English, Old Time Radio, 1 season, 10 episodes, 3 hours, 37 minutes
Lusus Podcast
English, Old Time Radio, 1 season, 10 episodes, 3 hours, 37 minutes
About
What happens when your neuroses come to life? What shape will they take? Don't open the door.
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10/23/2023 • 3 minutes
Welcome to Lusus
What happens when your neuroses come to life? What shape will they take? Don’t open the door.
5/4/2022 • 2 minutes, 10 seconds
1. Doppelgänger
Noa (Patsy Ferran) a young Gen Z Urbanite, suffers from continual FOMO. There is always someone somewhere doing something better than the choice she has made. When trying to keep a birthday arrangement with her mum and sister and attend a fun night out with successful friends, her wish to be in two places at the same time turns deadly.
Cast
Episode 1
No - Patsy Ferran
Jen - Susannah Fielding
Mindfulness Narrator - Caroline Faber
Ash - Lainey Lipson
Evie - Karima McAdams
Club Hostess - Nantaara Jafri
Smoker - Jacob Jackson
Mum - Sara Jackson
Taxi Driver - Avril Poole
Bus Driver/Drunk - Paul Fulberg
Kevin - Henry Newton
Crew
Production Company - Clarence Beeks
Co-Creator/Writer - Samantha Newton
Co-Creator/Director - Rachel Zisser
Executive Producer - Sara Johnson
Executive Producer - Daniel M Jackson
Producer - Hannah Charman, Sister Music
Casting Director - Sophie Kingston-Smith
Casting Assistant - Lainey Lipson
Composer - Na’ama Zisser
Vocalists - Tomer Damsky, Aya Gavriel, Ron Sheskin, Quantum Choir
Sound engineer - Laura Blake
Sound engineer - Charlie Braham
Sound engineer - Gareth Wood
Sound Recording - The Sound Company
Vocalist Recording - Marco Milevski, Mazkeka Studio
Sound Design - King Lear Music & Sound
Lead Sound Designer - Dugal Macdiarmid
Asst Sound Designer - Ned Sisson
Asst Sound Designer - Lauren Cooper
5/4/2022 • 26 minutes, 17 seconds
2. Kappa
Tanya (Ella Bruccoleri) is home looking after her baby daughter while her wife Kate (Karima McAdams) works overseas. Their plans to try for more children fuels Tanya’s anxieties about the plastic crisis. As her panic about their impact on the planet grows larger…. so does the fatberg beneath their flat. They learn the hard way that the waste they create will come back to them as either food, or poison.
Cast
Tanya - Ella Bruccoleri
Katie - Karima McAdams
Mindfulness Narrator - Caroline Faber
Police Officer/Newsreader - Annabel Miller
Noa - Patsy Ferran
Kevin - Henry Newton
Crew
Production Company - Clarence Beeks
Co-Creator/Writer - Samantha Newton
Co-Creator/Director - Rachel Zisser
Executive Producer - Sara Johnson
Executive Producer - Daniel M Jackson
Producer - Hannah Charman, Sister Music
Casting Director - Sophie Kingston-Smith
Casting Assistant - Lainey Lipson
Composer - Na’ama Zisser
Vocalists - Tomer Damsky, Aya Gavriel, Ron Sheskin, Quantum Choir
Sound engineer - Laura Blake
Sound engineer - Charlie Braham
Sound engineer - Gareth Wood
Sound Recording - The Sound Company
Vocalist Recording - Marco Milevski, Mazkeka Studio
Sound Design - King Lear Music & Sound
Lead Sound Designer - Dugal Macdiarmid
Asst Sound Designer - Ned Sisson
Asst Sound Designer - Lauren Cooper
5/4/2022 • 26 minutes, 7 seconds
3. Rituals
Magnus (Alistair Petrie) is a surgeon who secretly believes that if he doesn’t do his daily rituals, his patients will die. We follow Magnus through the habitual voicemail messages he leaves for his ex-girlfriend Julia, but with each day she doesn’t answer, his rituals are further interrupted. The mindfulness podcast he listens to, in a desperate attempt to change, isn’t helping and might in fact be making things much worse.
