Polly Thomas
Polly Thomas is widely recognised as one of the UK’s leading audio producer-directors. Her award-winning work has explored the potential of the medium, including location-based recording, international co-production, community activism and simultaneous live relay. She works in live performance as writer, producer and director, most prominently with Thomas Carter Projects, an international media and performance company which she co-founded.
photo : Graham Hardy

COMING UP

UNITED KINGDOMS
BBC RADIO 4, 30th AUGUST, 7th SEPTEMBER, 14th SEPTEMBER, 21st SEPTEMBER and 28th SEPTEMBER 2021, 1415
A bold new series of radio dramas of life in the 21st century UK in all its diversity, a kaleidoscope of now, written by 50 new writers and featuring Cherlyee Houston, Liz Carr, and Balvinder Sopal
produced by Polly Thomas and Dermot Daly
— a BBC Northern Irelland, Naked Productions, BBC Cymru/Wales, Pier Productions and BBC Scotland co-production for BBC Radio 4

PENTABUS YOUNG WRITERS
PENTABUS / 9th September 2021 onwards
written by 15 new young writers, directed by Polly Thomas , music and sound design by Jon Nicholls

— produced by Naked Productions for Pentabus Theatre

SWEET DREAMS
TUTTI FRUTTI/ MAY2021 onwards
a new audio drama with songs for younger children about how to have a good night’s sleep…written by. Mike Kenny music by Christella Litras and directed by Polly Thomas
— a Naked Production forTutti Frutti

LITTLE MISS BURDEN
BBC RADIO 4 / 14th SEPTEMBER 2021, 1400
a fun filled, music heavy coming of age drama combining 90s nostalgia, Nigerian family and an East London childhood to tell the sometimes tricky often funny and always engaging truth about growing up with a physical impairment, written by Matilda Ibini, produced by Polly Thomas and Debbie Hannan
— a Naked Production for BBC Radio 4

SHAREWOODS
UK COMMUNITY RADIO/NOVEMBER 2021,
a sparkling new drama series about love, flatpacks and living with different disabilities, written by Michael Southan, Shahid Iqbal Khan, Kathryn Golding, Anita Karla Kelly, Leanne Allen, produced by Polly Thomas, Eloise Whitmore and Nickie Wildin
— a Naked Production supported by Audio Content Fund

DOG LOVES BOOKS
CBeebies / 9 MAR 2020
voice directed by Polly Thomas
Animated children’s 52 episode series based on the award winning books by Louise Yates featuring Craig Cash and John Thompson
— head writer Alan Gilbey
— a Komixx Media Group production for CBeebies