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Writing projects old and new...


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Architecture For Beginners
A novel about the mid-life reunion of two old schoolfriends: a retired hard-man footballer and the architect he hires to build a stadium on his country estate. Published by Hobart Books.
“Laugh out loud” – Late Tackle magazine
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Propaganda
An epic drama about the Earl of Essex, his ill-fated coup against Elizabeth I, and the tangential
​role played in the revolt by Shakespeare and his company.
“Hugely engaging and enjoyable... full of wit and energy” Dominic Dromgoole
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Half Life
Louise lives in a remote beachside house, seemingly safe from the mob and alone but for her memories of the crime that made her the most hated woman in Britain. On the tenth anniversary of that crime, two journalists travel far to dredge it all up again. A four-hander (2m, 2 f) about the quality of infamy.
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The Trials of Harvey Matusow
A monologue telling the true story of a McCarthyite supergrass – Harvey 
Matusow: communist-turned-anti-communist-turned-anti-anti-communist.
Winner of the FringeReview Outstanding Theatre Award
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High Vis
A one-man tragicomedy about a traffic warden under siege.
“I urge you to catch this master class in writing and performance” remotegoat.com
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The Ragged Regiment
A play for five actors (3f, 2m) – the darkly comical tale of internecine warfare backstage at a
​stuffed-animal museum in Cromer.
Winner of the Constance Cox Playwriting Prize
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A Sustained Note of Fury
A melanchomical two-hander about a clown and his wife at a crossroads 
in their relationship, their career and their lives.
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A Taste of Paradise
A play for radio, in which a man and his learning-disabled daughter find that neighbours aren’t
​always “there for one another“, let alone good friends...
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Exhibitionists
A darkly humorous drama series for television, concerning the lives of students and their warring
​teachers at a Mancunian art college. Devised and written in partnership with Karen Gunning.

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  • Home
  • News
    • Architecture for Beginners
    • Keeping the Faith
    • Little Things...
  • About
    • Dropping a blog
  • Acting
    • Press
  • Writing
    • Half Life
    • Say What You See!
    • The Ragged Regiment
    • Will
    • Propaganda
    • A Wilderness of Monkeys >
      • Pennypinchers – an extract from A Wilderness of Monkeys
    • The Death of Nelson
    • Exhibitionists >
      • Exhibitionists extract
    • A Sustained Note of Fury >
      • The Circus Diaries
    • Other people’s shows
  • Monkeydog
    • Dog's Chosen
    • The Trials of Harvey Matusow >
      • All About Harvey
      • Matusow reviews
    • High Vis >
      • Quint: Genesis
      • High Vis reviews
      • Slad Days
      • Autumn Patrol
    • Something Rotten >
      • Something Rotten reviews
  • Contact + links