Cast
Magnus - Alistair Petrie
Julia - Ella Bruccoleri
Mindfulness Narrator - Caroline Faber
Old Lady - Tamar Baruch
Voicemail/Lift - Stevie Ward
Doctor - Annabel Miller
Man - John Newton
Kevin - Henry Newton
Crew
Production Company - Clarence Beeks
Co-Creator/Writer - Samantha Newton
Co-Creator/Director - Rachel Zisser
Executive Producer - Sara Johnson
Executive Producer - Daniel M Jackson
Producer - Hannah Charman, Sister Music
Casting Director - Sophie Kingston-Smith
Casting Assistant - Lainey Lipson
Composer - Na’ama Zisser
Vocalists - Tomer Damsky, Aya Gavriel, Ron Sheskin, Quantum Choir
Sound engineer - Laura Blake
Sound engineer - Charlie Braham
Sound engineer - Gareth Wood
Sound Recording - The Sound Company
Vocalist Recording - Marco Milevski, Mazkeka Studio
Sound Design - King Lear Music & Sound
Lead Sound Designer - Dugal Macdiarmid
Asst Sound Designer - Ned Sisson
Asst Sound Designer - Lauren Cooper
5/4/2022 • 28 minutes, 9 seconds
4. Gorgon
Alfie (George Robinson) and Lily (Izuka Hoyle) are in the first flush of love, when Alfie - who is prone to hypochondria - develops a cough. His worries about the cancer that killed his father, Lily’s exes and the malevolent fortune cookie at his birthday meal, result in a lump in his throat. Lily’s efforts - and her hair – seem to be as much a part of the problem as the solution as they both soon discover.
Cast
Alfie - George Robinson
Lily - Izuka Hoyle
Mindfulness Narrator - Caroline Faber
Radiographer - Daniel M Jackson
Waiter - Avril Poole
Singing diner - Dugal Macdiarmid
Documentary narrator - Annabel Miller
Kevin - Henry Newton
Crew
Production Company - Clarence Beeks
Co-Creator/Writer - Samantha Newton
Co-Creator/Director - Rachel Zisser
Executive Producer - Sara Johnson
Executive Producer - Daniel M Jackson
Producer - Hannah Charman, Sister Music
Casting Director - Sophie Kingston-Smith
Casting Assistant - Lainey Lipson
Composer - Na’ama Zisser
Vocalists - Tomer Damsky, Aya Gavriel, Ron Sheskin, Quantum Choir
Sound engineer - Laura Blake
Sound engineer - Charlie Braham
Sound engineer - Gareth Wood
Sound Recording - The Sound Company
Vocalist Recording - Marco Milevski, Mazkeka Studio
Sound Design - King Lear Music & Sound
Lead Sound Designer - Dugal Macdiarmid
Asst Sound Designer - Ned Sisson
Asst Sound Designer - Lauren Cooper
5/4/2022 • 24 minutes, 57 seconds
5. Eris
Keri (Morfydd Clark) and Barden (Greg McHugh) have worked hard to buy their city centre flat with a bird’s eye view of the park. The only thing in the way of them throwing a successful housewarming for Keri’s judgemental workmates, are the bird droppings and squawks of the nesting magpies above their balcony. When Keri decides to take action, the birds retaliate in defence of their nest, bringing the age-old battle between human and nature to a shattering climax.
Cast
Keri - Morfydd Clark
Barden - Greg McHugh
Mindfulness Narrator - Caroline Faber
Gabby - Laura Blake
Cersei - Esther Joy Lane
Pest Control - Avril Poole
Party Guest - Nantaara Jafri
Party Guest - Sean Williams
Party Guest - Karima McAdams
Kevin - Henry Newton
Crew
Production Company - Clarence Beeks
Co-Creator/Writer - Samantha Newton
Co-Creator/Director - Rachel Zisser
Executive Producer - Sara Johnson
Executive Producer - Daniel M Jackson
Producer - Hannah Charman, Sister Music
Casting Director - Sophie Kingston-Smith
Casting Assistant - Lainey Lipson
Composer - Na’ama Zisser
Vocalists - Tomer Damsky, Aya Gavriel, Ron Sheskin, Quantum Choir
Sound engineer - Laura Blake
Sound engineer - Charlie Braham
Sound engineer - Gareth Wood
Sound Recording - The Sound Company
Vocalist Recording - Marco Milevski, Mazkeka Studio
Sound Design - King Lear Music & Sound
Lead Sound Designer - Dugal Macdiarmid
Asst Sound Designer - Ned Sisson
Asst Sound Designer - Lauren Cooper
5/4/2022 • 30 minutes, 6 seconds
6. Boonies
Ben (David Mumeni) and his wife Cammie (Susannah Fielding) are a high-value high-spend couple, but Ben is worried that he won’t be making bonus this month. When he decides to short-change all the service workers and staff who help maintain his comfortable lifestyle, his kids (played by newcomers Henry and Laila Newton) are the ones who suffer. Will Ben listen to his son’s warnings of the man without a face?
