Dan and his friends have left Microsoft for tech start-up OOP! and their risk seems to be paying off, even if they are still working out of his mom and dad’s place. But something's still not right with Dan. Can the boom times really last?

A brand new take on Douglas Coupland’s funny, classic 1995 novel which takes a microscope to working culture in the early days of the Silicon Valley tech boom. Part of Radio 4's Working Titles season looking at the changing world of work.

CAST
Dan ….. Will Merrick
Karla ….. Samantha Dakin
Bug ….. Matthew Needham
Michael ….. Freddie Meredith
Todd ….. Chris Lew Kum Hoi
Ethan ….. Tom Kiteley
Susan ….. Chloë Sommer
Abe ….. Hughie O’Donnell
Dan’s Mum ….. Joanna Monro
Dan’s Dad ….. Roger Ringrose
Dusty …. Fiona Skinner
Amy ….. Grace Saif

Written By Douglas Coupland
Dramatised By Theo Toksvig-Stewart
Directed By Anne Isger
Sound by Cal Knightley, Pete Ringrose, David Gregory, Billy Godfrey
Production Co-ordination by Luke MacGregor

Writer and artist Douglas Coupland has written thirteen novels (including Generation X: Tales For An Accelerated Culture, JPod, Generation A). Microserfs was published in 1995.

Theo Toksvig-Stewart is a writer for stage, radio, television and film. The radio version of Theo’s acclaimed theatre play Endless Second was shortlisted for the best radio drama at the Prix Italia 2022 and received a ‘Special Mention’. Show less