Author, Actor
Flloyd Kennedy (aka Fairy Bessie), Australian-born actress, performance poet, singer-songwriter, director and voice/speech/accent coach, took part in the British folk revival in the late 60s, performed street theatre, cabaret and fringe theatre in Scotland throughout the 1980s and 90s, returned to Australia where she undertook research into the performing voice (specifically Shakespeare) for her doctorate. She has performed, directed, and taught voice and acting skills at colleges and universities in the UK, US and Australia. Now resident in Liverpool, UK, Flloyd tours her one-person versa plays with music around the world, performs her songs and poems at open mics in and around Liverpool. She also coaches student and professional actors, private individuals and community and corporate groups through her private studio Being in Voice. She is artistic director of Thunder’s Mouth Theatre (theatre of poetry, passion and philosophy), a Certified Teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork and is an Associate Artist with ISAAC (International School for Acting And Clown), She has now published two collections of poetry, songs and essays, Sunsets & Kites and Home is Where I Hang My Hat. Her songs are available on Bandcamp, as well as all major online streaming services.
Helen's new friends, a couple of Ancient Greek Gods, are at least attempting to be helpful. Hermes in the form of a dog is staying with Helen in her London flat. Helen's neighbour Jennifer offers help out, and Susie, Helen's...
Helen's mathematician friend Misha has a plan to tidy up the sky littering problem started by Helen and the stray dogs, and Helen has been befriended by a couple of Greek Gods. As you do. Janey agrees to take her …
And we're back! Season 7 finds Helen still in her 'safe house' in a parallel universe, trying to come to terms with her new founds 'super power' for blowing stuff into the air. She has been befriended by a local …
And we're off! almost... A few extracts from Episode 1, of Season 7 to whet your appetite. Helen is still in the parallel universe where strange Greek sounding people are involved in her new found power to use her breath …
Helen needs to control her thoughts, not easy after a lifetime of advocating free thinking. But there must be some way to make good use of this newfound ability... "My Amazing Woman", our current promo, is a romantic superher...
Season 6 Episode 6. Helen's son-in-law is whisking her away to a safe house in the country. The Greek woman who introduced Helen to her role as the Chosen One is on a bus in Liverpool, talking to her daughter …
S6E4 It seems that Helen's interest in the natural world is having strange effects, and Misha thinks there may be more than meets the eye. Meantime, even in Scotland, where young Rene is back in school, news of the dogs' …
S6E2 Helen's granddaughter Susie and Charlie the boyfriend try to enlist some expert help to promote Helen's newfound superpower. Jonathan, Helen's son-in-law doesn't think it's such a good idea... I do hope you will take a m...
A woman and a child approach Helen and inform her that she is "The Chosen One" to save the planet. What would you do?
Episode 4 of Season 5. Helen's oldest friend, from her college days in New York, calls up for a chat from Sydney, Australia. They talk a lot of nonsense about Quantum Science, and the nature of time. Well, somebody has …
Ep 3, and Helen enjoys a coffee in the garden with her neighbour Jennifer, and Jennifer's 103 year old grandmother, Nana Madeleine. The teenagers over the fence cause a ruckus, which leads to recollections of the 3 generatio...
Episode 2, and Helen's granddaughter Susie is feeling very unsettled, and not at all sure why. She's sure her super confident gran won't know the feeling, but perhaps a chat might help. It would be wonderful if you would rate...
Ep 1 of Season 5 kicks off with Helen receiving a phone call at 11.30 pm from her friend Louise who is in a care home near Lancaster . And she is reminded that not all old women are the …
Well, here it is. Episode 12, the final one for Season 4. It's a bit longer than usual, but if you don't need the introduction, start at around 1 min 16 seconds. It concerns Helen's 103 year old neighbour, Nana …
Episode 11 and Helen is invited to join her daughter Janey, Aussie son-in-law Jonathon and granddaughter Susie for a car trip to a country house near London. The chat veers from the correct medical term for elderly sniffles t...
