Strada Drama: THE FUNERAL

A slightly camp funeral director/undertaker sits with a lower-working class Glasgow husband and his aspirational wife (who has delusions of a middle class existence) at the dining table of their home. The husband has a gruff, working-class Glasgow accent. The wife's father has passed away and the three are gathered together to discuss the arrangements.

NOEL FRANSON as The Undertaker

MAGGIE JOYCE as The Wife

THOM MCKEOWN as The Husband

Written Directed and Edited by Thom McKeown Strada Drama © 2025

Strada Drama: PATER NOSTER

A mother and daughter begin a conversation. Family affairs, intertwined with melancholic recollections, ambiguous resentments and dark secrets slowly begin to unravel between the pair, leading to a shocking and unexpected conclusion.

Cast: FREDA MACDONELL as Lorraine

PENNI WEBB as Melinda

STEWART ROSE as Father

Written Directed and Edited by Thom McKeown

A Strada Drama Audio Production © 2020

Strada Drama: BARKING

He is addressing Nathan - but what is the source of this lengthy utterance, and by whom - and why?

Written Edited and Performed by Thom McKeown

A Strada Drama Audio Production © 2019

Strada Drama: BLAME

The plays opengs in a courtroom, where a woman is being examined by a solicitor, with regard to serious charges against her husband. These are - the murder of their young son, and of rape and multiple instances of domestic abuse including grievous bodily harm against the wife. Due to earlier proceedings having been halted due to the highly disruptive behaviour of the accused man, he is being held in the cells below whilst his wife is in the dock. He will return later whilst his wife views proceedings from another room by videolink.

Cast: MAGGIE JOYCE | NOEL FRANSON | THOM MCKEOWN

Written Edited and Directed by Thom McKeown © 2022

Strada Drama: A GREY AREA

In a societal reversal, a caucasian man and a man of darker-skin begin a heated debate on culture and race in this alternative world.

Written Edited and Performed by Thom McKeown

A Strada Drama Audio Production © 2025

Strada Drama: CRUSH

In the empty classroom of a school is Robert Duffy, a sensitive and decent school teacher - and Sandra McNamara, a diligent and fiercely intelligent teenage student in his class - who both become potential participants in a seemingly impossible romance.

Cast: NOEL FRANSON as Robert Duffy MAGGIE JOYCE as Sandra McNamara

Written Directed and Edited by Thom McKeown © 2021

Strada Drama: HOW DARE YOU!

Chatty chums Larry and Fiona meet up for a coffee and chin-wag about their mutual recent supermarket outing, and a slight tiff develops!

Cast: ANDREW MARTIN, MAGGIE JOYCE

Written Directed and Edited by Thom McKeown © 2024