By Louise Page. It’s 1933, film director Harry documents making the movie Freaky. It’s 2023, Claire uses her podcast to find out who were her great aunts.
Louise Page’s Radio 4 Afternoon Drama debut dynamically switches between 1933 and 2023 as Claire, a podcaster, tries to find out what happened to her great aunts – the coned twins Viola and Dahlia. They were starring in the 1933 film Freaky when they mysteriously vanished. The film director Harry was documenting the making of Freaky when they disappeared. He couldn’t find them. In 2023, with a job at the same film studio, will Claire be able to track them down?
Starring Cerrie Burnell (CBeebies, Holby City) alongside Rachel Denning (Eastenders, Fool Me Once), Jon Furlong (The Last Kingdom, Ghosts) , Guy Rhys ( The Witcher: Blood Origin), Delilah Tahiri (BIFF, City Fishing) and Naomi Wirthner (Slow Horses, The Outrun)
Nickie Miles-Wildin returns to Naked Productions to direct Still Here for BBC Radio 4 afternoon drama. Her previous drama, Love Across the Ages, was nominated for Best Drama at The ARIAS 2023.
Louise Page is a new writer from Newcastle. They are the creator and writer of a series currently in development with HTM Television. Their play “Fall” was directed by Olivier Award winner Selma Dimitrijevic; and previous play “Gaze” sold out Northern Stage. Their past audio drama “New Women” was described by BBC News as “Smashing the box of disabled feminism”.
Cast:
Claire ….. Cerrie Burnell
Harry ….. Jon Furlong
Dahlia/Anne ….. Delilah Tahiri
Viola/Fiona ….. Rachel Denning
Officer Rogers/
Technician and Tom ….. Guy Rhys
Mrs Jules/Nana ….. Naomi Wirthner
Director : Nickie Miles-Wildin
Sound Designer : Steve Brooke
Illustration : Hatiye Garip
Production Manager : Darren Spruce
Producer : Polly Thomas
Executive Producer : Eloise Whitmore
A Naked production for BBC Radio 4
