the-Pharaoh

Honestly, the date of the full-casts has moved a bit as we've gone along, and it still might shift, depending on where the story goes. There are some developments in the second series that will give some hints as to the approximate year, but I'm loathe to pin it down, just in case we ever decide to revise it again.

The Big Finish site will have proper info and ordering page up soon, but as this is out there now, ifor the moment I've posted some info on my news page http://www.collinwood.net/news.

Sorry, this thread strictly speaking is long dead, but I don't get time to check in here very often these days...   But, thought I'd mention that I wrote a blog for the Big Finish website, that talks about the writing and production of these two stories - you can read it at http://www.bigfinish.com/blog.aspx