March 22, 2024

28 minutes

Available for over a year

'Take a deep sleep vacation. No work, no stress. Guaranteed sweet dreams.' And a cure for the climate crisis too?

Climate events have set mass human migration in motion. Radical forms of governance and flawed technology strive to meet the challenges. Nat, a newly qualified lawyer in stasis law, must deal with the fallout.

Award-winning writer Anita Sullivan's new drama takes us to Lanza, a fictional island which could be anywhere - and everywhere. In the distant future - or maybe not that far off...

CAST:

NAT - Anastasia Hille

RIV - Paul Bazely

ROZMAY - Rakie Ayola

CAROL - Rebekah Staton

BARRY - Ben Crowe

HONOUR - Raad Rawi

JODIE - Anna Fenton-Garvey

INFOVERT VOICE - Teresa Gallagher

Director: Karen Rose

Producer: Sarah Tombling

Sound: David Thomas

Composer Simon Slater

Exec Producer: Rosalynd Ward

Legal Advisor on Stasis Rights: Elizabeth Barrett

Cultural Advisor: Francis Gallop

Interviewees: Ben Fletcher, Leon Kruger, Mareike Guensche, Camy Creffield, Liz Aggiss, Kiwi Sam

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4