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2011
Edinburgh Festival Fringe production of "The Comedy of the Marks"
Edinburgh group Leitheatre
presented my full length Scots comedy this August, but under a new title -
"Bawbees and Ducats". I am currently revising the original script with
the intention of marketing a new version with the new title.
Fully staged performance
of "When a Man Knows" Opera
FifteenB Productions presented the first staging of the opera at the
Bridewell Theatre, London at the end of April, 2011.
Tête à Tête Opera
Festival at the Riverside Studios, London, Saturday
21st August
Cyprus and
India premières for "The Spy"
The
Spy Who Came in for the Phone was performed by the Anglo Cypriot Theatre
Group at St. John's School Theatre, Episkopi, Cyprus, in April
and at La
Martiniere Girls' College, Lucknow, India, in July 2010.
Awards galore
for "Worst Day" at the 2010 All-England Festival
Southend Drama
Society's production of The Worst Day of My Life
wins the Southend round of the All-England Festival at the
Eastwood Studio Theatre, Eastwood, Essex.
They also won the awards for Best set, Best comedy and Best supporting actor,
and were
nominated in the Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and the Adjudicator's
special award categories.
Eight awards
for "When a Man Knows" at the
the 2009 All-Ireland One Act Festival
Runner-up, best
actress, best actor nomination, best sound and best lighting at the Dunmore
Festival, and runner-up, best actor and best
actor nomination at the Tubbercurry for KODE Theatre Group with When
a Man Knows at
the All-Ireland One Act Festival.
Spanish, South African
and Canadian Premières
for "Worst Day"
The Worst Day of My Life
received its Spanish première in Malaga on the 25th February, to be followed
by its
South African première in Port Elizabeth on the 20th of May and its Canadian première
in Richmond, British Columbia on the 18th of September.
Play in the
2009 SCDA
Scottish Finals
Carnoustie Theatre
Club's production of A Fine Gentleman appeared at the
National Finals
of the SCDA One Act Festival in Edinburgh at the end of April.
Awards at the
2009 SCDA One Act Festival
Carnoustie Theatre
Club won the Angus District round and also took second place and the best moment
in theatre award at the Northern Divisional Finals with
A Fine Gentleman and
Stranraer Drama Club won the Wigtown District round with The Worst Day of My Life
Plays by
Alan Richardson