News from Nowhere

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Ron Cook

Catrin Stewart

Keiron Self

Clare Cage

Richard Nichols

Roger Evans

Kristy Philipps

Crystal Yu

Sarah Woods

Polly Thomas

Nigel Lewis

Lindsay Rees

Sarah Woods - News From Nowhere

Drama: SciFi & Fantasy

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Will wakes to find he has travelled 100 years into the future to a post-capitalist London.

Will wakes to find he's travelled 100 years into the future to a post-capitalist London. Stars Ron Cook and Catrin Stewart.

Will Guest travels from 2016 to a future Utopia – which comes from the Greek ou-topos, meaning 'no-place' or 'nowhere'.

There is uneasy antagonism between Will's 21st Century values and those of 'Nowhere'. He sets out on a time travelling voyage of discovery, finding a new love for society, as well as a woman.

‘News from Nowhere’ is a classic piece of futuristic writing, first published in 1890 by artist, designer and socialist William Morris. 

Its central tenet - that society should re-find the value of work and thrive on beauty, rather than consumerism - is timely. 

This updated version dramatised by Sarah Woods revisits Morris' vision of a new society.
 
Will Guest …. Ron Cook
Ellen …. Catrin Stewart
Dick …. Keiron Self
Clara …. Claire Cage
Old Hammond …. Richard Nichols
Grumbler …. Roger Evans
The Girl …. Kristy Phillipps
Chinese Worker …. Crystal Yu
 
Producer: Polly Thomas

A BBC Cymru/Wales production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in May 2016.

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