Cast
Ben - David Mumeni
Cammie - Susannah Fielding
Sophia - Laila Newton
Kevin - Henry Newton
Anisa - Roni Zisser
Mindfulness Narrator - Caroline Faber
Teacher - Annabel Miller
Teaching Asst - Avril Poole
Dad at pickup - Dugal Macdiarmid
Mum at pickup - Louise Heard
Delivery Guy - Jacob Jackson
Answer Bot - Susannah Fielding
Old lady - Tamar Baruch
Crew
Production Company - Clarence Beeks
Co-Creator/Writer - Samantha Newton
Co-Creator/Director - Rachel Zisser
Executive Producer - Sara Johnson
Executive Producer - Daniel M Jackson
Producer - Hannah Charman, Sister Music
Casting Director - Sophie Kingston-Smith
Casting Assistant - Lainey Lipson
Composer - Na’ama Zisser
Vocalists - Tomer Damsky, Aya Gavriel, Ron Sheskin, Quantum Choir
Sound engineer - Laura Blake
Sound engineer - Charlie Braham
Sound engineer - Gareth Wood
Sound Recording - The Sound Company
Vocalist Recording - Marco Milevski, Mazkeka Studio
Sound Design - King Lear Music & Sound
Lead Sound Designer - Dugal Macdiarmid
Asst Sound Designer - Ned Sisson
Asst Sound Designer - Lauren Cooper
5/4/2022 • 26 minutes, 40 seconds
7. Khar Darakh
The lonely life of Christopher (Ncuti Gatwa) is significantly improved when he rescues a puppy. When his neighbour Magnus (Alistair Petrie) threatens to report the dog, Christopher sinks into a depression. His feelings of being trapped turn physical, and he struggles to combat the almost paralysing aloneness and fear, that increases after discovering Magnus’s fate.
Cast
Christopher - Ncuti Gatwa
Magnus - Alistair Petrie
Old lady - Tamar Baruch
Mindfulness Narrator - Caroline Faber
Sophia - Laila Newton
Kevin - Henry Newton
Voicemail - Stevie Ward
Dog Pound worker - Samantha Newton
Crew
Production Company - Clarence Beeks
Co-Creator/Writer - Samantha Newton
Co-Creator/Director - Rachel Zisser
Executive Producer - Sara Johnson
Executive Producer - Daniel M Jackson
Producer - Hannah Charman, Sister Music
Casting Director - Sophie Kingston-Smith
Casting Assistant - Lainey Lipson
Composer - Na’ama Zisser
Vocalists - Tomer Damsky, Aya Gavriel, Ron Sheskin, Quantum Choir
Sound engineer - Laura Blake
Sound engineer - Charlie Braham
Sound engineer - Gareth Wood
Sound Recording - The Sound Company
Vocalist Recording - Marco Milevski, Mazkeka Studio
Sound Design - King Lear Music & Sound
Lead Sound Designer - Dugal Macdiarmid
Asst Sound Designer - Ned Sisson
Asst Sound Designer - Lauren Cooper
5/4/2022 • 23 minutes, 8 seconds
8. Ale of Goibhniu
Desperate to hold off the aging process, twenty something Julia (Ella Bruccoleri) decides to get a radical new beauty treatment from a mysterious dentist’s office in the city. The next day an altered Julia (Tamar Baruch) goes about her day until she realises the drastic change that has occurred. When she returns to the dentist’s office her confusion and panic builds on what she finds. Her obsessive need to turn back time finds her trapped behind the door that nobody should ever open.
Cast
Julia - Ella Bruccoleri
Old Julia - Tamar Baruch
Mindfulness Narrator - Caroline Faber
Dentist - Daniel Jackson
Dentist Receptionist - Caroline Faber
Jen/Cammie - Susannah Fielding
Kevin - Henry Newton
Ben - David Mumeni
Alfie - George Robinson
Interview Receptionist - Sean Williams
Crew
Production Company - Clarence Beeks
Co-Creator/Writer - Samantha Newton
Co-Creator/Director - Rachel Zisser
Executive Producer - Sara Johnson
Executive Producer - Daniel M Jackson
Producer - Hannah Charman, Sister Music
Casting Director - Sophie Kingston-Smith
Casting Assistant - Lainey Lipson
Composer - Na’ama Zisser
Vocalists - Tomer Damsky, Aya Gavriel, Ron Sheskin, Quantum Choir
Sound engineer - Laura Blake
Sound engineer - Charlie Braham
Sound engineer - Gareth Wood
Sound Recording - The Sound Company
Vocalist Recording - Marco Milevski, Mazkeka Studio
Sound Design - King Lear Music & Sound
Lead Sound Designer - Dugal Macdiarmid
Asst Sound Designer - Ned Sisson
Asst Sound Designer - Lauren Cooper