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A young midwife prepares for the final countdown... Life on Mars

In Lucy Caldwell’s Martians, a young midwife prepares to leave her family and the world she knows to begin life on another planet.

In Lucy Caldwell’s Martians, Tia Bannon plays a young midwife who is preparing to leave her family and the world she knows to begin life on another planet.
One of the twelve chosen few to be picked to take their skills to Mars to begin new life, just as her grandmother did when she moved from Jamaica to London and her father’s ancestors leaving a famine-riddled Ireland for America,  Laura has to choose what to take and what to leave behind.  She also has to say goodbye to her family for good, she doesn’t want any fuss, just another day, she is going to make a difference, a star in the sky….


Laura ..... Tia Bannon 
Michael ..... Toheeb Jimoh 
Margo ..... Angel Coulby
Lorraine ..... Michelle Greenidge
Eoin ..... Lloyd Hutchinson 
Joan ..... Joy Richardson 
Angharad & Young Woman 1 ..... Tallulah Bond
Ijaaz, Male Voice ..... Ronny Jhutti
Older Woman, Radio Presenter & Automated Voice ..... Beth Goddard 
Written by ..... Lucy Caldwell
Produced & Directed by ..... Celia De Wolff

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