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

ARIA SILVER AWARD 2022 WINNER!

YOU & ME, written by Dan Rebellato, produced by Polly Thomas and Eloise Whitmore

— a Naked Production for BBC Radio 4

JASON’S MATES
BBC Radio 4 / Monday 23rd May 2022, 1415
Sharp new statire about local politics and corruption written and directed by Peter Strickland, leading film maker, produced by Polly Thomas, featuring Toby Jones, Richard Bremmer, Stephanie Racine, Leo Bill , Hugh Dennis, Fatma Mohammed and Leo Bill music by Jon Fletcher and sound design by Eloise Whitmore

— a Naked Production for BBC Radio 4

POETIC PROVOCATIONS
BBC Radio 3 / 9 – 13 2022, 2245
A new essay series by award winning poet, dramatist and lyricist Inua Ellams, about his sources of poetic inspiration and how a poem evolves, tracing the influence of Tupac, Nigerian barbershops, basketball, Kipling and male suicide on his work

— a Naked Production for BBC Radio 3

EXEMPLAR
BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds / 19th, 26th August, 2nd, 9th and 16th September 2022, 1400
A new series about an audio forensic expert with her own dark secret played by leading actor Gina McKee featuring Shivrone Marks, Juliet Stevenson, Fenella Woolgar, Babara Marten, Don Gilet, Chetna Pandya, Dekka Walmsley, Charlie Hardwick and Asif Khan written by award winning dramatists and composers Ben and Max Ringham,with award winning dramatist Dan Rebellato, music by Ben and Max Ringham, directed by Polly Thomas and Jade Lewis . Sound design by Lucinda Mason Brown and David Chilton

— a Reduced Listening Production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds

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

— a Naked Production 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

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