Episode 11 and Helen is meeting up with her old college friend, Rozzie, who is not keen to move into a retirement village on her own, Then there is René, the student actor from Scotland now working part time at …
Episode 8 and Helen is having a bad day. Someone she doesn't recognise keeps ringing her up as she heads for the Royal Mail Delivery Office to collect the parcels they refuse to leave where she asks them to, she …
Episode 7 and Helen is trying to phone her elder sister Marian in Australia for a chat. Her daughter Janey drops by with the bagels, and the three women reminisce about growing up in Australia, and why some women don't …
Episode 6, Season 4 finds Helen on the phone with her old pal Joey, who is planning a trip to London with her husband Steve. They share some thoughts on the subject of retirement, and what is it that they …
Episode 5 — Helen is astonished to discover that her granddaughter Susie considers her to be an IT expert. Fortunately, she knows enough to be helpful this time. But not before giving vent to her feelings about contemporary ...
Episode 4, Season 4 finds Helen dozing on a park bench on a lovely warm day. A kindly stranger interrupts her, and the ensuing conversation takes some surprising twists and turns. So, what is the difference between a mathemat...
Episode 3 sees the return of English actress Jane Vicary in the role of Helen's friend Pattie, old college chum and one-time opera singer. Pattie has retired to a large village in the heart of Hampshire, and finds herself in...
Helen and Tayo compare notes on raising teenagers. Ndidi and heavy metal.
Episode 1 of Season 4 kicks off with Helen calling up her daughter Janey for help. This doesn't happen often, so it must be something very serious. She is about to celebrate her 78th birthday, so it's possible she's also …
Episode 12, bring Season 3 to a close. Susie has been delegated to try to find out why Helen, her grandmother, is so unhappy. It's obvious Helen doesn't want her memoir to be published, but no one can understand why, …
Episode 11, Season 3. Helen is in her late 70s, but no-one who knows her would say she's afraid of a challenge. However... Something is deeply troubling her about the possible publication of her memoir, and Joey—her oldest...
Episode 10. Helen's elder sister, Marian, has dementia, but she still manages to phone up from Rockhampton in Australia for a chat. Helen has a problem with the memoir she was commissioned to write, but which she really doesn...
Episode 9 finds Helen at the Cheese Shop Cafe, meeting up with daughter Janey and Andrea, the extremely glamorous publicist from New York, in town to promote Janey's new book. Or is she? Charlie is back in his old job, …
Episode 8: Helen and Sadie are in their late 70s. Is it too late for the next thing in their lives to be a Big Thing? Sadie's memoir has been published, and Helen calls up to congratulate her. Sadie is …
Episode 7, and Helen is having a hard time waking up. If only she could figure out what day it is. But Janey isn't far away, although that leads to even more confusion. This week, we welcome guest artist Lyndsay …
Episode 6 of Season 3 takes a turn. There are no neighbourhood feuds here, just two small households divided by a corridor coming together for a cuppa, enjoying the social act of community.. Helen's neighbour Jennifer brings...
Episode 5 and Helen answers the phone, not expecting it to be her young actor friend René (with emphasis on the final syllable). He's just turned 16, and has a lot going on in his life. Helen doesn't pull her …
Episode 4 and Helen is back at the Cheese Shop Cafe for her regular Single Shot Flat White. When she backs into the same customer as last time, she tries to make amends by paying for his coffee.. Welsh actor …
Episode 3 of Season 3 finds Helen enjoying her morning walk while chatting with her granddaughter Susie. She shares her response to the two new films Susie recommended, "Don't Look Up" and "Tick Tick Boom", and Susie reveals ...
Episode 2 of Season 3 finds Helen attending the opening of a showing of her friend Jean's watercolours at a local art gallery. She bumps into Deji, her son-in-law's boss, and they share some thoughts about parenting teenagers...
A mini radio soap opera in 10 minute episodes, written, performed and produced by Flloyd Kennedy. Helen is in her 70s, happily living on her own, except when her family decide to invade her space “to look after her”, or …