Verity Weaver
By AudioHour Productions
If you were given the chance to escape into the illusion of a perfect life, would you take it?
Verity Weaver is a gritty, honest, and immersive science-fiction audio drama about reality, identity, and what we owe to the universe.
Verity WeaverMar 24, 2020
Episode 6: The First World
Verity finds herself suddenly the most powerful woman in the galaxy, but the illusion of victory quickly begins to crumble when she comes to see the First World for what it really is. Real power lurks in the shadows, and the only way for Verity to confront it is to dine with the devil. Alone, hopeless, and angry, Verity must face the end of the world and watch her reality crumble. But first, a strong drink is in order…
Cast and Crew:
Verity Weaver - Alena Van Arendonk
Dr Helen Vaughn - Cassandra Schomer
Holomask Verity - Margaret Sutherland
Barman - Ben Hynes
Jude Hamlyn - David McCormack
Former President - Aurora Adams
Ship Computer - Laine Ferio
Newsreader - Nicki Marinovic
Citizen - Clara Laurinda
Narrator - Daniel Warren
Miner 1 - Tony Ripley
Miner 2 - Jonathan Scholey
Supervisor - Jorel Paul
Dr Baxendale - Robbie Fox
Professor Abblesteady Hodge - Angus Scott
With Fable Ashwood as Lily Howkins
Writer - David McCormack
Script Editor - Nina Sarkozi
Composers - David McCormack and Pat Delia
Theme Music - Seeming
Assistant Casting Director - Andrew Davis
Producers - David Holdsworth and Nina Sarkozi
With special thanks to Joseph Lidster and Serena Haywood.
The First World Trailer
COMING TUES 31st MARCH
Episode 5: The Veil of Ignorance
Three people wake up in a room. They don’t know who they are or how they got there, only that they have a task: create the perfect world. Meanwhile, Verity Weaver embarks upon a perilous journey across worlds, guided by Dr Helen Vaughn, to find her way home.
From Absence to the Clockwork Republic of Eridani, she meets new friends and foes, but at the end of the road looms an unspeakable sacrifice which will have lasting consequences for everyone.
Cast and Crew:
Verity Weaver - Alena Van Arendonk
Professor Helen Vaughn - Cassandra Schomer
Ship Computer - Laine Ferio
Representative A - Aurora Adams
Al - Chris Harris-Beechey
The Clockworkers - Jack David
New Eridanian - Margaret Sutherland
Representative B - Daniel Warren
Representative C - Jorel Paul
Newsreader - Nicki Marinovic
Dr Baxendale - Robbie Fox
Writer - Nina Sarkozi
Head Writer - David McCormack
Composers - David McCormack and Pat Delia
Theme Music - Seeming
Assistant Casting Director - Andrew Davis
Producers - David Holdsworth and Nina Sarkozi
The Veil of Ignorance is based on a thought experiment by John Rawls in his famous work, A Theory of Justice (1971).
The Veil of Ignorance Trailer
COMING TUES 24th MARCH
Episode 4: Epistemia
Verity stops off on a quiet-looking planet to refuel and rest after the last few adventures, but her day takes an unexpected turn when she’s mistaken for a senior academic philosopher!
Playing along to avoid severe repercussions, Verity soon discovers that all is not as it seems in the University of Epistemia: students are being murdered, and the Department of Nootropics hides a dark secret…
Cast and Crew:
Verity Weaver - Alena Van Arendonk
Professor Helen Vaughn - Cassandra Schomer
Professor Abblesteady Hodge - Angus Scott
Professor Ethan Miller - Jonathan Scholey
Jo - Bex Chadwick
Shaun Boland - Jack David
Shaun's Mother - Jess Nesling
Dr Baxendale - Robbie Fox
The Dean - Duncan Hess
Writers - David McCormack and Nina Sarkozi
Composer - Pat Delia
Theme Music - Seeming
Featuring music from Nigel Thomas and Draiocht
Producers - David Holdsworth and Nina Sarkozi
Epistemia Trailer
COMING TUES 17TH MARCH
Episode 3: Goodnight, Starlight
In the depths of space, a species is at war with itself, and a cordoned-off star is a last-ditch attempt to prevent complete self-annihilation. When Verity Weaver flies in and violates the peace treaty, she finds herself dealing with a whole host of problems -- and one of them is a friend who really shouldn’t be alive…
Cast and Crew:
Verity Weaver - Alena Van Arendonk
Fable Ashwood - Lily Howkins
Private [Three Tongue-Clicks] - Alan Rayment
Captain [Whistle-Made-By-Inhaling] - Derek Murray
Ship Computer - Laine Ferio
Officer - David Cole
Enemy - Guillaume Babey
Brood Queen - Victoria Fitzgerald
Writer - Kevin Burnard
Head Writer - David McCormack
Script Editor - Nina Sarkozi
Composers - Pat Delia and David McCormack
Theme Music - Seeming
Producers - David Holdsworth and Nina Sarkozi
Goodnight, Starlight Trailer
COMING TUE MARCH 10
Episode 2: Opacity
On Verity’s first adventure alone, she finds herself on Welcoming Blue, a planet known for its innovative approach to resurrection. Fable never went to Welcoming Blue -- Verity knows that -- so why was she blacklisted from the planet? Haunted by memories of her recently departed friend, Verity’s only option is to break into the Renewed Life Facility...
Cast and Crew:
Verity Weaver - Alena Van Arendonk
Fable Ashwood - Lily Howkins
Marion - Wendy Florence Murray
Bee - Suzie Rai
Secretary - Margaret Ashley
The Lucent - Guillaume Babey
Lucentian 1 - Victoria Fitzgerald
Lucentian 2 - Chris Harris-Beechey
Cayalissa Richards - Aurora Adams
Eller Matheson - Andrew Davis
Mrs Matheson - Carolyn Saint-Pé
Cultist - Robbie Fox
Writer - Isabel Pelech
Head Writer - David McCormack
Script Editor - Nina Sarkozi
Composer - Pat Delia
Theme Music - Seeming
Producers - David Holdsworth and Nina Sarkozi
Opacity Trailer
COMING TUE MARCH 3RD
Episode 1: Catch a Falling Star
Verity Weaver is living the life of her dreams. Companion to space pioneer Fable Ashwood, she travels the galaxy in a rackety old spaceship, having adventures and getting into trouble wherever she goes.
That’s until she wakes up. Until the start of the next shift.
In Verity’s real life, there are no spaceships. There are no adventures. There is no Fable Ashwood.
But there is a way out. The question is… will Verity take it, if it means letting go of reality?
Cast and Crew:
Verity Weaver - Alena Van Arendonk
Fable Ashwood - Lily Howkins
Richardson - Jus Sargeant
Magda - Arti Mirwani-Daltry
Darl - Harriet Dunning
Haz - Nigel Thomas
Ship Computer - Laine Ferio
Writer - David McCormack
Script Editor - Nina Sarkozi
Composer - Pat Delia
Theme Music - Seeming
Producers - David Holdsworth and Nina Sarkozi
NEW SERIES TRAILER - COMING SOON
Starting February 2020 -- a brand new, full series of Verity Weaver...