
A Wireless Theatre / JK Music Collaboration
When wannabe rock guitarist and computer wunderkind Norman Goodman accidentally lands an IT job with a low-level City firm in London, his travails are just beginning. Tasked with designing an IT system to predict market trends, but finding himself embroiled in a Machiavellian financial scam, Norman is confronted with a life changing dilemma – who to trust, when all he holds dear is challenged in a morally bankrupt world?
Act One is set in 2007, at a time of increasing financial instability – Normanity is a satirical interrogation of corporate corruption and the fragility of our aspirations, conducted with quirky humour and real heart. Featuring a coterie of cracking tunes delivered by a superb cast, this is a musical that deals with universal issues such as love, loss and loneliness in a disarmingly down to earth manner.
ACT ONE:
Act 1 (2007)
Norman Goodman is a young mathematics and computer science graduate, living at home with his Father in Norfolk. His true ambition is to form a band and emulate his hero, legendary Dutch heavy rock guitarist Ronnie Jupp.
Norman travels to London for a band audition, but instead accidently lands a job in IT with ‘Butler Corporation’, a small financial trading firm operating on the fringes of the City of London. His role is to build a computer system capable of predicting market trends in the financial industry.
Norman starts new his job but, unknown to him, the computer system has been taken over by Chief Financial Officer at the firm, Portia, who is secretly having false data input into the system to manipulate the market to her own wicked ends.
The financial market eventually collapses and Norman protests that the computer system predicted the crash. He cannot understand why no-one took any notice.
TRIGGER WARNINGS
This is an uplifting and often joyous musical but please be aware that there is also mention of parental death, suicide, being in a cult, alcohol consumption, colloquial coarse language.
CAST
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CREW
Writers: Jules Kleiser & Nige Reid
Director: David Beck
Musical Director: Patrick Stockbridge
Guitarist: Adam Chinery
Casting: Fiona Thraille
Editor: Ross Burman
Broadcast Assistant: Fiona Thraille
Engineer: Stephen Kobong
Producer: Sarah Golding
Recorded at the wonderful JUKEBOX STUDIOS, LADBROKE GROVE by Stephen K.
Thank you for listening! We were very excited to be approached by Jules and Nige to produce this magnificently fun show, and hope you can share, rate and review! Feel free to include us in that conversation using @wirelesstheatre and #audiodrama #audiomusical #Normanity
Please do send any feedback to sarah@wireless theatre.co.uk or, contact us if you have a show you have funding for, and would like to work with the Wireless team to get out into this wonderful world!
We are currently accepting script submissions to the same email address for our new monologue writing competition – The Grandologues – send us your 2-5 min scripts on being or having a grandparent and what that means in 2025 – or any era!
Happy listening!
Team Wireless Theatre