Strada Drama: PERCY GIVES NOTES

Percy Wynn, a rather camp, effeminate and flamboyantly enthusiastic individual, was once an assistant stage manager with the Ipswich and Suffolk Dramatic Society, but due to an unfortunate ‘personal’ incident, he felt it best to leave and move to pastures new. He is now based in Burley in Wharfedale, a West Yorkshire village between Otley and Ilkley in Yorkshire, where he runs the Ilkley Moor Bar Tat Amateur Dramatic Society.

Unfortunately 99.9% of the locals have no thespian background whatsoever, far less anything even remotely resembling acting talent, but Percy is determined that they will press on regardless to mount a stirring version of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet”. Following what could only be vaguely described as a rehearsal, Percy gathers together his troupe and verbally enunciates his director’s ‘notes’ i.e. comments, recommendations and advice to the individuals within the gathered ensemble.

Written and Performed by THOM MCKEOWN

Strada Drama for Audio © 2024/2026

Strada Drama: THE PAPER ROSE

A now-single man is still attempting to come to terms with his emotions, as his girlfriend has left and ended their relationship. In an effort to console himself, he's been playing maudlin country and western music in his flat. One evening, he notices a postcard has landed on the floor underneath the letter box - and therein begins a major and life-changing new chapter in his life.

with NOEL FRANSON and MAGGIE JOYCE-ANDERSON

Written Directed and Produced by Thom McKeown © Strada/TM 2015-2026

Strada Drama presents: RETRIBUTION

Set in the latter years of the 1970s, a brutal murder has been perpetrated against a black man in Yorkhire, England. Upon a tip-off, the police have arrested, under dubious and highly unorthodox methods, a young man, Michael Gallagher, on suspicion of having committed this heinous crime, which they believe was racially motivated. A veteran Detective Sergeant, John Pearce, begins an interrogation of the alleged culprit. What he will hear from him proves to be extremely shocking.

• Please be aware that this drama contains extreme content and language which may prove to be offensive to listeners of a sensitive disposition.

Cast: Andrew Martin and Noel Franson

Written and Directed by Thom McKeown - abridged and adapted from his acclaimed stage and digital film production 'Blind Eye' © Strada/TM 2015-2026