Part 2: Monogabliss
Struggling to find "the one"? Well we have the perfect”solution: Meet Monogabliss. An AI arranged-marriage app that does it all for you.
A beautiful, dark audio drama, about how it truly feels to be known by our phones.
This one doesn’t feel so far away now, does it?
Monogabliss is Part Two in our science-fiction anthology, Cloud 9. Stay tuned for more!
Content warning: This piece contains swearing, fictional robots, and existential crises.
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Monogabliss’s
Creative Team
Sabrina Wan
Writer
TBC.
Alix Treadboard
Director
Alix has a passion for new musical theatre writing, comedy and audio and has worked for organisations across the Southeast including Proteus, Theatre Royal Winchester, Haymarket Basingstoke, and Farnham Maltings.
Assistant Director credits include Toad of Toad Hall; Macbeth; Ordinary People; Cinderella’s Wellies; Jeb: The Fame and the Fury (film).
Director credits include Running Backwards; Safety First; The Lamplighter (audio and concert versions); Giggle! Wiggle! Plop! (workshop and tour) and Alternate Reality (part of Unwritten, a new writing initiative produced by Winchester Theatre Royal)
Alix is currently collaborating with composers and a writer on a new musical, Baby Hurts.
More of Alix’s work can be found at http://treadboard.co.uk
Maxwell Franco
Sound Design
Maxwell Franko is a sound artist living in Austin, Texas, United States of America, seen finding ways to blend sound design and music composition in a wide range of projects. As an electronic music producer, he creates pieces that combine synthesizers, sound effects, and live instruments into a unified sound. His music has been featured by international performing groups, music festivals, on film soundtracks, and in his own personal discography. His experience in electronic music has honed an equal skill in sound design, sound mixing, and mastering. His multifaceted approach to music and sound has made him a sought-after collaborator in both the film and music industries, with credits including his work on Kobold Blue's Monogabliss.
More of Maxwell’s work can be found at www.maxfranco.com
Doug Thomas
Original Score
Doug Thomas is a Franco-British artist based in London.
His main medium of expression is music; since founding NOOX — or North of Oxford St., his own production studio — in 2015, Doug has composed, performed, recorded and produced multiple projects, both featuring his own music and other artists’ too. Additionally, he has worked with multiple independent labels and collaborated with artists from other disciplines.
An aspiring polymath, Doug also ventures in the world of visual arts, through photography and various sketching works. He also designs his own project’s artworks and images. Finally, Doug writes articles, reviews and often interviews his musical peers.
More of Doug’s work can be found at https://www.dougthomas.co.uk/doug-thomas-home#c1nox
ADDITIONAL CREATIVES:
OLOF ROCKNER - Artwork
ThunderBird - Opening Theme Music
Haitch - Recording Engineer
Isiah Kendall - Audio Trailer
Tatiana Szewczuk - Visual Trailer
Bea Coppard - Trailer Voice Over
Special thanks to Jukebox Recording Studios
Shaun Mendum - Lead Producer/Curator
Jun Noh - Co-Producer
Monogabliss’s Cast
Jess Nesling
Sharon
Jess Nesling is a London-based female voice actor, born and raised in Swansea, Wales.
Accents and voices are her passion and she works regularly in games, animation, impersonations, commercials, corporate narrations, audiobooks and audio dramas.
You can read more about her work here: https://jessnesling.co.uk/
Sam Stafford
Bart
Sam Stafford is an actor working across screen, stage, and audio. His credits include Netflix’s Vikings: Valhalla and Audible’s 1984. He has also been announced as the Eighth Doctor’s new companion in an upcoming Big Finish Doctor Who audio range. On stage, he has appeared in the West End production of The Mousetrap.
He is delighted to be appearing in Monogobliss!
Hari Kang
Mike
Hari is a recent graduate of The Oxford School of Drama graduating in 2023. Since then his recent credits include: Caesar (Constellation Players), Ten in the Bed (Halfmoon Theatre), The Lightest Element (Hampstead Theatre) and the UK tour of A Man For All Seasons (Theatre Royal Bath).
Emma Humpston
Joelle
Emma is a versatile, intuitive and diligent actor, also skilled and experienced in voiceover, accents and singing. She played Eleanor Bron in the Sky series Funny Woman, as well as many short film projects, has performed at The National Theatre and the Olivier Awards.
Maria Corcobado
Monogabot
Born in London, raised with a Latin temperament. Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). In 2022, I was nominated for Newcomer of the Year at the One Voice Awards.
Maria’s work spans a wide range of genres and styles, with roles in audio dramas such as Department of Variance of Somewhere, Ohio, The Way We Haunt Now, The Last Man on Mars, The Dark Cosmos, Observable Radio, Kestrel Files, Cold Blood, The Sojourn, Heartglass, Hollow Disciple, Power Rangers Zeo, Your Horror Show, Never Truly Apart, and Skyfire Hearts.
Mackenzie Larsen
Various
Mackenzie Larsen is an actor, writer, and musician. She is a co-founder of the radio-drama theatre company Other Mysteries Theatre, as well as half of the writing partnership Larsen & Chalk.
Recent Credits: Marion Keisker in Elvis Evolution, Marie in The Caretaker, A in Odd Jobs, Iris Osiris in The Graveyard Snack, Myrtle in The Midnight Snack: Live (Other Mysteries Theatre, OffFest Nomination), Sarah Hollis in The Welkin, Mrs Van Buren in Intimate Apparel, and Natash in Three Sisters. Voice Over: Madison in Monogabliss, Iris Osiris in The Graveyard Snack, Myrtle in The Midnight Snack.
Meet the Producers!
Shaun Mendum
Co-Producer and Project LeadWith a background in theatre and audio, Shaun’s work includes working as an actor in video games, animation, radio drama, and writing and directing a short for the BBC.
Shaun’s vision was to provide a platform that brought emerging and established artists together, and to create a body of audio drama that captivated audiences in fresh, exciting, and unsettlingly real worlds.
Jun Noh
Jun is a writer-director and actor, passionate about the blend of cinema, theatre, and philosophy. He enjoys tension in stillness, and storytelling that confronts belief and grief. A Leverhulme Arts Scholar, with an MFA in Professional Acting from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).
Co-Producer