Press Kit

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What is The Amelia Project?

An Audio Fiction Podcast Series by Philip Thorne and Oystein Brager.

Produced by Imploding Fictions (NO/FR).

The shown launched 1st December 2017.

The Story

The Amelia Project is a secret organisation offering a very special service: Faking its clients' deaths! Its eccentric clientele includes cult leaders, criminals and politicians all desperate to disappear and start over... For how long can the secrecy last?

With the help of his indispensable assistant Alvina, The Amelia Project's Interviewer needs only a 20 minute consultation to help any troubled client disappear into a new and exotic life. His solutions are delivered with a flourish of ingenuity, style, and a mug of finest cocoa. But you don't get to be this good without attracting some unwanted attention…

“Congratulations. You’ve reached The Amelia Project. This phone call isn’t happening. If you’re not serious about this, hang up. Now.”

Awards and nominations

WINNER: 2020 Audio Verse Awards - 6 awards including Best Audio Play Production
and Writing of an Audio Play Production

WINNER: 2020 Discover Pods Awards - Best Audio Drama or Fiction Podcast
RUNNER UP: 2020 Discover Pods Awards - Best Overall Podcast

WINNER: Audio Verse Awards 2019 - Best Performance of a Supporting Role in an Audio Play Production
/ Best Instrumental Composition in a Production

NOMINEE: British Podcast Awards 2019 - Best Fiction

WINNER: Audio Verse Awards 2018 - Best Original Composition for a New Comedic Production
/ Best New Comedic Production

FINALIST: Parsec Awards 2018 - Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team
FINALIST: Austin Film Festival 2017 - Fiction Podcast

Cast and Crew

Starring Alan Burgon as the Interviewer, Julia C. Thorne as Alvina, Julia Morizawa as Amelia and Hemi Yeroham as Kozlowski.

Written and directed by Philip Thorne and Øystein Ulsberg Brager.
Music and sound direction by Fredrik Baden.
Graphic design by Anders Pedersen.

For further cast and crew please see https://ameliapodcast.com/artists/

A Bit More About the Core Team

Philip Thorne

Philip is writer and director of The Amelia Project. He currently lives in Paris, France, and divides his time between writing, directing, dramaturging, translating and practicing magic. He is joint artistic director of Imploding Fictions.

http://philipwthorne.com/

Øystein Ulsberg Brager

Oystein is writer and director of The Amelia Project. Based in Oslo, Norway, he works as a freelance director, playwright and dramaturg. He is joint artistic director of Imploding Fictions.

https://oysteinbrager.com/

Fredrik Skaare Baden

Fredrik is our sound designer and composer. He trained at the Institute for Musical Sciences at the University of Oslo. He has previously composed music for theatres such as The Norwegian Opera and Ballet, Teater Innlandet, Nordland Teater, Centralteatret and the National Theatre of Korea.

Alan Burgon

Alan Burgon plays the Interviewer. He also directs episodes of The Amelia Project, and occasionally voices smaller characters. Alan is a freelance actor and director with a BA in acting from Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. His film credits include The Leeward Side of the Moon, Thank You For Bombing and Grimm’s Snow White. His theatre credits include leading roles in productions such as Hedda, Twelfth Night, The Glass Menagerie and Romeo & Juliet. His directing credits include productions of The Importance of Being Earnest, Much Ado About Nothing and The Picture of Dorian Gray. He is also the creative director of Open House Theatre in Vienna.

https://alanburgon.com/

Julia C. Thorne

Julia plays Alvina. As a bilingual actress, she has worked in English and German theatre since graduating from drama school in Hamburg in 2010. Previous work includes: Carol in David Mamet's Oleanna at Theater Lüneburg and Sheila Birling in J.B. Priestly's An Inspector Calls at the International Theatre in Vienna. In 2012, Julia co-founded Open House Theatre. She has appeared in many of the company's productions, including roles such as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Laura Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie and Tara in Hedda. She also works as the company's Educational Manager.

Julia Morizawa

Julia plays Amelia. In the audio drama world, Julia is best known as the voice of Dr. Bright in “The Bright Sessions.” She is a Los Angeles-based actor with most of her experience in film, theatre and new media. Career highlights include “Judas Kiss” (feature film), Lewis Black’s “The Root of All Evil” and “ER” (TV), “Masha No Home” (play) at East West Players, and “Star Trek: Odyssey” (web series). She has also written and produced the award-winning projects “JesusCat (or How I Accidentally Joined a Cult)” (feature film), “Sin & Lyle” (short film) and “Twenty-Two” (play).

http://www.juliamorizawa.com/

Hemi Yeroham

Hemi plays Kozlowski. He is a London-based, bilingual actor, born in Istanbul. Since his graduation from the Guildford School of Acting, he’s had a varied career in plays, musicals, Shakespeare, cabaret, dance, voiceover, film, radio and TV. He can be seen in the film Mamma Mia and won the Best Actor Award for the role of Prince Khalifa, in the sitcom Yo Valet! for Sitcom Mission. He was Mercutio in a 40-state US tour of Romeo and Juliet, which ended with an off-Broadway run. He joined Les Enfants Terribles in their Olivier-nominated Alice's Adventures Underground at the Waterloo Vaults playing the role of King of Hearts amongst others. He made his West End debut in Donmar Warehouse's production of Berberian Sound Studio - a stage adaptation of Peter Strickland's critically acclaimed film of the same name. As a voiceover artist he can be heard on-board a flight to Turkey on EasyJet, as well as on certain jingles for Cartoon Network.

Anders N. Pedersen

Anders is the illustrator and graphic designer of The Amelia Project, and the man behind our awesome logo. He is a regular collaborator of Imploding Fictions, and has designed a number of our flyers and posters throughout the years. He is also the artist behind the comic strip Et øyeblikk, published in the Norwegian comic book Rutetid.

http://anderspedersen.no/

What People are Saying About The Amelia Project

"From its cynical sense of humor to its seamless combination of crass and class, The Amelia Project harbors a sort of weird yet wonderful potent feel to its presence, like the sting of a cup of black coffee."

- the audio romantic

"The true joy of the Amelia Project is the creativity of each episode. The characters are so utterly bizarre at times that the listener can be caught off guard by their complexity. (...) The interviewer who brings in the case files are hilarious."

- FangirlNation Magazine

"Wild, unique and clever storytelling in each episode. This show will definitely make your mind race."

- Jv Myka

"Without a doubt the best new podcast to come out in the last year."

- EAST_Corps_Productions

How to Listen to the Show

These are some of the podcast players where you can find us:

    iTunes / Apple Podcasts
    Google Play
    Overcast
    RSS Radio
    Player FM
    Pocketcast
    Stitcher
    Podbean
    Podcast Addict
    Podchaser
    Podible

You can also listen directly on our website:
https://ameliapodcast.com/listen-now/

Please note that we are not on SoundCloud.

Where Can You Find The Amelia Project?

Websites:

https://ameliapodcast.com
http://implodingfictions.com/

RSS-feed:

https://feeds.megaphone.fm/amelia

Social Media:

Twitter http://twitter.com/amelia_podcast
Instagram http://instagram.com/ameliapodcast/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ameliapodcast/

Contact Us

Emails:

implodingfictions@gmail.com
pipthorne@yahoo.com
oysteinbrager@hotmail.com

Phone:

Oystein (0047) 986 37 123
Philip (0033) 7 78 14 32 92

Press Photos and Art Work

Press photos and art works are downloadable here. Please remember to credit our graphic designer and all photographers. If you require further material, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Thank you for your interest in The Amelia Project!

“One in a million find our number. More than half hang up before the beep. We get back to about one in ten.”