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International Radio Drama Festival 2024
"Life is a Dream (or at least a wee nap) has been selected as a Feature Presentation at the 2024 UK International Radio Drama Festival. Canterbury, UK March 25-29, 2024.
A Bustle, A Corset, & The London Necropolis Express
We know the story.
Three women.
A London Office.
A missing colleague.
And a pandemic.
Three women wake one morning to discover that a colleague has vanished in the night. Gone. Poof. Not a bit of a trace.
The clue to the story lies in a play that has just opened in a London Theatre. The missing colleague has vanished into the world of that play and has become engaged in a grand debate about the roles of women in modern society.
But the three women in the office are not part of the debate. They are earning a living. They are caring for family. They trying to decide what they need to do today in order to be ready for tomorrow, while worrying about their friend.
A play about the world of George Bernard Shaw and Karl Pearson that takes no guff from either.
Cast & Creatives
Cast: (22470, in order of appearance)
- Michelle Thomas-Hanson – Stage Manager, Marta Green
- Debbon Ayer – Honoria Fawcett
- Anastasia DeLoret – Daphne Duvet
- Tehya Merrit – Inis Abbo
- Ron Bianchi – Jock Hodgy, Messengers
- Kit Kuksenok – Messengers
- Josh LaForce – Asa Pinchbeck
- Kota Fudauchi – Eldon Shannon-Marsh
- Skippy – Vivian Warren
Cast: (22471 in order of appearance)
- Michelle Thomas-Hanson – Stage Manager, Marta Green
- Zoe Anastasiou – Honoria Fawcett
- Margaux Amie – Daphne Duvet
- Sahara Ale – Inis Abbo
- Ron Bianchi – Messengers
- Kit Kuksenok – Messengers
- Ethan Madds – Jock Hodgy
- Josh Wilson – Asa Pinchbeck
- Geoffrey Grier – Eldon Shannon Marsh
- Skippy – Vivian Warren
Sound Design: Hilbert Space
Music Direction: Mel O’Dea Studios
Music: Alibi Music, Atomic Music (used with permission)
Dramaturgy: Steve Harper, Theatre503
Graphic Artist: Ava N Garda
Written and Directed: David Alan Grier
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