Wake Up, New Vilirth!

A dystopian audio drama coming to your favourite podcast platform on September 8th 2025.

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The World

Dust.
There is dust everywhere.
In your pockets, in your bed, in your food. And then there is the smell; in this heat, everything we throw out, rots instantly. Years ago, we moved into the old underground system to escape the heat and dust. All that did was make the gap between those wealthy enough to live their royal lives on the surface and those forced underground, larger...

Criminal organizations running rampant, riots in the streets and an upsurge in the trade of second hand memories that are now the primary source of escapism; a treat for the rich and a threat to the lives of the poor.

Welcome to the wonderful city of New Vilirth,
we hope you have a lovely stay.

The Characters

After months away across the other side of the world, Rhea and her two colleagues return with a bounty that will fix everything. But someone has waited for them to return and instead of fixing their debt, they end up in worse conditions than before. They are offered a solution; to fix the problems of a wealthy man. It's tempting, a seemingly perfect and simple solution, but in the cutthroat political climate of New Vilirth, nothing is ever an easy fix.

Rhea

You'd do better than to listen to rumours about us. You have to be a particular type of filthy rich to feel that safe while sleeping.

Once the daughter of the Oneiroi Vanguard empire, Rhea has returned to New Vilirth to find everything she knew in ruins.

Konstantin

I have more important things to do than explain myself to you.

Wealthy and educated, Konstantin finds himself on the brink of the future that's been carved out for him since birth, but the sacrifices he'll have to make for that grow bigger by the day.

Willow

She's punishing with the torture of boredom.

A failed paramedic, a rusty sharpshooter and an adventurous spirit too big for her own good, Willow tries to claim her place in a mismatched trio.

Tuula

Do I need to be clean?

With a need to fix everything, whether mechanical or human, Tuula is the glue that keeps this little band of strangers together.

Sasha

I won't be bothersome. You won't even notice me.

With strong morals but also an air of naivety, the rebellious Sasha tries to change a city her family has ruined for the better.

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2025

Wake up, New Vilirth! is created, produced and written by Lisa van Hees
Directed and co-produced by Iris-sanne van der Aar

Our brilliant team of voices consists of Sigrid van Setten as Rhea, Carré Albers as Willow, Swaeske Dooper-de Vries as Tuula, Liam van Poorten as Konstantin, Samantha Bonouvrie as Sasha, Fey Lehiane as Nadya, Yannick Staal as Kazimir, Freya Terpstra as Ulva, Klay van Peer as Izno, Fey Lehiane, Lin Schalken, Joris van de Waterbeemd, Tom van't Hull and Daan Helmendach as our radio hosts and Reno van Oostrum, Ezra Menard and Iza Marley as our supporting voices.

Sound recording by Lisa van Hees and Jonas van Impe Sound editing by Jonas van Impe Sound design by Lode Woltersom Music by Freya Terpstra and Theun Zeijdner Radio design by Joris van de Waterbeemd Directing assistance by Tom van't Hull Production assistance by Demi Oude Elferink, Femke Bruil, Robert Kerssies and Iza Marley Character art by Floris Roding, Environment art by Math Roodhuizen

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