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The Hands of Hypatia (and Other Stories)


5 episodes


Full cast Science fiction Serial Audio Drama


Synopsis:

Planet Earth is gone, exploded two hundred years ago by the cosmic giant Hypatia. Now, humanity’s sole survivor, Adamah Borealis, wanders the starways with her cyborg companion Shem, in search of new life and old memories. When a mysterious benefactor enlists her services, Adamah must scour the universe for a clean energy source. Along the way, she discovers the most ancient secrets of the universe, and just how significant one life can be. Taking inspiration from Old Testament Stories and Science Fiction classics, ‘The Hands of Hypatia’ is an epic theatre experience in 5 acts.


Format: Audio Drama

Continuity: Serial

Writing: Scripted

Voices: Full cast

Genres: Science fiction

Completion status: Finished

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Episodes:

Act 5: The Point of Infinite Return

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 17:00:00 GMT

Adamah opens her eyes shocked to find herself miraculously alive and unharmed. But where is she? Summoned to the place where all things begin, Adamah must reckon with ultimate truth in the face of ultimate destruction. Guided by the Afteritall, she says goodbye to her old path and sets out on her new one, into a world she had almost forgotten.

Featuring:

Mo Zeighami as ADAMAH BOREALIS

Yona Epstein-Roth as SHEM & THE AFTERITALL

Lucy Morgan as AURORA/THE AFTERITALL

Edmond Clark as IVER/THE AFTERITALL

Joshua Sidlofsky as DAEVID/THE AFTERITALL & EARLY MAN

Jawon Mapp as WADEESAY 

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Act 4: The Hands of Hypatia

Sat, 26 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT

Fleeing the battle raging at the University, Shem initiates an inter-dimensional jump through time and space. When they emerge, Adamah and Shem find themselves on the planet of Skelter, a prison/college for radical thinkers. There they encounter the Singularity Reason who reveals to them how close their journey is to its goal. With just stars between her and The Hands of Hypatia, Adamah must face her final reckoning and accept her place in the universe.

Featuring:

Mo Zeighami as ADAMAH BOREALIS

Yona Epstein-Roth as SHEM

Mack Burton as FAUSTULUS & REASON

JAWON MAPP as THALES

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Act 3: The Ballad of Aurora Borealis

Fri, 25 Dec 2020 17:00:00 GMT

Safely stowed, Adamah wakes up to find herself aboard the Pragma Perdu, a sleek pirate ship captained by her own mother, Aurora Borealis. When she confronts her mother about abandoning her all those years ago, the memories come flooding back and Adamah learns that there are things in this universe far beyond her comprehension. Will Adamah be able to come to terms with her mother’s complicated history? And when she discovers that the life she’s been leading has been constructed around her, will she be willing to risk taking her fight back to the University, even if it means destroying everything she knows and holds dear?

Featuring:

Mo Zeighami as ADAMAH BOREALIS

Yona Epstein-Roth as SHEM

Lucy Morgan as AURORA BOREALIS

Justine Christensen as RANAGADE

Benjamin Page as CASPIAN

Alicia Barban as THE WOMAN WITH NO FACE/DEATH

Mack Burton as NEEDLE SPHYNX

Max Ackerman as OBSIDIAN

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Act 2: Terra Incognita

Fri, 18 Dec 2020 17:00:00 GMT

After uncovering a shocking recording of a second human being in league with a feared pirate faction, Adamah and Shem set off for Flint, a distant watering hole for the worst breed of outlaw and space scum. When an ally abandons them, the adventurers are left to fend for themselves, alone amongst pirates. With no way to get home and surrounded by enemies, Adamah must find the one person in the universe who can get her the answers she needs, and the one person she never expected to see again.

Featuring:

Mo Zeighami as ADAMAH BOREALIS

Yona Epstein-Roth as SHEM

Alicia Barban as THE WOMAN WITH NO FACE, ASPETINA, & ZAPTALAN OPAL

Jawon Mapp as WADEESAY, MAGNOT, & KILMAT XHANG

Mack Burton as TARIS, ANNOUNCER, & KORON VIRIT

Lucy Morgan as AURORA BOREALIS

Edmond Clark as IVER BOREALIS

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Act 1: A Child of Love and Loneliness

Fri, 11 Dec 2020 17:00:00 GMT

Someone is haunting Adamah Borealis’ memories, plaguing her with terrible visions of the home she lost. Unfortunately for her she has a report to submit for her University research job in three hours, which she hasn’t even started. But when a mysterious benefactor enlists her services, Adamah and her companion Shem must journey to the furthest reaches of the galaxy for answers. Overseen by the sinister Woman with No Face, Adamah and Shem are thrust into a plot that they don’t fully understand, but surely one that will shake the universe to its core.  Adamah must uncover secrets and seek out old allies so that she may answer the question that rings in her thoughts: Where are the Hands of Hypatia?

Featuring:

Mo Zeighami as ADAMAH BOREALIS

Yona Epstein-Roth as SHEM

Alicia Barban as THE WOMAN WITH NO FACE

Lucy Morgan as AURORA BOREALIS

Edmond Clark as IVER BOREALIS

Mack Burton as NEEDLE SPHYNX

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