Once the greatest city on earth, Tumanbay has fallen into the hands of two opposing warlords: Grand Master Amalric, blind leader of the Balarac, a fearsome religious order of knights; and Fatima, the ruthless widow of a murdered governor. Fatima exerts total control over young Sultana Manel, who finds herself isolated and weak following the executions of her father and lover. Manel’s only ally, her uncle, the spymaster Gregor, is trapped in the “Palace of the Blind”, a madhouse in the desert. He is banished for claiming that the Sultana's lover, Alkin, has returned from the dead. But Gregor is convinced of what he saw, and that Alkin’s return heralds the end for Tumanbay. If he is to save the city, he must first escape.

GREGOR, former Master of the Palace Guard - Rufus Wright
MANEL, Sultana of Tumanbay - Aiysha Hart
FATIMA, wife of a provincial governor and self-styled “Mother of the Empire” – Kirsty Bushell
CADALI, former Grand Vizier - Matthew Marsh
GRAND MASTER AMALRIC, blind leader of the fearsome Balarac knights - Anton Lesser
MEHMED, inmate in the Palace of the Blind - Nadim Sawalha
SARP, inmate in the Palace of the Blind - Joplin Sibtain
OLEF, chief orderly at the Palace of the Blind - Antony Bunsee
PIERO, the world’s greatest painter - Pano Masti
ANGEL, former pick-pocket and Piero’s assistant - Steffan Donnelly
PILAAR, powerful financier whose elderly father was murdered by his young bride - Enzo Cilenti
MAGRUB, businessman and rival of Pilaar - Joplin Sibtain
FROG, teenage boy with prophetic powers - Misha Butler
MATILLA, teenage bride on trial for murdering her husband - Albane Courtois
HAFIZ, religious figurehead - Antony Bunsee
BELLO, priest and acolyte to the Hafiz - Albert Welling
HEAVEN, former slave trader, now assistant to the Grand Master - Olivia Popica
AQUILA, an assassin for hire - Rob Jarvis
DUMPY, friend of Frog, works at his mother’s lodging house - Ali Khan
SARAH, an agent of Maya - Nina Yndis
QULAN, Tumanbay’s greatest general, father of Manel - Christopher Fulford
ALKIN, Sultana Manel’s murdered lover and vizier - Nathalie Armin
Other parts - Vivek Madan, Nadir Khan, Gerard McDermott, James Carney, Arita Sadiku & Ali Khan

Production
Music - Sacha Puttnam
Sound Design - Eloise Whitmore
Casting – Emma Hearn
Assistant Script Editor - Marcus Martin
Trails & Promotions - Jack Soper
Created by John Scott Dryden & Mike Walker
Writers - John Scott Dryden, Mike Walker & Mac Rogers
Producers - Emma Hearn & Nadir Khan
Director - John Scott Dryden